minister s questions. it is always a little different, the pmqs ahead of the budget. he has vacated the chair for the deputy speaker. she will be going through some of the notices ahead ofjeremy hunt, the chancellor, delivering his budget statement. he will take to his feet shortly and will probably speak for about an hour shortly and will probably speak for aboutan hourand shortly and will probably speak for about an hour and then it will be the turn of the leader of the opposition, keir starmer to respond. we will take both of those live and uninterrupted and we will then have reaction from the chief secretary to the treasury, laura trott, part of the treasury, laura trott, part of the treasury team and her shadow for labour. here isjeremy hunt. madam deputy speaker, as we mourn the loss of life in israel and gaza, the loss of life in israel and gaza, the prime minister reminded us of the prime minister reminded us of the need the fight extremism and heal divisions. i start
but it is warm, not quite as warm as yesterday which was the warmest day of the year so far. but i think easily, even with the hazy skies, temperatures will widely reach the low 20s across england and in other parts of the country i think the high teens can be expected early this afternoon. so, pleasant enough for the next few hours. then, things will change and the weather could get quite dramatic later today, when we are expecting thundery downpours to sweep into parts of the uk. it will be coming in from the south, there is a separate band of rain heading to northern ireland, another one will reach the south of the country. so i think late afternoon, we will see those clouds really starting to increase in the west and the south, and the met office warns that particularly south eastern parts of the country are in for local torrential downpours, frequent lightning, gusty winds and even large hailstones. so, this is for south eastern areas, for a few hours, not everywhere, bu
be on the capital to see if sadik khan can win a third term as london mayor. rumours have been swirling that the results will be much closer than the polls have suggested. we are expecting results from a handful of councils as well as ten police and crime commissioners. the labour leader has been speaking following a rally this morning to celebrate a clear warrant a plasma collection is the first mayor of the east midlands. the first mayor of the east midlands- the first mayor of the east midlands. ., ., midlands. he was asked about the london mayoral midlands. he was asked about the london mayoral contest. - midlands. he was asked about the london mayoral contest. sadik- midlands. he was asked about the l london mayoral contest. sadik khan was absolutely the right candidate. he has got two terms of delivery behind him and i m confident he s got another time of delivery in front of him but, that, if you look across the country, i am standing here in mansfield, in the east