much as what was. paula higgins is with me my chief executive of the homeowners alliance to stop at this talk about housing, there wasn't a huge amount in the autumn statement, one interesting thing was about converting housing into flights. explain that. it’s converting housing into flights. explain that-— converting housing into flights. exlainthat. �*, ., , , explain that. it's a surprise so you can know convert _ explain that. it's a surprise so you can know convert house _ explain that. it's a surprise so you can know convert house and - explain that. it's a surprise so you can know convert house and into i explain that. it's a surprise so you i can know convert house and into two flats to go through the planning system, clearly the planning system was stretched, so this goes through this. the governments track record is not good in this area, they have done it before, encouraging people to convert offices to flats, but they are poor quality and people need to go into it with their eyes open if they go with this. we also think we might convert wrong types, people might be trying to convert into flights and not be effective. i into flights and not be effective. i was meant to say, one would assume this is a potential answer to help in the housing crisis, to get more

available properties, but you are right it's about how it is done. you want to write _ right it's about how it is done. 7m, want to write type of property in the right place, and in that way it can be good. the vast majority of done sectors cannot find a place to move to with suitable housing, so perhaps if there more smaller properties it might suit down sectors and open up the rental market, there can be pros and cons but it has to be regulated. we are worried that developers and others going in for a quick buck with create unsuitable housing. let’s create unsuitable housing. let's talk about what _ create unsuitable housing. let's talk about what are _ create unsuitable housing. let's talk about what are the - create unsuitable housing. let's talk about what are the things we might have heard. there might have been good news for first—time buyers and other things like that, nothing there for first—time buyers. and other things like that, nothing there forfirst—time buyers. we and other things like that, nothing there for first-time buyers. we were surrised there for first-time buyers. we were surprised by — there for first-time buyers. we were surprised by that, _ there for first-time buyers. we were surprised by that, we _ there for first-time buyers. we were surprised by that, we have _ there for first-time buyers. we were surprised by that, we have that - surprised by that, we have that mortgage guarantee scheme, which helps lenders with the buyers get a first—time deposit, there nothing with that, we would like sent extension of that. we would like to

see a simplifying of the iss, the lifetime ceiling for first advice £400,000. 50 lifetime ceiling for first advice £400,000.— lifetime ceiling for first advice £400,000. ,., ~ lifetime ceiling for first advice £400,000. ~ ., ., £400,000. so somewhere like london ou can £400,000. so somewhere like london you can qualify- — £400,000. so somewhere like london you can qualify- you — £400,000. so somewhere like london you can qualify. you have _ £400,000. so somewhere like london you can qualify. you have to _ £400,000. so somewhere like london you can qualify. you have to take - you can qualify. you have to take that money _ you can qualify. you have to take that money out _ you can qualify. you have to take that money out of— you can qualify. you have to take that money out of your _ you can qualify. you have to take that money out of your ise, - you can qualify. you have to take that money out of your ise, and l that money out of your ise, and you get a penalty because you will not get a penalty because you will not get the governments contribution there, so we need that in line with there, so we need that in line with the house price growth. fine there, so we need that in line with the house price growth.— the house price growth. one thing that divides _ the house price growth. one thing that divides open _ the house price growth. one thing that divides open is _ the house price growth. one thing that divides open is stamp - the house price growth. one thing that divides open is stamp duty, l that divides open is stamp duty, something if maybe you are on the property d on it there's great news if there's a change, what do you want to see happen here? there is nothing in the announcement i'm a something with speculation there will be a pre—election boat in january or february are march, what do you make of it? at january or february are march, what do you make of it?— do you make of it? at least they didn't call— do you make of it? at least they didn't call it's — do you make of it? at least they didn't call it's a _ do you make of it? at least they didn't call it's a holiday - do you make of it? at least they didn't call it's a holiday like - do you make of it? at least they didn't call it's a holiday like a . didn't call it's a holiday like a black friday deal or something which would cause confusion and increase prices.

would cause confusion and increase rices. , ., ., |f would cause confusion and increase prices-_ if you - would cause confusion and increase prices._ if you have - prices. explain that. if you have this unofficial _ prices. explain that. if you have this unofficial deadline, - prices. explain that. if you have this unofficial deadline, you - prices. explain that. if you have this unofficial deadline, you will quickly try to buy that house to get that stamp duty holiday, but what we would like to see, we think stamp duty is a tax on growth and ambition and on people moving, we want people moving to the right sized houses, so we wanted abolished forever for anyone buying a house to live in. that would allow people to move more easily within the housing market, if you want to downsize it frees up bigger homes, but it makes a lot of money for the treasury number so they would have to costed. it makes lots of money _ they would have to costed. it makes lots of money for _ they would have to costed. it makes lots of money for the _ they would have to costed. it makes lots of money for the treasure - they would have to costed. it makes lots of money for the treasure but . lots of money for the treasure but you could have stamp duty for second homes and are the things like that, but it would help the downsizing for people who want to move and we surveyed we know 16% of downsizings are not moving because of the stamp duty, which might free up housing for others. . ~ duty, which might free up housing for others. ., ,, , ., ., .,

for others. thank you, paula higgins. _ for others. thank you, paula higgins, chief _ for others. thank you, paula higgins, chief executive - for others. thank you, paula higgins, chief executive of l for others. thank you, paula l higgins, chief executive of the homeowners alliance. we are down here at westminster. as we continue to look at all the details, the devil is in the details, people are defending many pages, the chancellor pointed out there were hundred and ten measures in his statement to boost the economy, this was an autumn statement for growth. we have more on that for you in a moment, i'm looking at the other implications and what it could mean for your personal budget too, but i want to run you through at this stage in the evening, some other main stories. let us return to events in the middle east. we'll have more on the autumn statement shortly but let's bring you some of the day's other news — an agreement has been reached to pause the fighting between israel and hamas in order to release 50 of the hostages abducted from israel in the seventh october attacks. hamas, which is designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government, says that in exchange 150 palestinians will be freed from israeli prisons. the pause in fighting, which may begin in the next 24 hours, is due to last four days. here's our middle east

correspondent yolande knell. 47 days into this brutal war, much of gaza lies under rubble. in the latest deadly fighting, children are said to have been crushed here, in nuseirat camp, when an israeli strike hit a family home. and they are also mourning here in khan younis. displaced people have heard news of a truce and desperately want it to stick. translation: we have been fleeing from one place to another. _ we hope the ceasefire will be good and that we will see positive solutions. we pray for people to live in peace so they can go back to theirjobs, houses, and have stability. israel's government met late into the night to discuss the agreement, only signing it off in the early hours. they agreed that at least 50 hostages will be released — all women and children. that will be over four days, while fighting in gaza will be paused.

the release of every additional ten hostages will result in one additional day's pause. now, these are some of the israeli children who could soon return home. oria is four and loves football. kafir is the youngest hostage, just ten months old. in tel aviv last night, campaigners stood together as ministers met. they have been keeping up public pressure to bring their loved ones home. nervously waiting for news, gilad korngold has seven relatives missing, including his young grandchildren. nobody told me that my family would be in this deal. there was 40 children inside gaza and they are going to release only 30. where are the others? we don't know. i hope that everybody will release.

palestinian families are also expecting to hear about women and teenagers set to be released from israeli jails as part of the deal. an official responsible for prisoners believes it is an important step. "this deal could signal a change in the general atmosphere" says this man. "this could calm the situation and create a new reality." a few hundred more lorry loads of aid expected during the truce should help improve the dire humanitarian situation in gaza. more fuel, which has been in short supply, is to be allowed in. for now, on all sides, there is cautious optimism. yolande knell, bbc newsjerusalem. events there in the middle east moving quickly, a reminderfor the details on bbc life page as far as

him middle east is concerned. sir chris whitty, the chief medical officer, has been giving a second day of evidence to the covid inquiry. he stated that he didn't believe that all parts of number ten appreciated the urgency in which action needed to be taken in the early days of the pandemic as infections grew. what i think people were really not able to conceptualise what our exponential growth would turn from there apparently smaller numbers, still each one a tragedy, but smaller numbers, to really very large numbers in an extremely large period of time because of the doubling time. and, i think, this bit is a period where getting that through, i think, was not always straightforward. can you elaborate please, professor, on which parts of the system, in your view, might not have, to use thst phrase, got it? you said, obviously, your task was to make sure they did understand, that was one of your primary functions, but there were plainly

difficulties in getting the message across, and it... on it being received in a proper manner. which parts of the system did you sense were just simply... simply didn't appreciate the emergency, the immediacy of the problem and the exponential growth? _ i think, actually, it was relatively widespread lack of understanding of where we were going to head. i think the people who had been heavily involved in looking at this, and, you know, certainly, mr cummings would be one but there were many others, had realised by now that this is heading in a very difficult direction. but, i don't think everyone in the building did, so this was not an individual, and i make this point repeatedly, this was a lot of people really not getting what exponential growth was actually going to mean. chris with you there, a familiar face during the pandemic. this afternoon the former deputy chief medical officer,

jonathan van tam, began giving his evidence and admitted that there were times that the pressure nearly lead to him resigning from his role. the workload was horrendous for all others at the beginning. certainly was in the 16 hours a day mark, and it certainly wasn't seven days a week. it was very, very intense. where i think, it finally got to me was the fact that i might have... i might have expected that if a crisis happened, this was, you know, my responsibility to bear, that kind of workload. i did not expect my family to be threatened with having their throats cut, i did not expect the police to have to say: will you move out in the middle of the night, in the middle of the evening?. "will you move out for a few days well be look at this and potentially make some arrests"? you know?

we did not move out because the cat, as it happened, we did not want to leave the cat. but, it was a very stressful time indeed. and, you know, my family did not sign up for that, and i only make this point because i am so worried that, if there is a future crisis, people will not want to sign up for these roles and these jobs because of the implications that come with them. some of the personal pressure there on jonathan some of the personal pressure there onjonathan van tam giving evidence at the first time in that inquiry, as far as the medical aspect was concerned, he thought the sooner action was taken to slow the spread of the virus, the better, but could not say that taking action sooner would've prevented mandatory knockdowns, but he said that if the government had not intervened when it did than the nhs would not have been able to cope. my view — i don't know if you're going to come to it — but i'll just say it anyway. my view is that, although there have been lots of expressions

about the nhs overwhelmed that was possible, overtopping, overwhelming, etc., my view is that we assessed the same as sir chris that we would have first run out of high intensity care beds and it is possible within a couple of weeks. if we had not acted when we did that, we would have reached a position where the number of people requiring admission with covid — severe enough to require one hospital care could not have been admitted. jonathan van tam at the covid inquiry. police are trying to find out what caused the car accident in which four teenage boys died near tremadog in north wales. the four, aged between 16 and 18, were friends from shrewsbury in shropshire; it's believed they'd driven to wales on a camping trip. our correspondent phil mackie reports from shropshire: it is the day when the news

began to sink in. near where the crash happened, a moment to reflect. four young lives lost in a crash in a remote corner of north wales. college friends from shrewsbury, jevon hirst, harvey owen, wilf fitchett and hugo morris went on a weekend camping trip, but never came back. today a candle marked the spot where their silver ford fiesta left the road. it was found upside down and partially submerged, 48 hours after they went missing. in shrewsbury, friends who are unused to bereavement are struggling to deal with the feelings that go with it. grief. it doesn't feel real. to think that they are not going to be here any more. it's a horrible feeling knowing that some lads you are so close to, seeing almost every day, i'm never going to see again. never hear their voice again. this is the college that the boys attended. and today we have seen students arriving arm in arm, some in tears, clearly struggling. the college has said it has put

in measures to help support them. writing on her business's facebook page harvey owen's mum crystal posted... ifeel like i'm in a nightmare i wish i could wake up from, but i'm not. the restaurant where harvey owen worked paid tribute to him. now the flowers and messages of tribute are beginning to collect in the home town mourning four of its sons. phil mackie, bbc news, shrewsbury. now returning to events here in westminster at the date the chancellor delivered his autumn statement laying out his tax and spending plans for the year ahead. as always, in these things, focusing on what wasn't included in the statements as well as what was. that's a people pouring over the detail of the 110 announcement the chancellor said was designed to boost growth. joining me now is councillor shaun davies — chair,

local government association. there's a lot in that statement, i am looking here, you asked for three men request from the chancellor in this autumn statement, how many did you get? irate this autumn statement, how many did ou net? ~ �* . , you get? we didn't get any, unfortunately, _ you get? we didn't get any, unfortunately, and - you get? we didn't get any, unfortunately, and we - you get? we didn't get any, unfortunately, and we can l you get? we didn't get any, . unfortunately, and we can have you get? we didn't get any, - unfortunately, and we can have a national growth structure it without a local growth economy, so we need to back local government so we can support local government initiatives regarding house growth boarding and the national health service, you can't get help there without fixing social care, is a shortfall in health service funding around the country. health service funding around the count . ~ ., ., ~' health service funding around the count .~ ., ., ~ ., health service funding around the count .~ ., ., ~ country. what would you like to see around from — country. what would you like to see around from the _ country. what would you like to see around from the chancellor - country. what would you like to see around from the chancellor which i around from the chancellor which mark we need business certainty and uncertainty for businesses which is important, we get our financial settlement in important, we get our financial settlement i— important, we get our financial settlement i ,, , , ., settlement in september, we want that certainty- _ settlement in september, we want that certainty. we _ settlement in september, we want

that certainty. we want _ settlement in september, we want that certainty. we want the - settlement in september, we want that certainty. we want the gap . settlement in september, we want that certainty. we want the gap of| that certainty. we want the gap of £4 billion over the next two years to be acknowledge, that is because of rising demands and services, but that's more children in our social care services, more vulnerable adults we are supporting, more people in temporary accommodation than ever before, all boosting because in consuls and we need that money matched by the government. local services are being stretched but so are local tax bills, and the sad reality is that consol tax bills will go up and getting a real, but the funding that raises will not be enough to fund the gap, which means residents will be pacing more in local taxes. we residents will be pacing more in local taxes-— residents will be pacing more in localtaxes. ~ ., ., ., local taxes. we know inflation has been at record _ local taxes. we know inflation has been at record highs _ local taxes. we know inflation has been at record highs and - local taxes. we know inflation has been at record highs and the - local taxes. we know inflation has been at record highs and the cost| local taxes. we know inflation has l been at record highs and the cost of things have gone up, theyjust go up less quickly, that should start to ease the pressure, the government saysin ease the pressure, the government says in this statement these are long—term decisions which will pay off years from now, but the challenge as you point out is that

the funding gap now isn't there. we have the funding gap now isn't there. - have more counsellors declaring themselves effectively bankrupt over themselves effectively bankrupt over the last few years, one or two are saying they are the point of financial distress which means local services become more and more broken and stretched, meaning more money is spent elsewhere, which is more expensive expensive. for example, if you can't have elderly persons standing their home longer, they go into national health services and bolivar care, if you can support vulnerable children regarding issues like special care needs and mental health, that will cost the system more money to stop preventable services we are talking about are often invited by the local government, but they are not able to provide them because of the financial frustration they are in. when you hear the government talk about levelling up and spending was across the country and making sure more opportunities for people outside the city, and then to that

you get none of what you ask for in this autumn statement, how do you feel? �* , , ., ., this autumn statement, how do you feel? �*, ,., ., ,, feel? it's frustration because we wanted to cross _ feel? it's frustration because we wanted to cross party _ feel? it's frustration because we wanted to cross party and - feel? it's frustration because we wanted to cross party and cross| wanted to cross party and cross sector and the government is get behind the government to transform our communities. all of the things the prime minister wants, all of the things the leader of the opposition won in their priorities, can be delivered in partnership with the locals. there's no special leadership in whitehall to get these things done. it requires local areas, local governments and communities to stand up, and we want to do that but we can do that when we are fire fighting against what has been a incredibly difficult decade. things have been taken away and not a single penny allocated to councils in today's announcement. sean davis, good to have you with us. we will talk more about the implications for what we heard about our personal finances and what difference the announcements could make for us today. but as well as

the tax and spending plans. during the speech the chancellor revealed the latest forecasts from the independent office for budget responsibility. they downgraded their forecasts and said that the economy would only grow by 0.6% this year and 0.7% in 2024 they also said that inflation is forecast to drop to 2.8% by the end of 2024, he says, falling to the 2% target in 2025 the office for budget responsibility also forecast underlying debt will be 91.6% of gdp next year and rise to 92.7% in 2024—25. let's have a listen to what the chancellor had to say earlier

let's start with inflation. now, the shadow chancellor didn't mention it in her conference speech. my conference speech was before hers, so all she had to do was a bit of copying and pasting. which i've heard. but it speaks volumes that during the worst global inflation shock for a generation, it didn't even get a mention. well, if controlling inflation isn't a priority for labour, it is for us. when the prime minister and i took office, inflation was ii.i%. last week it fell to 4.6%. we promised to halve inflation and we have halved it. core inflation is now lower than in nearly half. the economies in the eu and the obr say that headline inflation

will fall to 2.8% by the end of 2024 before falling to the 2% target in 2025. i will not take risks with inflation and the obr confirm that the measures i take today make inflation lower next year than it would otherwise have been. i thank the independent bank of england monetary policy committee for their crucial role in bringing inflation down. and we will continue to back them to do whatever it takes until the job is done. we've talked a lot today about the finances and economics of all of this, but where does it leave the politics? joining me now is rosa prince — london playbook editor for politico and katy balls spectator political editor. evening to you both. let's start with that, rosa, where does this leave the conservatives right now? there is no big rabbit out of the hat or shock announcement, that might happen injanuary, still a wide to go for an election, but they're looking at that aren't they?

i think the question westminster are asking themselves tonight is does that mean we are likely to have a earlier election, i think the big question is it going to be may or october westmark i think with this statementjeremy hunt left the door open to it being me. the big rabbit, if you like, with the 2% cut in national insurance which is common injanuary and i think he is wondering if voters have begun to feel that in these pay packets, if sunak manages to get the rwanda scheme off the ground, why not go for it in me? 50 scheme off the ground, why not go for it in me?— scheme off the ground, why not go for it in me? so many things he has announced — for it in me? so many things he has announced today, _ for it in me? so many things he has announced today, katie, _ for it in me? so many things he has announced today, katie, won't pay| announced today, katie, won't pay off for a while today, and that is a challenge. he might been wanted to make a big headline cut and things like income tax, but it won't all pay off before the election. thea;r pay off before the election. they made an active _ pay off before the election. they made an active choice _ pay off before the election. they made an active choice to - pay off before the election. they made an active choice to the most pricing _ made an active choice to the most pricing measured, is this expenses, which _ pricing measured, is this expenses, which i _ pricing measured, is this expenses, which i think— pricing measured, is this expenses, which i think lots of think tanks and other— which i think lots of think tanks and other states a good idea. is it

something — and other states a good idea. is it something consent on the doorstep, probably— something consent on the doorstep, probably not, doesn't roll off the tongue. — probably not, doesn't roll off the tongue, but i think this measure, having _ tongue, but i think this measure, having a — tongue, but i think this measure, having a national growth strategy, but to _ having a national growth strategy, but to rosa's point, they want to keep— but to rosa's point, they want to keep their— but to rosa's point, they want to keep their options open next year, number— keep their options open next year, number ten, keep their options open next year, numberten, and having a keep their options open next year, number ten, and having a tax cut hit in earlier_ number ten, and having a tax cut hit in earlier does help them in some way _ in earlier does help them in some way i_ in earlier does help them in some way ithink— in earlier does help them in some way. i think they will go early because _ way. i think they will go early because what comes in the autumn will creep— because what comes in the autumn will creep be quite bad a month maybe — will creep be quite bad a month maybe they think things will go good for them _ maybe they think things will go good for them in may. we maybe they think things will go good for them in may-— maybe they think things will go good for them in may. we just ran through for them in may. we 'ust ran through some of those _ for them in may. we just ran through some of those economic _ for them in may. we just ran through some of those economic growth - some of those economic growth figures, they don't make for welcome reading, the good thing i guess is we are not in recession, i was talking earlier to one analyst seen you go into an election thinking you will be less worse off, and that's not an election strategy, is it question mark yes, and so many people are being dragged into insects, regarding this cut in national insurance, you want to

thinkjeremy hunt would one want to go back in time and have the ob art this a lot of, because things are looking that great. so it's a mixed picture. we looking that great. so it's a mixed icture. ~ . ~ looking that great. so it's a mixed icture. ~ ., ,, ., , ., picture. we talk about the stealth taxes, the chancellor _ picture. we talk about the stealth taxes, the chancellor would - picture. we talk about the stealth taxes, the chancellor would like l picture. we talk about the stealth | taxes, the chancellor would like to talk about these headline cuts and things but actually that lack of change to the threshold means more of us are paying tax, as wages rise most of us are into those tax brackets, essentially, he doesn't have to do anything and the treasury it makes more money.— it makes more money. exactly, and it's a huge — it makes more money. exactly, and it's a huge problem _ it makes more money. exactly, and it's a huge problem in _ it makes more money. exactly, and it's a huge problem in a _ it makes more money. exactly, and it's a huge problem in a sense, - it makes more money. exactly, and it's a huge problem in a sense, on i it's a huge problem in a sense, on paper— it's a huge problem in a sense, on paper that — it's a huge problem in a sense, on paper that tax but today, the personal— paper that tax but today, the personal tax cut, if you look at the statistics, — personal tax cut, if you look at the statistics, whatjeremy hunt statistics, what jeremy hunt announced statistics, whatjeremy hunt announced this time last year are people _ announced this time last year are people going to be much richer? the text hand _ people going to be much richer? the text hand is — people going to be much richer? the text band is still going upjust a bit less— text band is still going upjust a bit less steep than it done at this

time _ bit less steep than it done at this time yesterday,... will bit less steep than it done at this time yesterday, . . ._ bit less steep than it done at this time yesterday, . .. time yesterday,... will keep an eye on that's bring _ time yesterday,... will keep an eye on that's bring budget, _ time yesterday,... will keep an eye on that's bring budget, to _ time yesterday,... will keep an eye on that's bring budget, to see - time yesterday,... will keep an eye on that's bring budget, to see what| on that's bring budget, to see what is delivered, thank you katie and rosa down here in westminster with us. so, today a day of significant political developments, also noisy once down in westminster, we will be assessing all the impact of what we have heard today, does it suggest a general election will happen in the spring or autumn? we don't yet know. this was the chancellor they note tax and spending plans for the year ahead but things could look very different at the start of next year. so, the 6pm news coming up here on bbc news, but let's get the weather before that. now the weather with chris fawkes... hello there. there were a number of you that would have woken up to a stunning sunrise in england first thing this morning. we had a sheet of cloud overhead with just a few gaps at the right time to allow those sun rays through to illuminate

that cloud sheet. and it really was spectacular. today has been dominated, though, by this warm front, bringing milder air, cloudy weather conditions, bit of drizzle here and there. some more persistent rain for the western side of scotland. but of course, that warm front�*s also been bringing much milder air with it. and you can see that in the kind of temperatures that we had across parts of northern england and scotland yesterday, compared with today. well, temperatures have been about seven degrees up. now heading through this evening and overnight, it is going to stay predominantly cloudy for northern ireland, england and wales. we'll continue to see an odd spit of drizzle here and there. no great amounts, but some heavy rain slides southwards across the hebrides and the highlands of scotland in particular. for most, though, it's a mild frost—free night, temperatures staying well up into double figures. but we are going to see a big change through thursday and friday as this cold front pushes its way southwards, introducing some much colder air. it's going to feel like winter has arrived. and that change takes place behind this cold front. this is what's bringing the rain to scotland. that moves southwards, reaching northern ireland and northern england through the afternoon.

ahead of that you might see one or two cloud breaks, so you might see a slightly better chance of seeing some sunshine. but the best of the sunshine will be in the colder air that will be arriving in scotland through the course of the afternoon, where temperatures will continue to drop through the afternoon. it will feel a good deal colder, cold enough for some wintry showers across the northern isles and with some strong winds developing here on friday, we're talking about gusts reaching around 60 or 70 miles an hour. that's going to make it feel really cold. wintry showers here. one or two showers pushing down the north sea coast to affect easternmost areas of england. probably one or two showers coming into parts of norfolk. but for most, it's a much colder day. six to eight degrees celsius — might be colder, but there will be lots more sunshine to go around. and it's a similar story, really, on saturday. still quite windy, but the winds losing some of their strength. so probably not gales any more for orkney and shetland. we'll still have a few wintry showers here running down into some of the north sea coastal areas. otherwise plenty of sunshine but staying cold. temperatures around six to 8

degrees on saturday.

tonight at six. tax and benefits giveaways by the chancellor in his autumn statement — but are we any better off? jeremy hunt gave us tax cuts and increases in pensions and benefits — but growth is likely to be slower, and the overall tax burden at a post—war high. labour says growth under the tories has hit a dead end. we'll be getting reaction to the chancellor's

statement here in hull. the headline is tax cuts. but the backdrop is key here. living standards are squeezed. and the tax burden still growing. i was feeling sick, anxious of everything around me. and i've been finding out how doctors have been prescribing more than medicine to those struggling with the cost of living. also tonight — the first israeli hostages should be released tomorrow during a four day pause in fighting, after a deal is struck with hamas. 50 of them — mainly women and children — will be allowed to leave gaza in return for 150 palestinian prisoners. and tributes to the four teenagers found dead in a car yesterday, after going camping in north wales. and on bbc london. what could the chancellor's announcement mean for the capital? plus tackling knife crime. we spend time with outreach workers trying to keep young people safe.