Hannah miller, has the story. In homes across the country and Public Services on the ground, it can seem like everyone is crying out for cash. We have got roads full of potholes. Are you confident that the chancellor will be persuaded to give you more money to spend on housing in the budget in a few weeks time . Well, im doing everything that i can. I mean, short of laying siege to his own home. Well, i want us to be, you know, l Cutting Taxes in a responsible way. Under pressure from backbenchers and with less money to play with than hed hoped for the chancellors scrabbling around for ways to pay for a tax cut on a scale that voters will notice. Today, mr speaker, im going to cut the main 12 rate of Employee National insurance. Last year, he chose to cut National Insurance contributions and its thought he may do that again. A tax cut for workers that brings no benefit to pensioners. The Number Crunching going on inside number 11 is not just about the state of the nations finances its
The people in it not quite so much. Thank you lets speak to our political correspondent, iain watson. Thank you forjoining us. We heard George Galloway there saying he always loved the building, but what kind of reception are we expecting for him in parliament . Kind of reception are we expecting for him in parliament . When he said he didnt quite for him in parliament . When he said he didnt quite love for him in parliament . When he said he didnt quite love the for him in parliament . When he said he didnt quite love the people for him in parliament . When he said he didnt quite love the people in he didnt quite love the people in it quite so much, that feeling, believe me, is mutual. George galloway goes in there as the only Workers Party mp, he will have no natural allies in the commons and there will be some people, perhaps suspended by the mainstream parties, that he might wish to work with. He will hope to work with a wider group of mps on one specific issue on the conflict in t
And just manage to get some sleep wherever you can . Yeah. It can be really tough. Yeah. Its still very hard for some of us to get a nap. Oh, the worlds biggest yawn. With osaretin off work on maternity, three mouths to feed and three babies to hold, life and finances have been a juggle. He has reduced his hours to 20 hours a week. So the moneys really not coming any more. So youve had to cut back your hours at work then, just to just to manage physically with looking after the babies . And it was really it was something hard, but we had to do the sacrifice. But laurens been able to help out by giving a £370 grant. Hi are you 0k . Its gone straight on nappies, baby formula, and paying the energy bills. For lots of families. That weve supported itsjust meant, you know, feeding their children, heating their homes, you know, just those really important butjust basic things that you really need to raise small children. Laurens team have now given money to 82 families through the governmen