Announcements from the budget starting with tax. The chancellor has announced that National Insurance will be cut by another 2p. He says the cut which will begin next month is worth £450 a year for each worker. Mr hunt also announced. 0n taxes there will be a new tax on vaping products that will start in october 2026. The chancellor says thatis october 2026. The chancellor says that is to maintain the financial incentive to choose vaping over smoking. The chancellor finished his statement by Attacking Labour for the economy. We statement by Attacking Labour for the economy the economy. We today put this country back the economy. We today put this country back on the economy. We today put this country back on the the economy. We today put this country back on the path the economy. We today put this country back on the path to the economy. We today put this | country back on the path to lower taxes. Allowed to grow the economy versus no plan. A plan to Better Public Services versus no p
procedures, in other countries around the world. police in norway say they re treating a shooting at a guy nightclub as a terrorist attack. a second earthquake rocks an area in south eastern afghanistan causing yet more death and destruction. the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, says he intends to take the country forward as backbench conservative mps consider fresh attempts to force him from power. i have to listen to all sorts of criticism that part of myjob as leader. and it s day two of performances at glastonbury sir paul mccartney is the saturday night headliner. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. abortion clinics are closing this weekend, in more than a dozen republican controlled us states. that s after the conservative dominated supreme court, overturned decades of constitutional protection for abortion rights. it s a decision that s divided america with conservative and religious groups celebrating victory. for others, it s
the war in ukraine, inflation, the threat of a global recession. there is plenty for commonwealth leaders in orlando to ponder. but for boris johnson, domestic politics is never far away commonwealth leaders in rwanda. the by election defeats in wheatfield and tiverton and huntington have spooked some tory mps. and oliver dowden s resignation as party chairman has yet again put the spotlight on the prime minister s leadership. some think his behaviour is the problem and want a change of direction. oliver dowden said in his letter it could not be business as usual, i am not hearing you say i have heard what the voters have said and i am going to change. iii what the voters have said and i am going to change- what the voters have said and i am going to change. if you want me, let me be clear. going to change. if you want me, let me be clear. if going to change. if you want me, let me be clear, if you going to change. if you want me, let me be clear, if you are going
that she was the kindest, most compassionate and most tenacious person i have ever met . now it s time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. a fine afternoon for the north of scotland and eastern england but even in central and western parts of the uk there will be dry weather around. the breeze is bringing passing showers. they will move quite quickly but the odd heavier one is possible. they are more frequent the further west you are. close to an area of low pressure off the coast of ireland and it is here across ireland, particularly western ireland, that we will see persistent areas of rain. 22 in northern ireland and eastern parts of england. only about 16 or 17 in the west. where the breeze continues to freshen for the night, cloud and longer spells of rain across ireland and south west scotland, north west england, north west wales by the end of the night. elsewhere, rain clears and clear skies to take us into start to sunday and some southern and eastern