colder. i will have the details shortly. good morning. it s six o clock on 6 january. our main story: the metropolitan police has confirmed it s investigating potential fraud offences, in relation to the wrongful prosecution of hundreds of sub postmasters by the post office. around 700 people were blamed for accounting mistakes caused by faulty it software, which made it look like money was missing. some were wrongfully imprisoned, in a scandal which was dramatised on itv. our reporter vincent mcaviney has more. mr bates vs the post office has brought to light a story for years those in power wouldn t believe. for the post office branch managers across the country over two decades, it s been a nightmare they couldn t escape. i haven t got that money. and i don t know where it s gone. noel tomas, a former sub postmaster in anglesey, was one of those wrongly sent to prison in 2006. this week has offered some catharsis after years of torment. the rest of the country knows how th
try and do is to try and skewer rishi sunak and suggest that he has, over the years, whether as chancellor between 2020 and 2022 failed to front the refurbishment of school buildings, and as well, point to research done by bbc verified that shows that a school buildings programme but was cancelled by the conservative led government after they took power in 2010, that 13 schools affected by this crisis were on that list. with the conservatives are going to try to do, and rishi sunak will know very well what labour are prying to bring up on premises questions, is the tory party seem to be really trying to contextualise this crisis, saying that 95% of schools are not a chilly affected but they have been funding refurbishment of schools and they are being ultra safe in their approach. there was an instance over the summer of one school building, this led to a reassessment of the risk and that they are just being very safe, trying to ensure that no children are hurt but it is cert
will save around £450 a year, but critics warn other tax changes mean employees won t be any better off. here s our business correspondent marc ashdown. 27 million workers may be about to see a little bump in their pay packet. a changes to national insurance, the money automatically deduct from your salary to help fund the state pension. from today, contributions in the basic tax band are being cut from 12% to 10%. the chancellor says everyone will take home a bit more cash. we chancellor says everyone will take home a bit more cash. home a bit more cash. we have already started home a bit more cash. we have already started cutting - home a bit more cash. we have already started cutting taxes i home a bit more cash. we have. already started cutting taxes and that s what s happening today. a 2% cut in national insurance, that is nearly £1000 for a typical family with two earners. and that is a very significant change, because it was right to put up taxes to pay back the debt from t
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