And it is a very, very serious situation so we look forward, as i just said, to receiving them in court. A firm of london plumbers loses legal Battle Over Whether to give freelance plumbers the same rights as full time staff. And england prepare to take on wales this weekend. And coming up in the sport, the russian athlete stripped of her gold medal and banned for doping. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The Health Secretary, jeremy hunt, says its completely unacceptable that some patients in england are waiting up to 13 hours in a e. Figures show that Waiting Times in Casualty Units are worse than at any time in the last decade. Mr hunt says he does have an improvement plan, but admits it will take time, and says theres no Silver Bullet. Our Health Editor hugh pym reports. Nhs england figures this winter show the worst waiting time performance ina e the worst waiting time performance in a e units since records began more than a decade ago. Jeremy hunt paid tribute to
On the shores of new zealand. Coming up in sport we are live here in cardiff at the Principality Stadium to preview all of this weekends 6 nations fixtures including wales against england. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The Health Secretary, jeremy hunt, says its completely unacceptable that some patients in england are waiting up to 13 hours in a e. Figures show that Waiting Times in Casualty Units are worse than at any time in the last decade. And the number of operations cancelled at the last minute hit a fifteen hear high last year. Mr hunt insists he does have an Improvement Plan though didnt reveal it and he admits it will take time. He was talking to our Health Editor hugh pym. The worst monthly a e figures in more than a decade. They have corridor nurses as well. Times are very desperate. Images like this across bbc news. No one would want it for members of their own family. It has been a difficult few days for the Health Secretary and he has now come out and
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billion of tax cuts announced in the mini budget. we already had reversing the planned corporation tax cuts of £90 million and the £2 billion for the top rate of 45p, that was scrapped first. today another £7 billion in other tax cuts was clap, including a freeze on alcohol duty, leaving £17 billion. the stamp duty cut and the reversal of the rise in national insurance. butjeremy hunt went even further, not only cancelling the proposed early cut in the basic rate of income tax, but getting rid of it into the future, so going beyond reversing the mini budget policies and leaving the tax cutting prime minister with a higher cap for the basic rate of tax than she inherited. that raises £5 billion a yearfor inherited. that raises £5 billion a year for the treasury. knock that off and you still have a hole of £12 million. but the gap has grown by £20 billion at least because the economy has been hit and we face higher interest rates. all in all a