Good evening from newcastle, as the dust settles onjeremy hunts budget, quite possibly the last, before the general election. You join us on the citys Iconic Quayside Overlooking the magnificent river tyne, an area steeped in industrial history, and weve been gauging reaction here, to the chancellors plans throughout the day. Among his biggest annoucements, was a cut in National Insurance, by 2p in the pound, for employees and the Self Employed. Full Child Benefits will be paid to households, where the highest earning parent, is getting up to £60,000. The current limit is £50,000. And, the non dom tax regime, for uk residents whose permanent home is overseas, is to be replaced with new rules, from april next year. Well, the office for budget responsibility, says the overall tax burden, is actually set to reach its highest level for over 70 years. While the government says spending on Public Services will rise by 1 above inflation, some areas could still see cuts in the future. The 0b
Hello, im matthew amroliwala. Welcome to verified live. We start with flooding described as the worst in nearly 100 years in russia and kazakstan. Thousands have been forced from their homes cities under threat, evacuations ongoing. The flooding in the urals and Western Siberia has been caused by unseasonably warm temperatures, which has melted snow. In the russian city of 0renburg home to half a Million People the authorities said water levels had reached dangerous levels. Thousands of people have left the city. 0renburg is downstream from the city of 0rsk, which was inundated when a dam burst last week. Live now to moscow and our Russia Editor steve rosenberg. Steve, editor steve rosenberg. Give me a sense of the sc of steve, give me a sense of the scale of this . ,. , , of this . The first thing to say is that spring of this . The first thing to say is that Spring Flooding of this . The first thing to say is that Spring Flooding is of this . The first thing to say is that Spring Flo
And with just over 100 days to go until the paris olympics, the river seine water could be unsafe for athletes. Let mejust bring let me just bring you some breaking news that has come in in the last few seconds, Imported News Being reported by reuters. They report that three sons of the hamas leader have been killed in israeli air strikes in gaza. That has come from a Hamas Affiliated news agency. The leader has been based in qatar, but they are quoting the Hamas Affiliated news agency on the ground, saying that three sons of the hamas leader have been killed in an israeli air strike in gaza. So thatis an israeli air strike in gaza. So that is significant. We will try to find out more details on that in the coming minutes. Sport, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, heres chetan. Good afternoon. We start with news that athletics will become the first sport to introduce prize money at the olympics in paris this summer. The governing body, World Athletics, is breaking 128 y
the chancellor says we ve turned a corner, but is the uk now in a cul de sac? i now call the chancellor to make the autumn statement, jeremy hunt. jeremy hunt trumpets a two percentage point cut in national insurance, and an almost 2% rise in the living wage, but the uk tax burden is still the heaviest since world war ii, and growth forecasts are down, so will the cost of living crisis still be a cost of living crisis next year and the year after? nick s been out gauging reaction injeremy hunt s patch. ijust i just worry that this is a government that is running out of good ideas. government that is running out of good ideas- government that is running out of aood ideas. , ., ., , , good ideas. they are doing the best the can good ideas. they are doing the best they can under good ideas. they are doing the best they can under the good ideas. they are doing the best they can under the circumstances. l they can under the circumstances. they they can under the circumstanc