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paid for by spending cuts and tax rises elsewhere? and with a general election imminent, how will the budget go down beyond westminster? i m in newcastle hearing from local businesses and community leaders about what they want from the budget and getting their reaction to what the chancellor announces. yes, it s budget mike day. the day has finally arrived. one of the few remaining set pieces were the government gets the opportunity to set out its agenda before the general election. whenever that happens. we will talk about speculation on a date later. it will be important to hear how the chancellor, jeremy hunt, presents the decisions that he makes today, because we have heard quite a lot about what is going to be in this budget. let s give you a flavour of that on some of the front pages. the times, jeremy hunt seeks to win over voters with £900 tax cut. a combination of 2p cut in national insurance now, and in the autumn, when he announced it. asi as i say, we will certai ....
star kim cattrall will be here later. i am counting. and if you have got a question for her, get in touch this morning. we will talk about ageism in hollywood and her incredible career. good morning and welcome to the programme. this is the week when most of the parties set out their ma nifestos, most of the parties set out their manifestos, we get some promises and some figures. what they say they will do if they win enough votes to form a government. labour will launch at 11 o clock. and plaid cymru will launch their at ten o clock. we will also talk about the new mcdonald s advertisement about a boy grieving for his father, which some say is offensive. these get in touch with us. the top story today. moors murderer ian brady has died. he and his partner tortured and murdered five children in the ‘60s. myra hindley died in prison in 2002. origi, who was believed to be terminally ill with cancer, had been receiving palliative care at as hworth receiving palliative ca ....
welcome to bbc news. president trump has arrived in saudi arabia this morning, but he leaves behind more controversy in washington. the us media is reporting that he told senior russian officials that the fbi director, james comey, was a nutjob whose sacking had relieved great pressure on him. anisa kadri reports. a red carpet welcome for president trump, who s touched down in saudi arabia. he was met by the king, on his first foreign visit since taking office. he tweeted that he will be strongly protecting american interests, that s what i like to do. but he might be glad to leave washington for a while, after the week he s had. it started with the accusation that he d leaked classified information to the russians. then reports of a memo which claimed president trump asked the fbi director to drop an investigation into his former national security advisor, michael flynn. the next day, it was announced that a special council will lead the enquirery into russian medd ....
and the actor roy barraclough, best known for his role in coronation street, has died at the age of 81. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. brexit will become the focus of campaigning in the general election this afternoon, as the conservative, liberal democrat and labour leaders all hold events to outline their position on the eu. earlier, theresa may, who was in teeside, said the uk will be more prosperous once it leaves. in the next hour, labour leader jeremy corbyn is expected to warn that mrs may s approach to brexit is reckless and could harm jobs. here s our political correspondent leila nathoo on how the parties are pushing their brexit messages. she wants to move on, to dig herself out of the whole of last night s debate no show, and on to the safer ground of brexit. a brighter future awaits, she says, but only she can get us there. i want us to work together to fulfil the promise of brexit too. because if we get brexit right, then together we can do grea ....
audience for 45 minutes each. theresa may will go first and jeremy corbyn second. the order was decided by a draw. we ll bring you the full debate at 8.30pm, with on screen analysis on the bbc news channel. we ll have the latest reaction from the bbc reality check team, who will be fact checking the leaders comments in real time. and thoughts of the bbc‘s politics team and political commentators. then at 10pm, i ll be back with a special reaction programme hearing from the parties and the pundits. let s talk now to shadow business secretary rebecca long bailey, and culture secretary karen bradley. karen bradley, if i can start with you. you know theresa may well, you work the third the home office, and wa nted work the third the home office, and wanted a sense of how the campaign was going as you see it.” wanted a sense of how the campaign was going as you see it. i worked with theresa may futuna half years and i ve been honoured to serve in a cabinet for nearly 12 ....