Ministers 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 start today by r
after elon musk s takeover. and finally, the sun reports that former model and actress patsy kensit is set to join the cast of eastenders. so let s begin. thanks forjoining us. yasmin, front page of the financial times weekend, our top story, elon musk cutting a lot ofjobs and he has said it is unfortunate what has happened but that twitter is losing $4 million per day, that is the latest from the owner of twitter. does that justify cutting so manyjobs so quickly? he cutting so manyjobs so quickly? in? because he knew that, so why did he buy it? it is interesting because he is a maverick and what is happening is a maverick and what is happening is also, advertisers are getting extremely wary, partly because he has been re tweeting stuff that really does make people anxious, one of them apparently, allegedly was this thing that is raging across social media that the attack on nancy pelosi s husband, this horrible attack, was connected to homosexual activities and all these con
Know consumers want healthier diets, they want healthier options, and allardyce they want healthier options, and alla rdyce are they want healthier options, and allardyce are influenced by what is available, what is marketed to us and what is affordable. food companies can capitalise on that. that is at the company level. at the economy level, port diets lead to poor population health which leads to lower productivity which harms our economy, and most pension savers are highly diversified in their holdings, it is a health of the economy that matters, not the health of one individual company. thank ou. in other news. the former deputy governor of china s central bank has been charged with illegally accepting more than $50 million of property either directly or via his relatives. according to state media, fan yifei has appeared in court and a verdict is set to be announced at a later date. he s one of the highest ranking officials at the bank to be caught up
Rising living costs have led to people in the UK re-examining every inch of their spending, and it’s natural that review may include pension contributions.
Would be shut off or boycotted, and that sent the international bidding warfor prices, which means they have made more money than they ever had in their 115 year history. as to what they are going to do with it, they will have a lot of money given to their shareholders, £4.5 billion this quarter, four point billion pounds the next. that includes, by the way, millions are pension savers. they are also pledging to invest between them, bp and shell, over £40 billion in oil infrastructure over the next ten years. people will be looking closely to see if they fulfil those commitments. ukraine s army says russia is trying to destroy the last group of soldiers trapped in the azovstal steelworks plant in mariupol. for the latest, we can join my colleague ben brown in kyiv. yes, it looks like this could be the endgame at the azovstal steelworks in mariupol, where about 2000 ukrainian troops a making a desperate last stand