Many of the top awards. The budget the government unveiled on wednesday has left the Shadow Chancellor with a major headache. Jeremy hunt cut National Insurance by 2 pence for the second time in six months, as well as stealing two of labours revenue raising policies. The party had planned to use these to Fund Breakfast clubs in schools and reduce nhs Waiting Lists, if it wins the next election. Earlier, the Shadow Chancellor, Rachel Reeves spoke to the bbc� s Laura Kuennsberg about how they plan to raise money now, and began by discussing her plans to create a National Wealth fund. Yes. We have committed to an extension of workers� rights, including banning zero hour contracts, getting rid of fire and rehire and having a real minimum wage. Obviously, the low Pay Commission will set that, but this is a big extension of the rights of working people, because if an economy is not working for working people, its not working at all. And at the moment, too many people are stuck in insecure, precarious work. We went into the pandemic with 11 Million People having less than £100 worth of savings. That reflects notjust low pay, but also terribly insecure work for too many people. We do want to change that, but of course well work with businesses to make sure that our plans work for them as well, including, for example, Probation Periods and employment contracts. So, you know, we do want to make changes, but all of our plans are pro business and pro worker because the two things are the two sides of the same coin. But youve given a clear commitment on the record that you will have the full package in your manifesto. And thats interesting to hear. Lets look then at the bigger picture. As youve already said, people know about you. You care about every single penny youve said already. If you do make it into power, youll inherit the worst set of public finances since world war two. Youve also said many times youre not going to borrow money for everyday spending. Youve also said youre not going to put lots of taxes up. Now, lets be clear with everybody watching, that means that after the election, whoever wins, as sharon said, theres basically going to be no extra cash for Public Services or very little. And that means real terms cuts to some Government Departments. Can you confirm today if labor wins the election, there will be real terms cuts to some Government Spending . Well, it is clear that the inheritance that Labour Government would have if we do win the next election will be the worst since the second world war. And i have to be honest that were not going to be able to turn things around straightaway, but we will get to work on all of that. And i have announced, laura, an initial injection of cash into our struggling Public Services. Theres the commitments around reducing nhs Waiting Lists and Breakfast Clubs at primary schools. You cant tell us how you spend. But also, laura, beyond that, we have said that we would extend the windfall tax on the big profits the Energy Giants are making, and we would invest that money in moving to the low Carbon Industries of the future. Vat and Business Rates on private schools and putting that money into the 93 of children at state schools. Properly taxing the private equity bosses to put more money into our Public Services. Were asking a really clear question here. Can you confirm today that in the first couple of years of a Labour Government, some departments would face real terms cuts, because people want to know, and our viewers sometimes feel like youre not giving enough information. This is what one of them wrote in to say, john sinclair. Hes asking, when will you come clean about how youll deal with the abominable state of our National Finances to support Public Services . So can you confirm today, if you want to be honest with people, that some Government Departments would face a real terms cut . Well, at the moment, the government have not set out their plans by individual departments, so we havent got a Spending Review. I will do a Spending Review quickly if we win the election, but thats not something thats possible to do from opposition. But i do know that Public Services need more money. Thats why we will make that initial injection. But remember also the office of budget responsibility� s forecasts are based on the governments plans and the governments plans do not include our comprehensive plan to grow the economy. Our National Wealth fund is about bringing in private sector investment. That will mean more taxes paid. That will mean more money for Public Services. But that would take time. And this is the important thing here at the moment. And you explain this very clearly, that you want to stick to the same kind of Spending Rules that the conservatives do as well. You dont want to put up lots of tax and you dont want to borrow for the day to day. And that leaves some people wondering what the difference is between your plans for the economy and the conservatives� plan for the economy. Id just like to play you a question from one of our viewers, ian, a voter who we met a few months ago when we spoke to lots of viewers in manchester. You can listen to this. Im normally a labor voter and id like to know what the difference is between the conservative and labors fiscal policy, as im not seeing a very clear dividing line, especially since. Ian is a labor voter. Hes asking you whats the difference . Theres two clear differences. The first is the initial injection of cash into our Public Services by closing those Tax Loopholes and having a proper windfall tax those are crumbs. Second, theyre not crumbs, £1. 5 billion for the vat and Business Rates on private schools, £7. 7 billion over the course of the parliament by closing the loopholes, etc. So those are not crumbs. That is real money to go into our Public Services that the conservatives arent investing today. But second, in the end, youve got to grow the economy. This is the point that andy haldane was making on your programme last week. We need to get people back into work, ensure that theyve got the skills to succeed and boost productivity. And our plans are about doing exactly that. Rachel reeves talking to Laura Kunessberg earlier. Our Political Correspondent peter saull shared his analysis on the comments she made. Polls suggests that Rachel Reeves may well be the next chancellor. So we all want to know exactly what shes going to do differently from jeremy hunt. Now, labour does have, like the conservatives, pretty strict rules to keep tabs on Government Debt and borrowing, labour allow a little bit more room for manoeuvre in terms of borrowing to invest in long term projects. But, you know, she did acknowledge that things will not improve overnight. As we heard in that clip there. She also confirmed that her Party Remains committed to a series of reforms to workers rights, such as banning zero hours contracts. But rather than setting out a radical, fresh approach, i think her central political calculation is that she needs to show to voters that she can be trusted with the nations finances. And the budget that we had on wednesday from jeremy hunt did present her with some challenges because he adopted labours plan to abolish the non dom tax status, use some of the money from that to help pay for a cut to National Insurance. Thats something that she will not reverse. So shes now under pressure to say how she will pay for some of the other plans that labour has, if and when it gets into office. Understandable, though, that she doesnt want to give too much away on that because theres the risk, of course, of the conservatives come and potentially borrow that idea too. Also speaking on this mornings programme was the Health Secretary victoria atkins. She was asked about rishi sunak saying Nhs Waiting Times were not good enough. We set this target because we get it. I use the nhs and proudly have done since the age of three when i was diagnosed with type one diabetes. I absolutely understand why people are so worried about this. We have set it as a clear priority for the whole of government, but particularly obviously for my department. And although over the last three months we have seen Waiting Lists come down, of course we want to do much more. Interestingly, we know that for the longest waits they are concentrated in just 15 trusts. And so as well as tackling the problem nationally, we have made concerted efforts to try to support those 15 trusts, to get those longest Waiting Patients looked at, looked after, so that we can reduce the lists in that way as well. Do you agree with the Prime Minister that you have failed . Yeah. Well, we also acknowledge that as well as putting extra funding into dealing with the electives, we have a Recovery Plan that, as i say, we are making progress on. We have also got to acknowledge the impact that strikes have had 1. 4 million appointments cancelled in the last year. But against that background, nonetheless, the nhs has managed to reduce Waiting Lists over the last three months, from fairly appalling, fairly appalling levels. And our viewers tell us that all the time. Very much so. And i acknowledge that, which is why it is a priority. But one of the things thats curious about whats happened is, according to official statistics, the Health Service is still less productive than it was before the pandemic. Now, in normal terms, that means essentially its doing less and getting more money. Whats gone wrong . Not only are we investing record amounts, we have more doctors, more nurses, more midwives working in the nhs. And were getting less . Exactly right. Which is why this wednesday the chancellor announced not just tax cuts for 29 million workers. He didntjust announce changes to the high income Child Benefit Charge that will help nearly half a million families. He also announced a £31; billion Productivity Plan for the nhs because the nhs is our largest Spending Department in that regard. Its a critical and incredibly important public service. And we know that whilst a Strong Economy helps pay for the nhs equally, a strong and productive nhs helps a growing economy. And so im really excited about these very ambitious plans to notjust gear up basic technology across our hospital trusts, to make sure that doctors and nurses are able to work with the best Technology Day to day. Now, this week, germany faced uncomfortable questions after a Security Lapse allowed a Top Secret Military discussion to be intercepted and made public by russian state media. Officers from the German Air Force were heard talking about weapons aid to ukraine. The conversation also included sensitive details about uk military activities. Our analysis editor ros atkins explains. The uks Foreign Secretary and germanys Foreign Minister met in berlin on thursday. At the press conference, one subject was certain to come up. I dont want to play into the hands of some russian narrative about divisions between allies. We will not allow anyone to drive a wedge between us. We are talking a hybrid war here. Journalists were asking about a recording of a conversation between German Military officials that russian sources had leaked days before. In the leak, we hear a discussion of the war in ukraine, in particular about the implications if germany were to send its long range Taurus Missiles to ukraine, something chancellor olaf scholz has ruled out. And one word has been used a lot to describe the leak. Well, i think it is absolutely embarrassing that military top officials would not follow the procedures in order to conduct such calls. And its notjust embarrassing. It raises questions about the wests strategy in ukraine and about the reach of russian intelligence. This leaked conversation involved four senior figures in germanys airforce, one of them was attending singapores airshow, he dialled into the meeting from a hotel there. This proved to be a miscalculation. Germanys Defence Minister has highlighted how eavesdropping of hotels is widespread, and germanys ambassador to the uk has offered this advice. I think thats a good lesson for everybody, never use Hotel Internet if you want to do a secure call. Germanys air force may be learning that lesson the hard way. The reason they were discussing these Taurus Missiles is that while germany has declined to send them, ukraine has repeatedly made the request. Translation we need longrange weapons because russia stands at a distance that allows them to strike our people, while we cannot reply appropriately. It is true that russias missiles can go further. At the moment ukraine has british and french, both with a range of around 150 miles. Germanys Taurus Missile has a range of around 300 miles. It would give ukraine and many more options. But olaf scholz fears this will escalate the war and that ukraine will need german personel to help operate the missiles. The leaked conversation discusses all of this, and makes reference to the uk already having forces in ukraine. This we already knew, because in february Downing Street confirmed a small number of personnel are in ukraine, though it did not say what they are doing. While reaction to the leak has continued, the kremlin has shared its thoughts on it. This suggests that within germanys armed forces plans for striking the territory of the Russian Federation are being discussed substantively and specifically. There is nothing in the leak that suggests this. Germany has called russias claim absurd and offered this assessment. This is a russian hybrid attack again, it is clearly the intention to destabilise the west. It was not a coincidence that this recording was published the day of navalnys funeral. If that is the intention, none of germanys allies have been critical, not in public at least. But the former uk defence secretary, ben wallace, has concerns. He was in government during the majority of the war, and he has told the times, we know germany is pretty penetrated by russian intelligence, so itjust demonstrates they are neither secure nor reliable. The german ambassador to the uk called those comments unhelpful. And while ukraines allies seek to offer a united front, they know decisions about how to support ukraine are crucial, not least because right now for ukraine at best, the war is stuck. At worst, russia is getting the upper hand. Last month, ukraine withdrew from the key town of avdiivka. It says it needs weapons and ammunitions. Since the war began, germany has provided more military aid than any other country, bar the us. Throughout the conflict, like ukraines other allies, germany has had to decide what kind of Military Hardware it will provide. Russia will want to influence these kind of decisions. The leaked german conversation may be part of an effort to do that. The manner in which it has been exploited by the russians is an indication of russias attempt to divide western support for ukraine and to intimidate the west, to play on the wests fears of escalation. This leak is another example of that practice. What the leak certainly confirms is that the west continues to grapple with the best route forward in this war. Princess dianas brother, earl spencer, has said he was sexually abused as a child. He says he was targeted by a female member of staff at his boarding school, Maidwell Hall in northamptonshire. Our correspondent, Charlotte Gallagher reports. What has earl spencer said . Really distressing allegations from earl spencer. He said the abuse began when he was 11 years old and a boarding school, he said a female member of staff who he describes as a voracious paedophile groomed him and other young boys. He said he was abused in his bed at night, in his dormitory. The 59 year old also said the then headmaster inflicted brutal beatings on voice, and earl spencer believes the head t