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of the economy, chancellor? jeremy hunt has some good news he wants to trumpet. the bank of england has driven inflation down — it's halved this year. so now the chancellor says it's time to try to get the economy growing. in today's autumn statement for growth, our choice is not big government, high spending and high tax, because we know that leads to less growth, not more. instead, we reduce debt, cut taxes and reward work. he announced, under the triple lock, the state pension will go up by over 8% next year, and many benefits up by more than 6%. i'm going to go further and cut ...

including access to free prescriptions and legal aid, cut off. mr hunt said businesses are set to benefit from his announcement that he is to making "full expensing" for businesses permanent. it means that for every £1 that a business invests in it, machinery and equipment, they can claim back 25p in corporation tax. hunt says this will cost £11 billion a year and represents the "largest business tax cut in modern british history". the national living wage will rise by £1.02 to £11.44 from april, with the policy extended to cover workers aged 21 and over for the first time, rathe...

police. that cordon right of the shot in the villages, some ten minutes away from the town of porthmadog. throughout the day we had officers come and go. within the last half hour to three quarters of an hour we've seen a recovery vehicle entering that police cordon. we first got note from north wales police last night saying they are searching for the whereabouts of four young jevon hirst boys so that we understand their names are harvey owen, wilf henderson, hugo morris, and. as a days gone on we've had more information and we understand they've travelled from the shop trial area t...

thick cloud and a mild westerly breeze across the uk, heavier rain in parts of the western isles and look at the temperatures, possibly up look at the temperatures, possibly up to 14 degrees in some places feeling relatively mild midweek. thursday into friday, a cold front sweeps southwards across the uk, opening up the gates to stronger and colder winds from the north, and these white blobs are wintry showers sweeping across the scottish hills but elsewhere, a case of crisp sunshine so a crisp end to the week with a cold air and temperatures around low single figures, maybe eight or...

the programme. hamas, regarded as a terrorist organisation by the uk, says more than 30 people have been killed in an israeli airstrike on a refugee camp in gaza. israel says it's investigating whether its forces were operating in the area at the time. heavy fighting is continuing in the north of the territory, with the united nations warning nearly 1.5 million gazans have now been displaced. our middle east correspondent mark lowen reports. night brings no peace to the purgatory of gaza. inferno is light the skies as israel pounds from the air. a listing that an israeli strike hit a...