reserves in the tank, so that as we embark on the journey that we take over the next couple of years, we are confident that we have got enough gas in the tank to see us through that journey. there are two kinds of budget, those that have a specific problem to solve, normally a crisis in the public finances. and there are those where there isn t much to do, chancellors just have to stand up and look like they ve been keeping busy. well, this one is more in the latter category. part of the reason for that is that brexit is looming over everything at the moment. the old slogan used to be, you must fix the roof while the sun is shining. today might be, there is no point in fixing the roof if you think a great big tree might come toppling down on top of it. you should wait to see what happens. until brexit, getting the deficit down was the main goal, and it slowly came under control. the idea is it carries on going down but the basicjob is farfrom done. it s fair to say that a lot
skies blue. glad you could join us. it is a them in singapore, midnight in london, and seven in the evening in washington, dc, web president donald trump has finally signed his replacement executive order on immigration. it really imposes travel restrictions on six muslim majority nations. but it admits iraq but admits iraq and allows people who already have green cards and lives a ban on syrian refugees. nick bryant reports. there was applause when president trump signed the first executive order, but it caused anger, chaos and confusion at america s airports as the travel ban on entrants from seven mainly muslim countries was hurriedly put into effect but the us courts blocked it opening the borders, delivering an embarrassing rebuke to president trump. so today he signed a revised ban with unusually little fanfare. the washington press corps not invited to witness it and this photograph taken instead by a white house staffer. he left it to a senior administration off