Month: November 2023

Getty Images Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has unveiled the contents of his Autumn Statement in the House of Commons. It sets out the government’s tax and spending plans for the year ahead, affecting the take-home pay and household budgets of millions of people, as well as setting out how much will be spent on key public

HM Treasury By Chris Mason & Sam Francis Political editor and political reporter, BBC News The chancellor is expected to announce a cut in National Insurance for millions of workers in his Autumn Statement later on Wednesday. Jeremy Hunt’s mini-budget will also feature a cut to business taxes and tough new benefit sanctions. He will

Family photo By Lynette Horsburgh & Tom Mullen BBC News The release of “highly sensitive” personal information by police investigating Nicola Bulley’s disappearance was “avoidable and unnecessary”, a review has concluded. Ms Bulley went missing in Lancashire, prompting a huge search before her body was eventually found in the River Wyre. Lancashire Police was criticised

Crown Copyright By Nick Triggle and Jim Reed BBC News Scientists were not aware of Rishi Sunak’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme until it was announced, Sir Patrick Vallance has said. Sir Patrick – then the government’s chief scientific adviser – was giving evidence to the Covid inquiry about major decisions taken in the

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Becky Morton & Henry Zeffman Political reporter and chief political correspondent Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said the government is now able to cut taxes, after the pace of price rises eased. Mr Sunak said his

IDF By Nick Beake BBC correspondent in Jerusalem The Israeli military has released footage which it says shows hostages being taken into Gaza’s largest hospital after the deadly Hamas attacks of 7 October. A military spokesman said one of them – a soldier – was murdered there. Cpl Noa Marciano, 19, was killed after being

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Joshua Nevett & Laura Kuenssberg BBC News Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has not ruled out cutting income tax in Wednesday’s Autumn Statement, as he insisted economic growth was his priority. Mr Hunt is finalising his statement, which

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Oliver Slow BBC News Hundreds of people including some patients left Gaza City’s main hospital on Saturday. Some medical staff said they had been told to leave but Israel disputes this. Many were seen walking along

Reuters By Zoe Kleinman Technology editor The tech world is in shock. On Friday, Sam Altman – one of the brightest stars of the booming artificial intelligence industry, a man who for many had become the go-to spokesperson for AI – was unceremoniously dumped from the company he co-founded, a firm that introduced many people

Reuters By Michael Race & Peter Saull BBC News The chancellor is considering cutting inheritance and business taxes at next week’s Autumn Statement, the BBC has been told. Jeremy Hunt could make such moves, as first reported by the Financial Times, depending on the latest predictions from the UK’s main economic forecaster. A Treasury source

PA Media By Becky Morton Political reporter The PM’s current Rwanda plan will mean no asylum seekers are flown there before the next election, former Home Secretary Suella Braverman has said. Writing in the Telegraph, she said “tinkering with a failed plan” would not achieve the government’s aims. The Supreme Court ruled the Rwanda policy

Reuters The director of the Gaza Strip’s main hospital raided by Israeli soldiers says the facility has now run out of oxygen and water, and patients “are screaming from thirst”. Muhammad Abu Salmiya said the conditions were “tragic” in Al-Shifa, where there were more than 650 patients, 500 medical staff and 5,000 displaced people. Israeli

By Lucy Williamson at Al-Shifa hospital, Gaza City BBC News We clamber into the Al-Shifa hospital complex in darkness over a caved-in wall in the perimeter – knocked through with an armoured bulldozer on Tuesday to allow safer access for Israeli forces. The BBC and one other television crew were the first journalists invited by

UK Parliament By Paul Seddon Politics reporter, BBC News Sir Keir Starmer has suffered a major rebellion over his stance on the Israel-Gaza war, with 56 of his MPs voting for an immediate ceasefire. Jess Phillips, Afzal Khan and Yasmin Qureshi were among shadow ministers who quit their roles to back the motion from the

Getty Images By Michael Race & Faisal Islam Business reporter and Economics editor, BBC News UK inflation fell sharply in October to its lowest rate in two years, largely due to lower energy prices. Inflation, which measures the rate at which consumer prices rise, dropped to 4.6% in the year to October, down from 6.7%

PA Media By Becky Morton BBC political reporter Suella Braverman has delivered a scathing attack on Rishi Sunak, accusing him of failing to keep his promises over immigration. In a blistering letter to the prime minister, the former home secretary told him “your plan is not working”. She said Mr Sunak had betrayed his pledge