Sees him or knows his whereabouts to contact them. Whereabouts to contact them. Dozens of conservative mps have signed a pledge to never again vote for an increase in overall taxes. Former Prime Minister liz taxes. Former Prime Minister liz truss and former Party Leader Sir Iain duncan smith are among those to have signed up , along those to have signed up, along with seven former cabinet ministers. The promise means they wont vote for the chancellors autumn statement if it contains us tax rises. Putting further pressure on rishi sunak ahead of the conservative party conference, jeremy hunts told the times he wants to stop the vicious circle of ever rising taxes, but has ruled out cuts in the short term. Former Party Chairman sir jake berry, who organised the pledge, says it holds the chancellor to his word. All too often we have seen these promises and pledges made by mps across the political divide that havent materialised. That is why this tax pledge is different. It isnt connected
And their decision to force him to vacate office he had asked them for reasons for his transgressions but in the end the pressure it appears has proven too great he avoids of course a motion of no confidence plan for parliament on thursday at which it is likely he would have been voted out of office hes avoided that by resigning tonight and we can talk to our correspondent for media miller whos in our bureau in johannesburg listening to all of that for me the it seems for an awfully long time didnt it that he wasnt going to to resign that he was going to submit himself to the rule of the constitution as the supreme law of the land but in the end those extraordinary words i have decided to resign with immediate effect. John i think given the tone of jacob zuma as address it for his ninety percent of the time anyone could be forgiven to think that the president or what is it now the former president was going to stay on we know is a fight and thats really the stance he has taken ultimate
An historic and agreement on Irans Nuclear program. The u. S. And other global powers will ease sanctions that have crippled irans economy. That is likely to lead to iran selling more oil, sending the price of oil down by the most in a week. It will have a 60 day review by congress. Israel says it will lobby american lawmakers to reject it. We will hear from president obama in about an hour. You can watch it on bloomberg tv at 7 00 eastern time. Greeces Prime Minister will not be able to count on his own coalition to support pension costs and tax hikes. Tsipras admits the austerity measures to Parliament Today will be set for tomorrow. Lawmakers must approve the legislation before talks on a new bailout. Paul krugman told Bloomberg Europe wanted to less screen to let greece no who is in charge. Paul krugman this is not about how much greece is going to repay, it will be about greece suffering. There is no escape. You do not get away from anything. And greece has made it clear that they
Production for ten years and access to nuclear fuel and equipment for 15 years. Iran has to approve to the International International Energy Agency that it met it under the terms of a deal. Take a look at whats happening with oil prices. Theyre down by about 2 . This is coming because irans oil is expected to be coming back to the market. Thats putting wti at 5118. Not everyone is happy about todays news. Officials are condemning the deal. Benjamin netanyahu says it gives iran a surepath to Nuclear Weapons. Here in the United States congress now has to approve the deal and its expected to be a tough sale with many lawmakers saying they date of birthont think its close enough. President obama will make a statement on iran from the white house. Thats coming up at 7 00 a. M. Eastern time and we will bring that to you live when it happens. Our chief washington correspondent joining us on set to talk about all of this. This is a deal thats a long time coming. Many people thought it would n
Deals also among the tradition of american leadership. Its now more than 15 years since president kennedy said let us never negotiate out of fear but let us never fear to negotiate. He was speaking to the need for discussion between united dates in the soviet union which could last for to restrict the Nuclear Weapons feared in those days the risk was a Catastrophic Nuclear war between two superpowers. The risk is Nuclear Weapons will spread to more and more countries particularly in the middle east, the most volatile region in our world. Today, because america negotiated from a position of strength in principle, they stop the spread of the weapons in the region. Because of this deal the International Community will be able to verify the Islamic Republic of iran will not develop a new air weapon. This deal midfebruary out of line when we achieve a framework earlier this spring. Every pathway to Nuclear Weapon is cut off an inspection and transparency regime necessary to verify the objec