Stay updated with breaking news from Underpinning. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
and virtual passport to paradise: why a remote pacific island nation is offering digital citizenship to people around the world. so, let s get down to business. we start here in the uk, where companies are begging the chancellorjeremy hunt to provide more support for business when he announces his budget next week. as it stands, firms face a sharp rise in corporation tax at the end of the month, just as government help with energy bills is scaled back and tax breaks on investment are phased out. on wednesday, the british chambers of commerce warned the uk risks falling behind its competitors if firms aren t given more help. the uk is the only g7 economy yet to recover to pre pandemic levels, and the bcc predicts that won t happen until the end of next year. our business editor simonjack reports. 450 a50 acres, 350 businesses, thousands of employees, this estate is one of the largest in europe and hosts a huge cross section of the businesses that government wants and needs to ....
i m ben brown in the studio our other top stories this hour... as the regulator ofgem lowers the price cap for gas and electricity, there are fresh calls for the government to stop a rise in energy bills in april. a new panorama investigation uncovers evidence that women are being misled and manipulated about abortion by some crisis pregnancy advice centres,in the uk. the first female speaker of the house of commons, betty boothroyd, dies at the age of 93. good afternoon from windsor, where rishi sunak and the eu have struck a new agreement to amend post brexit trading rules with the eu. the prime minister said the deal marked a decisive breakthrough after years of wrangling, allowing smooth, free flowing trade while preserving the belfast agreement, the setttlement which underpins devolved government in northern ireland. mr sunak said the agreement would remove any sense of a border in the irish sea, the chief complaint of unionists who have boycotted stormont in ....
believe in you. that does it for us tonight, now it is time for the last word with amy mohyeldin sitting in for lawrence o donnell. good evening, amen. good evening, alex. i wonder how long it s gonna be before we see republicans actually want to ban electricity to take us back to the arab candles because you know when it cooking over candles and stone bowls. they re going to keep the gas stoves. they re not gonna let anyone touch the gas. that s right! cooking over gas stoves. as the air. great to see you as always, my friend. enjoy the rest of your evening. have a good weekend. joy th it is now a matter of public record that fox hosts knew they were lying when they repeated donald trump s big lie about the presidential election that he lost in november. look, this program reported last night on the lawsuit from dominion voting system that included text messages that proves that fox primetime hosts and you that trump and his allies were lying about th ....
the presidential election that he lost in november. look, this program reported last night on the lawsuit from dominion voting system that included text messages that proves that fox primetime hosts new trump and his allies were lying about the election even though they were allowing promoters of those big lies people like rudy giuliani and sidney powell to push them on their shows unchecked. but it is now, it is new tonight that despite the lawsuit, at least one fox host is totally unrepentant and still pushing the big lie about the election. you may be wondering what is going on in our country. there are so many unanswered questions. some of them lingering. how, for example, did senile hermit joe biden get 15 million more votes than his former boss, rock star crowd surfer barack obama? things like that seem to defy the laws of visits and qualify as. a miracle, was a 2020 election a miracle? honestly we don t know. we don t expect to get an answer to it tonight. th ....
focused minds are somewhat in helsinki and stockholm and pushed those two countries for the first time to apply for nato membership. so some movement by turkey regarding finland s application to join nato. giving young babies between four and six months old tiny tastes of smooth peanut butter could dramatically cut peanut allergies. that s according to new research, showing there is a crucial opportunity during weaning to cut allergy cases by 77%. the allergy has been soaring in the uk with one in 50 children now affected. scientists now say the government s advice on weaning which says no solids until around six months needs to change. let s speak to our medical editor fergus walsh. this sounds promising, tell us how it works? it this sounds promising, tell us how it works? , , ., . ., this sounds promising, tell us how itworks? , , ., . ., , it works? it is research from king s colleae it works? it is research from king s college london it works? it is research ....