and back on the prowl how come wolves have returned to belgium after a century. hello and welcome to the programme. it isa it is a very big day for the chancellor today, jeremy hunt. it is the budget of course. free childcare for working parents in england is expected to be expand to cover one and two year olds, in jeremy hunt s first budget as chancellor. currently, only working parents with three and four year olds are eligible for 30 hours of free childcare per week. the plans are part of a uk government drive to encourage more people back to work, to boost economic growth. ben king reports. for lauren from south london, being a working mum is a constantjuggle. forthree being a working mum is a constantjuggle. for three days constant juggle. for three days a constantjuggle. for three days a week, she looks after eight year olds zane while she works from home. on the other two days, she spends an hour or more travelling to nursery. the nursery near more travelling to nur
let s start here in the uk, where, in a few hours time, the chancellorjeremy hunt will unveil his first budget, where he will outline the government s big decisions on spending, and plans for raising or lowering taxes. among the measures he s expected to unveil is a significant expansion of free childcare provision. it s part of a strategy to get more people back to work, given the shortage of staff in some key sectors. the chancellor is also expected to announce a rise in the tax free limit for pension contributions, to encourage people to stay in work for longer. the latest economic figures underline the challenge facing the government, as well as the pressure on household and business budgets. here s our economics editor faisal islam. it is back to work budget, that s a promise, and it was centre on one of the biggest ever expansions of childcare for england with equivalent funding for other nations. parents of one and two year olds will get the same 30 hours of support a
we start here in the uk, where as you have been hearing the pressure on prime minister liz truss is building after another day of political chaos. the exit of a key cabinet member, home secretary suella braverman, who delivered a blistering attack on her former boss in her resignation letter. then a huge row in the house of commons over a vote on fracking, seen as a test of loyalty to the prime minister. it saw the pound fall sharply on wednesday, wiping out all the gains made this week after liz truss replaced her chancellor and abandoned the tax cutting plans that had rattled the markets. our political editor chris mason was following events. conservative mps are openmouthed in horror at what they are witnessing, government six week old histjunked the majority of its programme and removed a chancellor in a day of complete chaos, at lunchtime a senior adviser to the prime minister suspended over allegations of briefing against conservative mps, after prime minister s questi
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. at least one person has been shot dead in the iranian city of zahedan, as anti government protests continue in much of the country. activitsts say security forces fired on dozens of people as they left friday prayers in the southern city. robin brant reports. six weeks in and these protests show no sign of abating. the opposite in fact. this is zahedan, the scene of violent confrontation again. independent observers claiming the cracked on by security forces across iran and killed at least 160 people and the tactics continue to be unbearably indiscriminate. i saw footage of a teenager, shot in the head and apparently has been killed and we haven t gotten exact figures for how many people have died and now many people have been injured today but the footage that we saw, we can say that certainly, they open fire again with live ammunition. what started as a protest over the death of a young woman in custody bec
the prospect of another election, after parties failed to reach agreement on a return to power sharing. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the commander of iran s powerful revolutionary guards has warned protesters that saturday would be their last day of taking to streets. iran has been gripped by protests since the death of 22 year old kurdish woman mahsa amini in police custody last month. today s serious warning follows the fatal shooting of a protester in the iranian city of zahedan. activitsts say security forces fired on dozens of people as they left friday prayers in the southern city. robin brant reports. six weeks in, and these protests show no sign of abating. the opposite, in fact. this is zahedan, the scene of violent confrontation again. independent observers claiming the cracked on by security forces the crackdowon by security forces across iran and killed at least 160 people and the tactics continue to be unbearably indiscrimin