Ministers 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 today by r
Wigan and newport. Lets speak to marc ashdown, business correspondent. How rapidly have rents been rising . The bbc teamed up with that property portal and we asked them to track rent rises over the past three years. Between 2020 and 2023, they looked at 65 areas across the whole of the uk. For the areas which have seen the biggest increases. This graph tells a story. This is the average amount rents have gone up across the uk, just under 31 . These are the areas that have seen the biggest increases. Manchester, bolton, glasgow as you would expect. But six out of these ten are areas close to cities but not cities. These are towns within touching distance of cities. They have seen the biggest rent increases, luton, newport, bolton. Nearly 39 over the last three years, rents have gone up in bolton. 15 injust the last year. One of the Estate Agents we spoke to said in his 23 years, he hasnt seen anything like it, he described a staggering. Baez hasnt seen anything like it, he described a
Of this. Surely its tax cuts or die for the tories. And thats all coming up in your next hour. Thank you for joining all coming up in your next hour. Thank you forjoining me on the thank you for joining me on the show. Your company is always a pleasure. Now you might say, why do people in politics give as much interest to gaza as they do to glasgow or gateshead or gillingham or gloucester . Well, gillingham or gloucester . Well, theres a huge vote tonight on this matter. A massive protest outside and later in the show weve got an exclusive interview with a councillor from a tiny cumbrian town on the coast called hillam. Then theyve had for three Asylum Seekers dumped on their town, where theres a critical shortage of housing for locals. No gp appointments, no dentists. The nearest hospital 40 minutes away, the nearest cop shop 45 minutes away. Theyre voiceless. Theyve been trampled voiceless. Theyve been trampled down. Were going to give them a voice and try and get action thats coming
Was a really dull pmqs. I thought that it was pretty flat between starmer and sunak, but the real excitement and there was something exciting came after pmqs ended. There were two points of order in the house of commons, one put down by liam byrne, whos the trade Committee Chair and one put down by lucy powell, whos the shadow leader of the commons to senior labour mps. And they both put down mps. And they both put down points of order about Kemi Badenoch. Now to some extent an badenoch. Now to some extent an impartial observer might look at these two leading labour mps putting points of order down about the business and trade secretary and thinking is this a coordinated attempt. Is this coordinated attempt. Is this a sort of gunning for her . Arent they . Theyre gunning for her. And i wonder if it has something to do with the fact that she could potentially a that she could potentially be a future conservative leader. I think thats highly , highly i think thats highly, highly likely.