will save the average worker about £75. but is that the budget rabbit that conservative backbenchers were after? the answer plainly is no, but the truth is, there was simply not enough money to deliver the cut in income tax they had demanded. after the measures announced today, the office for budget responsibility estimated the chancellor has just £8.9 billion of headroom left, down from the 13 billion he had in the autumn statement. that the second smallest on record, yet the chancellor gave us a relatively optimistic view of the economy, after covid, a war in europe, and the damage inflicted on the british economy economy this, he said, was a budget for long term growth. today s obr forecast also shows that we have made good progress on the prime minister s three economic priorities. compared to when the three pledges were made, inflation has halved, debt is falling in line with our fiscal rules, and growth is fully 1.5 percentage points higher than predicted. clamourin
a highly critical report by a committee of mps investigating boris johnson s claims about lockdown parties has concluded that he deliberately misled the commons. the privileges committee said the former prime minsister had closed his mind to the truth and committed acts of contempt of parliament. they said if borisjohnson had not resigned as an mp, he should have been facing a 90 day suspension from the house of commons. the group of mps from all parties the majority of them conservatives pulled no punches. they found that borisjohnson had repeatedly and deliberately misled mps in the wake of the partygate scandal, undermined the democratic process of the commons and was complicit in the campaign of abuse and attempted intimidation of the committee. boris johnson called the report s conclusion deranged. our political editor chris mason is here. today was about covid rule breaking, testimony that said boris johnson s downing street didn t bother with the restrictions, it w
eight others were wounded in the attack on a group of jehovah s witnesses. next it s time for our world: my escape from afghanistan. in august 2021, the taliban shocked the world as they swept to power in afghanistan. it wasn t long before they began to crack down on the rights of women. last year, i met with activist tamana paryani, who d been involved in a protest in kabul. after daring to raise her voice, the taliban came in the middle of the night to arrest her. although she was later released, she went into hiding. at the time, it was too dangerous for us to broadcast her testimony. now she has escaped and she s ready to tell her extraordinary story. kabul, june 2022. afghanistan is now the only country in the world where female education is forbidden. reports have been emerging of women standing up for their rights being forcibly disappeared. i wanted to meet tamana, who d been arrested earlier in the year forjoining a protest against the new taliban leaders. tamana man
of jehovah s witnesses. the uk chancellor, jeremy hunt, has spoken to the governor of the bank of england about silicon valley bank uk, which is heading for insolvency after the failure of its parent company in the us. you are watching bbc news. now, politicalthinking with nick robinson. what makes the daughter of immigrants willing to risk the wrath of liberal britain by warning that we face an invasion of migrants, that up to 100 million could come here, that those who oppose her plan to stop the boats aren t real patriots? indeed, that they re betraying britain. the home secretary, suella braverman, is loved by some for the stance she s taking. she s loathed by others. my guest on political thinking has toured the news studios all week. this is not another news interview. it is not an interrogation about that policy. it is a conversation, as this whole series is, about what shapes her political thinking. what shapes her views? what shapes her values? suella braverman, th
for the bbc, not the government. the british chancellor, jeremy hunt, has met the governor of the bank of england, andrew bailey, to discuss the collapse of silicon valley bank, which mostly financed tech start ups. the director general of the bbc, tim davie, has apologised for the widespread disruption to bbc sports output today but says he won t resign. a number of tv and radio programmes have been pulled from the schedules after presenters and pundits walked out in support of gary lineker. the former footballer was taken off this evening s match of the day programme which he presents for breaching the corporation s social media guidelines. tim davie spoke to our north america correspondent nomia iqbal. well, i m very sorry for the disruption today. it has been a difficult day and i am sorry that audiences have been affected and they have not got the programming. as a keen sports fan i know, like everyone, that to miss programming is a real blow and i am sorry about tha