85 of emails from pensioners who felt left out, ignored, taken for granted. Dont forget about 75 of those of pensionable age vote for the conservative party, but they didnt feel they would be treated with respect, and the rest of the emails were about this muslim war memorial went down in extremely badly. We put that to jeremy hunt , the that to jeremy hunt, the chancellor of the exchequer. The man next to me, christopher hope, cornered him on that. He defended his position. He defended his position. But let know what you but let me know what you think. £1 million, thats an expensive signal isnt expensive virtue. Signal isnt it . Get expensive virtue. Signal isnt it. 7 get in touch. Gb views at gb news. Com lets crack on. Now its news. Com lets crack on. Now wsfime news. Com lets crack on. Now its time for your latest news headunes its time for your latest News Headlines tatiana sanchez. Headlines with tatiana sanchez. Martin. Thank you. The top stories from the gb newsroom. The Prim
Were going to get stuck into all of that and more. But before we do, lets cross live for tonights latest news headlines. Michelle, thanks very much. Good evening from the gb newsroom. Itsjust good evening from the gb newsroom. Its just gone 6 00 and we start with more budget reaction. We understand that stabilising british economy will likely mean more taxes. Thats according to the International Monetary fund. Despite yesterdays cut to National Insurance , the £0. 02 cut from insurance, the £0. 02 cut from jeremy hunt comes as a cost to the government of around £10 billion. However any benefits for the taxpayer are likely to be cancelled out by an expected rise in council tax. But jeremy hunt told gb news earlier that the budget is proof that the governments fiscal plan, he says, is working. We want to end the unfairness is the direction of travel. Weve gone is to reduce National Insurance by one third. The fact that labour are opposing this today is really because labour dont have
sparking joy for theirfans league. arsenal beat bournemouth sparking joy for their fans and a former player. mil sparking joy for their fans and a former player- former player. all right! yes! another cloudy former player. all right! yes! another cloudy and former player. all right! yes! another cloudy and chilly - former player. all right! yes! another cloudy and chilly day former player. all right! yes! - another cloudy and chilly day today, a few more showers around as well but early next week showers will be falling as snow in some areas, it will get much colder and some ice around. joined me later for all the details. it s sunday 5th march. our main story. rail fares are going up today in their steepest increase for more than a decade, despite record poor reliability. regulated railfares are rising by 5.9% in england and wales, adding hundreds of pounds to the cost of many annual season tickets. but the government said it had made its biggest ever intervention, to k
and wednesday have been suspended after three of the four unions representing ambulance workers agreed to talks with the government. you re watching bbc news. now its time for the travel show. we start this week in brixton, a part of south london that s become the go to for caribbean british culture, from food to fashion and art. but it hasn t always been like this. after the second world war, britain was decimated, and so thousands of people from commonwealth countries were invited here to fulfil labour shortages. so, i m here in windrush square, which was named after one of the first ships to bring almost 1,000 people from the west indies to britain. now, the boat became a symbol for a generation of people who settled here from 19118 to 1971. and this year is a pretty important one for britain, as it marks the 75th anniversary of the boat s first arrival. some of the new arrivals were temporarily housed in clapham, but many found accommodation in nearby brixton after travel
Now on bbc news, monday in parliament. Than two years. A delegation to the Winter Olympics in south korea next month. Our look at the best of the day in the commons and the in decades. Lords. During the Winter Health crisis. Is it any surprise we have a winter crisis of this severity . Rapistjohn worboys is released from prison. That upon his release women will be safe . To the board of a new Higher Education watchdog is criticised. And lengthy delays for treatment reported by the nhs in england. In corridors because there were no beds available. Has faced a delay of more than 30 minutes on arrival. Labour were keen to raise the winter crisis in the health service. Worked over the holiday. That make the nhs truly great. The minister said the government had put plans in place early. We are supporting hospital flow and discharge. Meaning local authorities have funded more care packages. Beds by the onset of winter. As we speak. Staff working flat out. We have a winter crisis of this seve