of frost around, mild in the west, cloud and outbreaks of rain and hail fog around. quite a contrast is friday begins, the cloud and drizzly rain will win out. on friday things look very different, with plenty of cloud around, but it will feel very similar because it will still be mild. more unsettled at the weekend, we will bring these weather fronts across the uk but there are gaps in between and if you find yourself in a gap it will be drier and brighter for a time. the weekend starts mild but we will change the direction of bit. from the west of the uk, it will bring temperatures down by a couple of degrees by sunday. not by much. occasional sunshine, degrees by sunday. not by much. occasionalsunshine, occasional rain, feeling cooler by sunday. the top stories: the philip hammond has increased national insurance for self employed people in his first budget, leading to accusations he has broken a manifesto pledge not to raise taxes. the budget also included an extra £2 bi
we re live until ”am this morning. what does the budget mean for you? in half an hour, we ll be answering your questions, so please do get in touch with anything you want to know about your family or business finances. use the hashtag #victorialive. if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. our top story today. the chancellor is facing accusations of breaking an election pledge by increasing national insurance contributions for many self employed workers. after his budget announcement, philip hammond is facing growing pressure to reconsider his plan from some conservative mps. the treasury has rejected calls for a re think, insisting the increase will make the national insurance system fairer. let s get more on this from our political guru, norman smith. how much pressure is he under? huge pressure. it is notjust mr hammond has broken the conservative party election manifesto, many tories oppose on principle a tax rise on people s income, but more than
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made this memorial commemorates the lives and service of all who took pa rt lives and service of all who took part in the operations in iraq and afghanistan. the queen unveils a memorial, dedicated to both soldiers and civilians, at a special service in central london an australian man alleged to have posed asjustin bieber online is charged with more than 900 and one of the most improbable comebacks in european football history barcelona produce a stunning victory in the champions league to knock out paris st germain to reach the quarterfinals. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the chancellor philip hammond has defended his plan to raise national insurance contributions for the self employed, saying the government faces new challenges. mr hammond is facing criticism of the budget announcement for apparently going against a 2015 manifesto pledge on tax rises. the change, due to come in next year, will mean 1.6 million self employed people paying on average £240 more
lives and service of all who took part in the operations in iraq and afghanistan. the queen unveils a memorial, dedicated to both soldiers and civilians, at a special service in central london. an australian man alleged to have posed as justin bieber online is charged with more than 900 child sex offences. jubilation in the catalan capital as barcelona produced one of the greatest comebacks in football history with a stunning victory over paris saint germain in the champions league. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the chancellor philip hammond has defended his plan to raise national insurance contributions for the self employed, saying the government faces new challenges. mr hammond is facing criticism of the budget announcement for apparently going against a 2015 manifesto pledge on tax rises. the change, due to come in next year, will mean 1.6 million self employed people paying on average £240 more every year. labour has accused the government of breaking its pr