Vaping and smoking, but the Office For Budget Responsibility warns the government could find it hard to balance the books. Heres our business correspondent, emma simpson. Did you catch any ofjeremy s budget . It was a chance to turn around the fortunes of the Conservative Party. But was it enough . I think its good that the workers are going to get money back in their pockets. But then if you think about the Cost Of Living and how everything is going up, then maybe they could have given a little bit more back. Anything that cuts taxes, i wish he would have done something a bit more for savers, were in a position where were living off savings. I think theyre trying to do it in light of a General Election and probably not really thinking about what the benefit to the country is. The centrepiece of this budget was a £2 billion cut was a 2p in the pound cut to National Insurance, a tax paid by workers. So who are the winners and losers if you include all the changes to tax and thresholds
tightened too much. indeed, suggests that we still have work to do. if you ever find an airline pilot said it worked with the federal reserve, get off that aircraft. the 16th largest u.s. bank chanced today and took a nervous stock market with it. the latest talk is that this might pause the federal reserve in this latest interest rate hike cycle. the betting seems to be when they gather next week, maybe no rate hike, period. neil: one year, can you believe it? a year ago today it all started. eight interest rate hikes later, the federal reserve must decide whether next week it should make it a ninth. even as credit swiss is receiving a $54 billion life line to keep it going. news hoff a $30 billion rescue for a bank, first republic. that helped stocks rebound. we re tracking it all, this incrediblier and where we stand now from main street to wall street, from the federal reserve to capitol hill to the white house as well. with rich and robert on what could be the ne
satellite image, a deep area of low pressure that has been working its way eastwards through the course of the day. for many, under leaden skies it was the colours of autumn lifting proceedings. but it s not just the cloud and rain, it s the wind today, and it is windy certainly through irish sea coast, the west scotland, north of england and eastern scotland as well. gales or severe gale force gusts with met office warning is in force. for the next few hours the band of rain is still with us across parts of eastern scotland, the north of england and through wales and drifting eastwards, eventually reaching the south east. further west, the heavy rain has cleared but heavy showers are now in play and once again windy and perhaps the odd rumble of thunder. this evening, the rain still with us in the south east, lingering here overnight tonight and into tomorrow. elsewhere some clear skies will stop once again a few showers and perhaps longer spells of rain in the far north. te