His time for choosing. I wondered if he will choose his time for choosing. I wondered if he will choose her his time for choosing. I wondered if he will choose her as his time for choosing. I wondered if he will choose her as his his time for choosing. I wondered if he will choose her as his vice he will choose her as his Vice President ial candidate. Nikki haley theyre bowing out of the us president ial race this year. The government has warned it Mayjudge Israel to be in breach of International Humanitarian law if it fails to allow more aid into gaza. It comes as the World Food Programme says the israeli army has thwarted its first attempt in two weeks to take food aid to northern gaza. Israel hasnt commented yet. But israeli war cabinet member benny gantz is in london today, where he has met the foreign secretary, lord cameron. Earlier, lord cameron had told parliament there was dreadful suffering in the territory and patience with israel was running thin. And the situation is very
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
The details. How they could this be . The eu has been very clear it didnt want to give apple the equivalent of a Parking Ticket although that said, apples earnings last year were not too far off hundred billion, it is big but apple can afford it. It all stands from a complaint brought by its butterfly back in 2019. They were essentially unhappy with apples rules that stop them other ways to pay. Spotter five. Apples rules that stop them other ways to pay. Spotterfive. The Eu Commission said that apple had behaving in an uncompetitive way for ten years and that what they were saying had essentially cost consumers in terms of higher bills for their music. Apple responded strongly, they accuse them of getting their facts wrong and they said they would be appealing. What said they would be appealing. What kind of impact said they would be appealing. What kind of impact could said they would be appealing. What kind of impact could this have the streamers, music streamers, this could open th
of which are linked to inflation. let s put this into perspective because the uk s national debt is at record levels. it owes £2.69 trillion. that is almost the size of the uk economy the so called debt to gdp ratio is around 97.7%. that is a useful guide to how affordable the debt is for a country. the chancellor has pledged to get that ratio down. the uk s far better off than some of its neighbours though italy s debt to gdp is around 140%. but if we look at germany s that s only around 65%. let s get more on this from our chief economics correspondent, dharshini david. she s in the bbc business newsroom here in london. hi. first off, what is behind that figure? hi. first off, what is behind that fiuure? , ., ., ., ., ., hi. first off, what is behind that fiuure? , ., ., ., ., y figure? just one month out of a 12 month financial figure? just one month out of a 12 month financial year figure? just one month out of a 12 month financial year but - figure? just one
but not fast enough to keep up with price rises. our economics correspondent, andy verity, has more details. all good? business has been challenging, up and down. it has been consistently inconsistent. one day we are super busy, we can t keep up. the next day we don t have any work on. a year ago, construction companies like this builder of grand design style renovations, based near heathrow airport, were struggling to cope with the surge in demand for new projects as the economy bounced back from the pandemic. there was no lack of work, but profits were squeezed by the rocketing cost of raw materials and the shortage of skilled staff that sent wages soaring. it is difficult to meet demand when there is also less money in the jobs because the cost of labour has risen so much. so we have labourers earning the money which plumbers and carpenters were earning, like, two and a half, three years ago. but everybody wants the job to be cheaper because they have no certainty and the