Stay updated with breaking news from Patient choice. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
british ice are tax free allowance to invest in uk listed companies. british isa tax free allowance. moving on to the uk economy. the office for budget responsibility predicts uk economy will grow by 0.8% this year and 1.9% next year. the uk s inflation rate is also forecast to fall below 2% target this year. but the underlying debt, excluding bank of england debt, is forecast to be 91.7% of gdp this year rising to 92.8% next year. the government also kept a freeze on alcohol duty, which had been due to end in august, which will now continue until february 2025. there will be a new tax on vaping products to start in october 2026, and the existing tax on tobacco will increase. the chancellor says is in order to maintain the financial incentive to choose vaping over smoking . 0n transport and energy, the government has frozen the fuel duty again and kept the 5p cut in fuel duty on petrol and diesel, due to end later this month for another year. a windfall tax on the ....
minister s questions. it is always a little different, the pmqs ahead of the budget. he has vacated the chair for the deputy speaker. she will be going through some of the notices ahead ofjeremy hunt, the chancellor, delivering his budget statement. he will take to his feet shortly and will probably speak for about an hour shortly and will probably speak for aboutan hourand shortly and will probably speak for about an hour and then it will be the turn of the leader of the opposition, keir starmer to respond. we will take both of those live and uninterrupted and we will then have reaction from the chief secretary to the treasury, laura trott, part of the treasury, laura trott, part of the treasury team and her shadow for labour. here isjeremy hunt. madam deputy speaker, as we mourn the loss of life in israel and gaza, the loss of life in israel and gaza, the prime minister reminded us of the prime minister reminded us of the need the fight extremism and heal divisions. i ....
a really good educator and leadership workforce, which is what you were talking about previously, to make sure that those nurses remain really competent, highly skilled to deliver the care? i ve been in the nhs for 36 years and i ve seen many things come through and i ve been an educator for 30 years in the nhs. it s essential that we consider how we train and value our nurses moving forward. and it s important for the government to, what s the word, portray the fact to present it as being backed by clinical professionals and senior nhs management. is it? we ve not seen the full plan yet, i have to say. we haven t seen the full plan yet. we ve had some briefings around the full plan. so i m really interested to see what actually is presented today by rishi and the other ministers that come forward. but it s good you re on first name terms with him already though. that s. . .that s. .. yeah. that s right. but you re waiting, you re waiting to see the meat on the bones fi ....
with pressure your whatsapp messages on lockdown? with pressure on your whatsapp messages on lockdown? with pressure on staff, your whatsapp messages on lockdown? with pressure on staff, the your whatsapp messages on lockdown? with pressure on staff, the state - your whatsapp messages on lockdown? with pressure on staff, the state of- with pressure on staff, the state of some wards and strikes, keir starmer claimed the nhs wouldn t survive another tory government. at claimed the nhs wouldn t survive another tory government.- claimed the nhs wouldn t survive another tory government. at the next government. another tory government. at the next government. the another tory government. at the next government, the nhs another tory government. at the next government, the nhs is another tory government. at the next government, the nhs is on another tory government. at the next government, the nhs is on the - another tory government. at the next government, the ....
take the time you need to build trust. that, any peace negotiator will tell you, is the way to find a solution. this week on political thinking, my guest, the health secretary for england, victoria atkins, suggests it could be the way to find peace in the nhs, to end the strikes that have dogged the health service for more than a year. it s been a big week for her, when talks are starting once again with thejunior doctors and after a new report highlighted the horrorfor some mothers and soon to be mothers of nhs maternity services, something she has some rather powerful experience of. victoria atkins, welcome to political thinking. thank you so much, pleasure to be here. you ve said when talking about women s health, you ve said when talking about this searing indictment that we saw this week of maternity and childbirth services, this is personalfor you. why so? well, i m a mum as well as the secretary of state for health. and i had my baby on the nhs, and i have a long ....