Vaping and smoking, but the Office For Budget Responsibility warns the government could find it hard to balance the books. Heres our business correspondent, emma simpson. Did you catch any ofjeremy s budget . It was a chance to turn around the fortunes of the Conservative Party. But was it enough . I think its good that the workers are going to get money back in their pockets. But then if you think about the Cost Of Living and how everything is going up, then maybe they could have given a little bit more back. Anything that cuts taxes, i wish he would have done something a bit more for savers, were in a position where were living off savings. I think theyre trying to do it in light of a General Election and probably not really thinking about what the benefit to the country is. The centrepiece of this budget was a £2 billion cut was a 2p in the pound cut to National Insurance, a tax paid by workers. So who are the winners and losers if you include all the changes to tax and thresholds
Products to start in october 2026. And. The chancellor says its in order to maintain the financial incentive to choose vaping over smoking. Lets move on to the broader picture for the uk economy. In the office of budget and responsibility has predicted that. Remember, were in a technical recession at the moment. Lets move onto debt. Lots of figures in numbers but its important we take you through the main developments from todays budget. In a moment ill be discussing is in finer detail with my colleague. Ill also bejoined by our Economics Correspondent who is in the newsroom for us. First our Political Correspondent looks back at todays development here in West Minister. I5 at todays development here in West Minister. ,. ,. , minister. Is this an Election Winnin minister. Is this an Election Winning budget, minister. Is this an election | winning budget, chancellor . Minister. Is this an Election Winning budget, chancellor . As jeremy hunt pose for the last photo, dues before the budge
defence secretary grant shapps is here to answer that question. how would yvette cooper, who wants to be labour s home secretary, manage the risk at home? and in the latest of our election year interviews, the first minister of scotland claims he knows what s going to happen. it is undoubtedly the case that keir starmer doesn t need scotland to win. he s going to be the next prime minister of the uk. how does he know? morning, morning. welcome to you, and welcome to my trio at the desk simon reeve, intrepid explorer who s been travelling round the world making tv for more than 20 years. lucky for some! conservative baroness nicky morgan, who was in the cabinet, and businessman, multimillionaire and philanthropist sir tom hunter. let s start with what s making the news. the bbc website is leading on the latest utterance from the israeli prime minister saying a two state solution can t be the answer to the conflict in the middle east. the papers are a mixed bunch. the sunday
from its phones and devices. hopes of a breakthrough today to end the long running pay dispute in the health service. dramatic footage said to show a russian jet intercepting an american drone and dumping fuel in its path over the black sea. and how this avenue of trees in plymouth was cut down under cover of darkness. and coming up on the bbc news channel. a big night for both manchester united and arsenal as they look to make it through to the quarterfinals of the europa league. good afternoon. the chancellorjeremy hunt has been defending his budget saying it will get people back to work and won tjust benefit the rich. but labour says the move to abolish the cap on the lifetimes pensions allowance is a tax cut for the top 1% of earners. it s planning to force a vote in parliament on the issue next week. meanwhile, the independent economic thinktank the ifs has warned households will feel continuing pain over the coming year, with incomes squeezed amid a freeze on tax thre
Coming up in bbc news, 4 0 after a morning session with the afternoon for is under way. Good afternoon. A school coach full of children has overturned on the m53 motorway in merseyside. Its understood the coach hit the central reservation during rush hour this morning. Fifty patients are being assessed at the scene and a Major Incident has been declared. The coach was carrying pupils to two separate Grammar Schools. 0ur correspondent yunus mulla is close to the scene now on the wirral. Yunus, whats the latest . Im just a short distance away from the scene of this accident this morning, just a few hundred yards over my shoulder is the m53 motorway close to Junction Five. It was about eight oclock this morning that North West Ambulance service described this as a Major Incident. It involved a school bus, which ended up on its side. We understand there was a collision of some kind. That bus had pupils from two schools in west kirby, west Kirby Grammar School and Calday Grange Grammar Scho