the truth is taxes are still going up. people feel worse off because they are worse off. so this morning, we have one big question in what direction would labour drive the economy? the woman in charge of the party s calculator, rachel reeves, who wants to be the next chancellor is here. the budget promised extra cash to get more bang for taxpayers bucks in the health service. we ll ask the health secretary, victoria atkins, what difference that will make. and what s it like when your body won t do the amazing things you used to do the lead singer of del amitri tells us how parkinson s hasn t stopped him taking to the stage. morning, morning. helping me out at the desk for the next 60 minutes, chef and green campaigner hugh fearnley whittingstall, john lewis boss dame sharon white, and lord michael howard, former conservative leader, and one time shadow chancellor, too. a very warm welcome to all of you. making the news this morning. the sunday times says boris johnson we
the battle of the blockbusters will be decided later at the biggest night in the entertainment calendar. will barbie or oppenheimer win big at the oscars? as we heard earlier the budget the government unveiled on wednesday has left the shadow chancellor with a major headache. jeremy hunt cut national insurance by 2 pence for the second time in six months, as well as stealing two of labour s fund raising policies. the party had planned to use these to fund breakfast clubs in schools and reduce nhs waiting lists, if it wins the next election.earlier, the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves spoke to the bbc s laura kuennsberg about how they plan to raise money now, starting with establishing a taskforce to help create a national wealth fund. the national wealth fund is a key component of the growth plan and the idea is to leveraging the private sector investment alongside a government endowment to invest in some of thejobs government endowment to invest in some of the jobs and indu
on so many innocent people. hello. welcome to what is the last edition of outside source. but it s no different to all the ones that have gone before. we re going to have a detailed rundown of some of the biggest stories of the day. and we ll start in russia, because a court in moscow has ordered that a us journalist is kept in custody over spying charges. americanjournalist is american journalist is kept in custody over spying charges. american journalist is kept in custody over spying charges. the journalist in question is evan gershkovich. he works for the wall streetjournal. russia s security service the fsb it says the journalist was acting on us instructions. and that he had collected information constituting a state secret about the activities of a russian defence enterprise. the wall streetjournal denies he has done anything wrong. we ve heard from the kremlin too. translation: this is - the prerogative of the fsb. you already had a statement about this from the
a very warm welcome to the programme. we begin here in the uk. it is the morning after that budget. the chancellor has insisted his first budget is transformational and will get people back into work. jeremy hunt set out major changes to pensions and benefits, as well as an expansion of free childcare in england, all designed to boost economic growth. the new pension tax rules will allow higher earners to save more into their pensions, tax free. the opposition labour party has said it s the wrong priority for the wrong people. emma simpson reports. at this nursery in south east london working parents like charlie love the idea of 30 hours of free childcare for those nine months and over in england. her daughter, dorothy, will hopefully qualify. will hopefully qualify. other to - line, will hopefully qualify. other topline, ecstatic, will hopefully qualify. other topline, ecstatic, i ve - will hopefully qualify. other topline, ecstatic, i vejust i topline, ecstatic, i v