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in the uk and around the world. first we start here in the uk where the chancellor, rishi sunak, delivered his budget wednesday. some of the most striking measures affecting business were aimed at retail, hospitality and leisure among the sectors hit hardest by the pandemic. shops, pubs and gyms in england will be among businesses to get a 50% cut in their business rates. and the way alcohol is taxed is to be simplified some drinks will be taxed more but duty on draught beers will be reduced by 5%. joining me now is steve alton, ceo, british institute of innkeeping. what do you make of the measures announced yesterday by the chancellor broadly welcome? will they help your sector miss it was welcome recognition of the social value of pubs in their communities and a couple of areas he spoke about, the cuts to business rates next year, one of the largest cost our members deal with, it is something we welcome and will allow our members to plan the economic recovery. specifi ....
flights when we should be encouraging people to use trains for those journeys. tension over post brexit fishing rights in the channel as france says it s detained a british boat caught fishing in french waters without a licence. a study has found that some of the world s most highly protected forests are emitting more carbon than they absorb as a result of illegal logging and wildfires. moscow is set to shut down all non essential businesses from today, in a bid to halt soaring coronavirus cases and record death rates. as britain s newest polar research ship the rrs sir david attenborough prepares to set sail for its maiden voyage to antarctica, sir david himself spoke of what it might achieve. in the light of the scientific discoveries that this ship will undoubtedly be making, that nations -ot undoubtedly be making, that nations got together and listened to the science got together and listened to the science of what has to be done if the world science of what has ....
six means biological six. now, labour like to talk the country down. they want to pretend that everything would be great if they have never left office and pretend that somehow we have not achieved anything, but that is just simply not right. remember the note that said there is no money left, when labour left office in 2010, unemployment was higher than when they came into government. public and private debt was accumulating, the banking system is broken, the deficit was ballooning, and even labour accepted that after years of spending, significant cuts in expenditure were required. they went into the 2010 election admitting they would have to make cuts. labour left britain on the brink of bankruptcy. and worse, the money that labour had put into public service had not been accompanied by sufficient reform. labour s welfare system was more about disguising how many people are out of work than actually getting people back into employment, and for all the money that labo ....
white house. we are in detroit where the white working class voters still have their back. he spoke to their need for change. when he spoke they said, i will remember him. he said he would fix the problem and i demand to do it raced on my experience. he won over the hearts and minds of the many people. i remember one very senior minister telling me that if it was the last day of an election campaign, and he had a choice between canvassing a hall of residence or an old people s home, you do the old people s home any day because they re the ones who are going to vote. good evening. 23,000 deaths by nitrogen dioxide poisoning. a ruling today that the government can t block the clean air plan until after the general election. they claim publication would drop controversial bomb into the mix of local and national elections, but that didn t wash and after the local elections we will find out what theresa may plans to do about reducing dirty diesel, the main culprit. the mayor ....
the guardian has the same story. the paper says some free schools could t paper says some free schools could opt to select pupils based on academic merit. the daily mail says there will also be funding to help some children from low income families to travel to selected schools. the row between president trump and the former fbi director james comey, who is still the fbi director, by the way, over wiretapping allegations, is the front page story in the times. and the daily star reports that three televised jabbing slick football will soon disappear as beauty sports centre 1.2 billion deal to screen all matches. champions league football has disappeared from manchester united. that was cruel. you will be back. the express, may warns lord not to wreck eu deal. she turned up last week, was at last week for the week before? to make sure that understood. she sat there in the majestic glory, casting an eye over them. this looks like a pre emptive strike against the lords who ....