stewart wood, former adviser _ service workers. stewart wood, former adviser to _ service workers.t wood, former adviser to the _ service workers. stewart wood, former adviser to the treasury, | former adviser to the treasury, thank you very much a talking to us on bbc news this afternoon. a lot as we were saying for economists to chew over in that statement from rachel reeves today. let's begin that process now with jonathan portes, professor of economics at king's college london. professor portes, thank you very much for joining us this afternoon. your first thoughts? i joining us this afternoon. your first thoughts?— first thoughts? i have to say i think that _ first thoughts? i have to say i think that like _ first thoughts? i have to say i think that like everybody - first thoughts? i have to say i | think that like everybody else, first thoughts? i have to say i - think that like everybody else, all economists knew that the previous government's tax and spending plans didn't add up and many of us thought that labour were being unwise to commit to stick to them and that was so

the disappearance of venus stewart, the mother of two in april 2010, was the first big story that reporter dani carlson covered for nbc's affiliate in western michigan, woodeft her purse, left >> this woman had gone out and disappeared in her pajamas. >> the disappearance of venus stewart in april of 2010 was the first big story reporter danny carlsonone, covered for n affiliate in western michigan. >> left her purse, left her phone, left all of her identification. left anything. >> venus' father, larry mccomb, made the 911 call this -- that morning. >> her vehicle is here, kids are here and she is gone. >> larry also called his wife, therese, who was already at her restaurant job. her coworkers tried to calm her down. >> all they said she probably just went around the block in my looked at them and said get a grip. my daughter doesn't do that stuff and i said i'm out of here and they went out the door and i was shaking the whole way home. >> whenever a young adult goes missing, please customarily ask the family to wait 24 to 48 hours for things to shake out but right away, the officer suspected this might not be someone who would taken hike of her own vo