The most and conservative thing i could do would be to cut taxes by increasing borrowing. Thats just cutting taxes and saying future generations have to pick up the tax after. I wont to do that. But i do want, where its possible to do so, responsibly, to move towards a lower tax economy, and id hope to show a pass in that direction. But this will be a prudent and responsible budget for long term growth, tackling inflation, my investments, morejobs, and thats path to lower taxation as and when we can afford it. But you said also, that the forecast from the obr, which is the economic watchdog which marks your homework, you have said that the numbers have gone against us. So the picture is bleaker than it was at the beginning of the year . Why then are you looking now to cut taxes at all . These forecasts change the whole time. What happened in the autumn was that the forecast went in our favour unexpectedly, quite close to the end. So i was able to introduce the biggest business tax cuts
However, we should tell our viewers. We are going to do a different dance, are we . I know you are a keen ballroom dancer. There is a widespread expectation you are likely to cut national insurance, there is a widespread expectation you are going to nick labours policy of tightening up the rules for so called non doms, people who earn huge fortunes abroad. But arent permanent residents. You said these are foreigners who could leave easily in ireland, france, portugal, or spain, they all have these schemes, id rather they stayed here and spent their money here. Do you want to take that back . As i said, laura, im not going to talk about individual taxes. 0h, oh, im asking on principle. Out of principle do you agree Withjeremy Hunt from 2022 . I dont disagree Withjeremy Hunt from nearly everything i said in the past, but sometimes. Let me say this, the country sees through gimmicks and we are not going to do gimmicks on wednesday. Its going to be a budget for responsible, long term growt
arrested in connection with an alleged corruption case. take a look. these are the moments after the arrest. you can see in the circle there with the white sleeves and waistcoat, that is imran khan. you can see absolutely surrounded by paramilitary forces there. he has taken and put in the back of that black truck and then taken away to an undisclosed location. so we don t know where he is being held right now. that was the momentjust after his arrest. this, we think, just before. khan is behind the camera here. these are those paramilitary forces trying to get in. these pictures, i should say are from a pti official, the political party of imran khan. the party have called on his supporters to take to the streets. that has happened in places like karachi and turns across the country can actually, imran khan supporters have come out to protest against his arrest. let s get more on this with our south asia regional editor anbarasan ethirajan. just talk us through what we know
officials in ukraine say five people, including a three month old baby, have been killed in a russian missile attack on the port city of odessa. 18 others were wounded. this video shows the aftermath of a strike on a residential building. in an online post, the ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky s chief of staff, andriy yermak, says at least five people were killed and 18injured in the assault. and 18 injured in the assault. in the city of mariupol, russian forces appear to be trying to storm the azovstal steel works, where ukraine s remaining forces in the city are holding out. to storm the azovstal steel works, where ukraine s remaining forces russians are said to have resumed air strikes on the plant in the south east of the country. from ukraine, danjohnson sent this report. more ukrainian homes are coming underfire. shelling s intensified in kharkiv and across the east of the country, but intelligence assessments say the russians aren t gaining much ground. still, th
officials in ukraine say five people, including a three month old baby, have been killed in a russian missile attack on the port city of odesa. 18 others were wounded. this video shows the aftermath of a strike on a residential building the russian defence ministry says its missiles destroyed a logistics terminal in the port city, where it said foreign weapons were stored. in the city of mariupol, russian forces appear to be trying our correspondent caroline davies has just sent this report from odesa. siren wails thick black smoke that cut through the calm of a saturday afternoon in odesa. this was the aftermath of missile strike on the city. on the ground blown out glass, debris, burning cars. and ukraine s firefighters and army trying to limit the destruction. vitalia and her son, nikita, were on the 12th floor when the missile hit. translation: there was a very strong explosion directly on top of us. - it broke all the windows in the apartment. i smelled smoke very st