will be overhauled meaning drinks with a lower alcohol percentage will be cheaper. labour accused rishi sunak of living in a parallel universe cutting taxes for bankers while ordinary people struggled to get by. so, madam deputy speaker, at least the bankers on short haulflights, sipping champagne, will be cheering this budget today. jeering. i have been talking to people in bristol and quite a few small businesses as well to see how they think these latest budget announcements will be affecting them. in other news this lunch. a serving metropolitan police officer has been charged with rape. pc adam zaman, who s 28, serves with the east area command unit. hello and very good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news if you have just joined us. the chancellor rishi sunak has delivered his budget saying it s preparing the uk for a post covid era of optimism. mr sunak also announced the results of the spending review, revealing how much each government department will receive i
change in his budget. the current alcohol duty system will be overhauled meaning drinks with a lower alcohol percentage will be cheaper. labour accused rishi sunak of living in a parallel universe cutting taxes for bankers while ordinary people struggled to get by. so, madam deputy speaker, at least the bankers on short haulflights, sipping champagne, will be cheering this budget today. jeering. we ve been talking to lots of people and loads of small businesses here in bristol to see what they think today s announcements will mean for them. in other news: a serving metropolitan police officer has been charged with rape. pc adam zaman, who s 28, is a member of the east area command unit. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the chancellor rishi sunak has delivered his budget saying it s preparing the uk for a post covid era of optimism. mr sunak also announced the results of the spending review, revealing how much each governm
supplies are finally making their way into war torn gaza through egypt s rafah crossing. you re taking a live look at the border which just opened within the last hour for the rafah border crossing is the only route for aid to enter gaza directly from outside israel. and it s also gaza s only gateway to the rest of the world. that is not directly controlled by gaza or israel. that is more than 2 million palestinians are facing shortages of food, water and medicine, which prompted president biden to strike a deal with israel and egypt to open the rafah border crossing. but after the white house announced the deal to allow 20 trucks of aid into gaza, there have been negotiations. israel voiced concerns about the aid getting into the hands of hamas . that s the gaza based militant group whose deadly surprise attack on israel earlier this month killed more than 1400 people, some 200 people are also held hostage at this hour. two of them an american mother and her teenage daughter