photos in the early hours of the morning. that was near downing street. also energised and with me throughout the day is our political correspondent. and in our bbc new newsroom i am joined by economics correspondent andy verity. we will be looking at what this budget will mean for you and will be looking at the challenges of the government and what will happen in the years ahead and whoever takes power after general election. he shouted there as a general election and we know there will be one before next january is so there is politics that comes with this. this is the last budget before that general election. the chancellor has promised that his plans will simulate stimulate the flagging economy. labour will argue that any reductions will still leave people worse off because of the freezing of tax thresholds. so what could be expected in today s budget ben king takes a look. the background to the budget has been gloomy but it looks like the chancellor will find room t
crisis looms. i want to find a reasonable and a responsible way that we can take control of this runaway spending. all of these officers failed their oath. we need a national conversation about policing. the question is where do we go from here? parents send their kids back to school tomorrow for the first time since that shooting in early january. am i 100% comfortable sending him back? no. i m pamela brown in washington, and you are live in the cnn newsroom. the fate of the u.s. economy may hinge on a meeting this wednesday between president biden and newly elected gop house speaker kevin mccarthy. it has been a little more than a week since the treasury department announced the u.s. government has reached its borrowing limit. if the the debt ceiling isn t raised, the u.s. could start defaulting on its loans. i know the president said he didn t want to have any discussions, but i think it s very important that our whole government s designed to find compro
i know the president said he didn t want to have any discussions, but i think it s very important that our whole government s designed to find compromise. i don t think there s anyone in america who doesn t agree that there s some wasteful washington spending that we can eliminate. so i want to sit down together, work out an agreement that we can move forward to put us on a path to balance at the same time not put any of our debt in jeopardy at the same time. cnn s arlette saenz is with the president in wilmington. arlette, mccarthy s talking cuts but the president says raising the debt ceiling is an obligation, not a negotiation. what s going to happen, do you think? reporter: yeah, pamela. president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy are certainly heading toward a high-stakes showdown as they re set to meet on wednesday. this will be the first time the two men are meeting in person since mccarthy became house speaker. the white house has said there will be a range of issues