a general election. the backdrop a flat lining economy millions struggling with the cost of living and polling indicating the conservative party is lagging far behind the opposition. not to mention financial markets on edge for anything that might worsen the uk s finances. the memory of prime minister liz truss s disastrous tax cutting budget no doubt not far from mr hunt s mind. so let s remind ourselves what he came up with. the rate of national insurance paid by employees and the self employed, will be cut again by 2 pence in the pound. that comes on top of an earlier 2p cut mr hunt announced in the autumn. in april, 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 break for wealthy uk residents whose permanent home is overseas, is to be scrapped raising £2.7 billion a year for the government. that announcement is highly controversial as it was a key p
in early december all the way through to this week of the report coming out. but bvefore we get to that, we are also going speak to anneka rice, because the she is coming back to channel five. she has been off our screens for 30 years but that period is over and she is with us. annika, great to see you. it is very exciting because understand the media show has a small part in the comeback? it does because i love the media show and i was listening amol rajan talking to channel 5 to some journalists talking and i sat there thinking this is a man who runs on instinct and spontaneity and i had not come across that sort of spark for some time. i recognised it because when i first took challenge 30 years ago to the bbc, michael grade had that spark cause i went with a whole new forward and he just went, i trust you and to go away and make it. that is rare. i recognised something. someone put ben and i together and the rest is history. so thank you. i ll pass on my thanks to amol
heightened tensions injerusalem with thousands of israeli jewish nationalists marching through the old city s muslim quarter. the french government is to hold an emergency meeting with uefa and the paris authorities after police fired tear gas at liverpool fans during saturday night s champion s league final. and the one constant over 70 years of change, as britain prepares forfour days of platinum jubilee celebrations for the reign of the queen. hello and thanks forjoining us. 78 minutes that is the precise length of time police are understood to have waited before going into the elementary school in texas to tackled the gunman, who killed 19 children and two teachers. public anger has been growing since the revelation on friday that officers waited in a hallway as children trapped with the teenage gunman made desperate emergency calls. the usjustice department is to investigate the cause of that delay. this is the hardest visit a president has to make, especially when t
through the narrow alleys of an arab neighbourhood, waving flags and chanting slogans. the palestinian red cross said over 70 people were injured in clashes. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello, and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with, rather than an interrogation of, someone who shapes our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. my guest this week has threatened to bring the country to a standstill, which has made him a target of those who accuse union militants of being hell bent on suicidal madness. others, though, say that he is an example for working people of how they can get a decent deal at a time when their standard of living is constantly being squeezed. whatever your view is, mick lynch, the general secretary of the rmt, now has the backing of his members for potentially a very major confrontation, notjust with the rail companies but with governments of all political persuasion, with the tories in westminster, the s
and the french government is to hold an emergency meeting with uefa and the paris authorities after police fired tear gas at liverpool fans during the champion s league final. 78 minutes that is the precise length of time police are understood to have waited before going into the elementary school in texas to tackled the gunman, who killed 19 children and two teachers. public anger has been growing since the revelation on friday that officers waited in a hallway as children trapped with the teenage gunman made desperate emergency calls. the usjustice department is to investigate the cause of that delay. president biden met grieving families on a visit to uvalde earlier, along with survivors and first responders. barbara plett usher reports from the town. this is the hardest visit a president has to make, especially when the victims are so young. mr biden and his wife, jill, joined the mourning of a devastated community, pausing to recognise each of those murdered at this sc