at the european athletics indoor championships in belgrade. and tottenham close the gap on chelsea s lead at the top of the premier league to seven points after beating everton. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the chancellor, phillip hammond, has said the government will not spend heavily in his budget on wednesday, because it needs reserves in the tank as it prepares to leave the eu. mr hammond said hisjob was to ensure the economy was resilient. he s also warned the eu that britain will not slink off like a wounded animal if it does not secure the brexit deal it wants. 0ur political correspondent, susana mendonca, reports. don t expect bundles of cash to pop out of his red box on wednesday. the chancellor is not planning to go on a spending spree. he is under pressure to put more money into the nhs, to plug the growing funding gap in social care for the elderly, and to help small firms deal with rising business rates. but he is batting off suggestions that there
spending announcements in the budget on wednesday, saying that britain needs ‘fuel in the tank‘ as it prepares to leave the european union. with labour calling for increased spending on public services including health and social care, the chancellor says that although the economy is performing well, spending sprees would be reckless. he s also warned the eu that britain will fight back if brexit talks end without a deal. here s our political correspondent, eleanor garnier. these days a long shadow casts itself over westminster and whitehall. brexit is dominating politics and, as the chancellor makes spending plans, it dominates his calculations. i regard my job as chancellor is making sure that our economy is resilient, that we have reserves in the tank so, as we embark on the journey will take over the next couple of years, we are confident we have enough gas in the tank to see us through the journey. but domestic pressures are building up but domestic pressures are bui
as leader of the labour party which is entitled to. this is probably a clerical error. how much does he get? £40,000, and that should be declared. no one is suggesting he is dodging anything, but this is a political case of shooting yourself in the foot. it was a stunt too embarrassed the government but instead it has embarrassed him. people sayjeremy corbyn is always attacked by the media, and maybe they have a good point, but when they have a good point, but when they said that he has not declared his own income properly in this tax return, that is outrageous. it is notjust a piece of paper where he has missed something off, this is his actual tax return. 0h right, has missed something off, this is his actualtax return. 0h right, we get into trouble if we do that. exactly. he has been taxed at source for that money and he did take it, but he did not put that on his declaration. that is an oversight, but someone should have checked his tax return before it went out. there h
with the self employed and drinkers bearing the cost of extra help for social care and business. and in the film review mark kermode gives us his verdict on the ‘viceroy‘s house‘ and the rest of this week s top releases. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the chancellor phillip hammond has played down expectations of big spending announcements in the budget on wednesday, saying that britain needs fuel in the tank as it prepares to leave the european union. with labour calling for increased spending on public services, including health and social care the chancellor says that although the economy is performing well, spending sprees would be reckless. he s also warned the eu that britain will fight back if brexit talks end without a deal. here s our political correspondent eleanor garnier. these days, a long shadow cast itself over westminster and whitehall. brexit is dominating politics, and as the chancellor makes his spending plans, it dominates his calculatio
huthackman returns as wolverine. we will hear about the other cinema releases in the film and review. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the mirror columnist susie boniface, and the telegraph columnist tim stanley. tomorrow s front pages, starting with: the ft says the chancellor s due to unveil tax rises in wednesday s budget, as he looks to protect the country from unexpected challenges from brexit. the times also looks at the budget and it pictures french presidential candidate francois fillon and his wife at a rally in paris, amid calls for him to quit the race afterfraud claims. the i says philip hammond has been told by doctors that the nhs needs billions of extra pounds. nhs also features in the telegraph which claims more than 600 bosses are earning six figure salaries, as the health service struggles with its finances. the metro has a warning about the mental health of university students, reporting