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Competing. i think thats the judgmen that im confident that hel get right, when he sets out statement at lunchtime >> of course, we have hear from the chancellor. hes facing quite a lot of pressure over the pendin increase that it will go ahead and there is a necessity to it you would concede, im sure, that the cabinet is not united isnt -- let alone the party. is there some wiggle room fo richie sunak and tinkering wit the threshold, in terms of national insurance >> i cant comment on th specif...

To deter, and if need be, respond to everything from chemical use to nuclear use, to continued shelling of civilian areas to cyber use, and its one of the reasons, by the way, i think its unwise for people in the administration or beyond to be talking about war criminality now. my own recommendation would be to keep it somewhat in reserve. dont get me wrong, its not that whats going on is not criminal. of course it is, but i think at the moment, the threshold ought to be to try to persuade mr. p...

Statement later in the house of commons when he gets to his feet after prime ministers questions. those are possibly a cut in fuel duty. that has been something which a lot of his own mps are keen to see and others would say would be a really kind of quick fix, if you like, to help people, help drivers struggling with prices at the pumps. 0thers criticising that as a move that would only help a narrow section of people but not go anything like fair enough. then there is the looming increase in n...

On energy. that is the opposite of targeted and it would mean someone like you or me, who has a larger than average energy bill would get a larger discount. were actually what weve done is provide 150 pounds, 80% of british households. that is obviously going to mean a lot more to someone on the lower income, as you said. its much more targeted support and it will get there much quickly. so, if were doing exactly have you have said. >> weve talked about how different things are going to get and ...

In april and that is why we acted last month to announce £9 billion worth of support, £350 for most households. he is the chancellor who oversaw massive state action, higher spending and taxes to deal with a pandemic. now he has to choose where to target help in this cost of living crisis. many tories are lobbying for motorists. it is absolutely vital that the government cuts fuel duty or vat on fuel because it is unsustainable for millions of people up and down the country. notjust motorists,...

15-19 cloud creeping in. temperatures 15—19 degrees, another warm day. it staves warm as we head through friday and the weekend. with more cloud, brace yourself for a big change next week. there may even be wintry showers for some. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. as the cost of living rises at the fastest rate in 30 years, the chancellor announces new measures to soften the blow, including a 5p cut in fuel duty. a hike in national insurance tax will go ahead from april, but the thresho...

But i think what he announced yesterday, although it is going to help some people, some people will definitely be better off, im not sure it was targeted enough at the right people and at the direct costs. so with the national insurance change thats coming in injuly, for example, we find that some people were not even aware that the national insurance rate was rising in april. so if you give something back that you take away that people arent aware of, it doesnt necessarily make them feel better...

Violation of international law. so we call on them to clearly condemn the invasion and not support russia. and we are closely monitoring any signs of support from china to russia. ~ ., ., ., ., ., russia. we will go to the national news agents _ russia. we will go to the national news agents of _ russia. we will go to the national news agents of ukraine _ russia. we will go to the national news agents of ukraine over - russia. we will go to the national. news agents of ukraine over there. secret...

Issued to politicians, officials, other staff working in government who may or may not been at some of these events. we are also told that these events. we are also told that the metropolitan police are interviewing people as witnesses. thats the next stage in the investigation. we also learned from the statement they put out this afternoon that in the course of the investigation so far, other people, besides those who were initially contacted by the metropolitan police, have been implicated and...

Ramstein and its ours to do, then we as a nation have to understand and take that risk if thats what were willing to do. but if were not willing to do that , we should not be equivocating. we should be very clear that with zelenskyy at least quietly, that were not going to have those jets over . my personal view is weve given them harpoons. weve given them other types of missile systems, javelins, stingers, which theyre very effective with . why is this a special above and beyond act of war ? be...