spending around ten or 20% lower in real terms than it was in 2010. other parts of the public sector are spending more. finally we need to note that demand for services are going up with the population getting older and growing. many people have needs they have to have where councils have to provide services. in a sense it has reduced resources and greater demand. and in the end some way will have to be found in national politics to change the local government funding model or get local government doing less. to local government funding model is very different in other countries. it certainly is. in other countries you have a local income taxes. in scandinavia, famously, norway, sweden and denmark, local income taxes. even in the united states, more local taxes are available so local decisions are made. that s another issue. what local governments spend is heavily constrained by central government, and central government has wanted local government to cut its spending over ti
count. there were seven swing states in the 2020 presidential election. arizona, georgia, nevada, michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania and north carolinasix of them won byjoe biden six of them won byjoe biden all of them crucial this time around, in the race to 270 electoral college votes. in the popular votejoe biden won the 2020 election by seven million votes. but look how narrow it was in some of these swing states in arizona, joe biden won by 10,167 votes. in georgia, which biden also won, the difference was 11,779 votes. and in nevada, biden won the state by 33,596 votes. three states which could decide this election, the two candidates separated byjust 55,832. but for democrats the polls spell trouble. in all these states right now. trump is winning. across all seven states, 48% of voters said they would back trump, 43% would back biden. we saw just the we sawjust the other week we saw just the other week that the issue of israel becomes very important. if that were b
bagpipes skirl it is the biggest military ceremonial event seen in this country for seven decades. since the coronation of queen elizabeth ii in 19 for three. 1953. elizabeth ii in 19 for three. 1953. tens of thousands of people will line the procession roots and tens of millions will watch around the globe. so the pressure to make sure no foot or horse is out of place is huge. just some breaking news to bring you, this related to buckingham palace, police say they have arrested a man outside the palace. it they have arrested a man outside the palace.- they have arrested a man outside the palace. it is early tuesday night. outside the palace. it is early tuesday night. hours - outside the palace. it is early tuesday night. hours before | outside the palace. it is early i tuesday night. hours before the rehearsal is due kick off. right in front of buckingham palace. a reminder of the important role the security services will play, making sure everything goes according to
putin. the bbc has verified this video. this video showing the moment the drones hit the building. on the left hand side that small hand object coming into view and then that explosion. and we have an update on this. we have been on social media hearing from ex president of russia, dmitry medvedev saying, in that post on social media, that the alleged overnight drone attack on the kremlin left moscow with no options but to, quote, eliminate ukrainian president zelensky and his clique in kyiv. the latest response have their so far. our correspondent will vernon has been monitoring events from moscow. the statement from the kremlin saying that ukraine used two drones to attack the kremlin building last night saying that russian forces managed to bring those forces down and that there were no injuries and that the president himself was unhurt although they did say that this was in assassination attempt on putin s life. it is not actually clear what actually happened but those vi