our chief politcal correspondent henry zeffman is in westminster. good morning, henry.departments could be affected? goad departments could be affected? good morninu. departments could be affected? good morning- it's — departments could be affected? good morning. it's normal— departments could be affected? good morning. it's normal for _ departments could be affected? (13mm morning. it's normal for there to be morning. it's normalfor there to be quite a lot of back—and—forth between cabinet ministers in downing street, be that number 10, the prime minister, or number 11, street, be that number 10, the prime minister, or number11, the chancellor, in the run—up to a budget to be settled. it is abnormal for the government to be seeking that scale of savings. £40 billion is the amount of money rachel reeves has told cabinet ministers she needs to find to improve public services in the way, fund public services in the adequate way in their way the government would like to. the vast majority of that is going to come from tax rises, we have seen in recent days the government b

let's speak to our chief political correspondent, henry zeffman. always good to talk to you.hear from keir starmer later?- from keir starmer later? what is very interesting _ from keir starmer later? what is very interesting about - from keir starmer later? what is very interesting about what | is very interesting about what the prime minister is doing today, he is framing the budget before we actually know what exactly is in it. he is going to talk about embracing the harsh light of physical reality. that is not language of a prime minister who is about to give everyone a tax cut, on the contrary, it is pretty clear the taxes are going to rise, spending is going to rise, spending is going to rise, spending is going to come down. the prime minister i think wants to give people a flavour of the y today before they find out the wet on wednesday from rachel reeves, the chancellor. keir starmer is not the only member of the cabin and who has been talking about the budget today, we heard earlier today from pat mcfadden, a senior cabinet minister. let's have a listen to what he was

our chief political correspondent henry zeffman is in westminster. henry, lower inflation is good weeks? good morning. a notably cautious response to the inflation statistics from the government. darrenjones said it was welcome news but then said it was welcome news but then said however there was more to do to protect working people. i think that looks to the budget a fortnight today. we are familiar with a big number, £22 billion, the black hole the government say it inherited from the government say it inherited from the conservatives. let me give you a bigger number, £40 billion, which is what the chancellor told cabinet colleagues in a meeting yesterday she had to find, that is the gap that needs to be plugged in the budget. what does that mean for viewers? tax rises. we are familiar with some of the government's ducking and weaving over what they will do when it comes to capital gains tax, to national insurance falling on employers. i think it is clear there will be tax increases most likely there. there might be a change to the government borrowing rules but £40 billion is

political correspondent henry zeffman told me the row could cause friction between the uk and us governments, should donald trump win the us presidential election. it is clearly not goodere is precedent, certainly not that i'm aware of, for a presidential campaign to be making a legal complaint about a political party that is in government in one of their closest allies. this is a very big deal. it is very unusual. perhaps it is yet another symptom of what an unusual politician and what an unusual campaigner donald trump is but then again the labour party and labour government may find themselves within just a couple of weeks having to deal with a very unusualformer president—elect who might be returning to the white house. i think the big question here is there is no denying this is seriously awkward and embarrassing for the labour party. the question is whether it is merely awkward and embarrassing but will pass within a couple of days, or whether actually this does show a level of anger from the tramp campaign that would carry over if he wins the presidential election, into his relationship with keir starmer as the uk prime minister. if that is the case, then that

our chief political correspondent henry zeffman has been monitoring the government's response, whilst covering the conservative party conference in birmingham. good that mean for the uk? the prime minister was 15 minutes into a phone| minister was 15 minutes into a phone call with his israeli counterpart benjamin netanyahu when that iranian barrage of missiles to what israel began yesterday evening so of course the call was abandoned near instantly and a couple of hours later you heard keir starmer make that statement to the nation. a little while after that, we heard from john healey, the defence secretary who said that as in april when iran last fired missiles at israel the uk was involved in helping to repel them. we have almost no details publicly on that yet. there may be more later today but i can tell you it is our understanding at the bbc that uk jets were involved. i can also tell you thatjohn healey this morning is now at and raf airbase in cyprus where he will be meeting british armed forces personnel, including those who may be involved in a potential evacuation of british citizens still in 11 on. as for keir starmer, he is in brussel

let's speak to our chief political correspondent henry zeffman on downing street. correspondent henry zeffman good correspondent henry zeffman morning. good corresondent hen zeffman morninu. am good morning. morning, sally. yes, i am in downing _ good morning. morning, sally. yes, i am in downing street _ good morning. morning, sally. yes, i am in downing street and _ good morning. morning, sally. yes, i am in downing street and who - good morning. morning, sally. yes, i am in downing street and who better| am in downing street and who better to be joined am in downing street and who better to bejoined by in downing street than the prime minister, sir keir starmer question might thank you for joining us. you're clearly very happy with how the investments it worked, went yesterday. how will the lives of breakfast viewers in as a result of those?— result of those? what happened esterda result of those? what happened yesterday as _ result of those? what happened yesterday as we _ result of those? what happened yesterday as we had _ result of those? what happened yesterday as we had and - result of th

hugh pym, bbc news. 0ur chief political correspondent henry zeffman joins us now. goodk at westminster. this is undoubtedly a big injection of cash, but the problems in the nhs go way beyond money. certainly, and that is the government's view as well. striking words from wes streeting. 0ur nhs is beaten but not broken, he says, and what this budget will enable us to do is to rescue the decline and start to rebuild the foundations. but he can't promise there won't be people waiting on trolleys in corridors this winter. people i have spoken to right at the top of the government know that many people willjudge the when the next election rolls around on their experience of the nhs, but they don't want people to believe that they can fix it rapidly, because the government doesn't believe they can fix it rapidly. but i am struck very much by the language being used around this announcement, about this being an investment in the nhs, partly because lost of it —— lots of it is capital investment. that is similar to a lot of the language we heard in keir starmer�*s speech yester

good relationship. our political correspondent henry zeffman joins us from westminster.our saying about this? well, brits have been over to take part in american elections practically since the war of independence. everyone here in westminster pretty much is obsessed with american politics. it is not just labour activists, we have seen nigel farage on stage with donald trump with conservative politicians, in fact i bumped into them in snowy new hampshire, campaigning for democrats and republicans. but the allegation here is that people were doing so in a party capacity. absolutely strenuously denied by the labour party, which insists they have no role whatsoever in any activists going over there in what they say was a private capacity. but what is so supercharged about this is the fact that in less than two weeks' time sir keir starmer could, depending what happens in the presidential election in the us, be considering how best to deal with president elect donald trump. he and his team have been at pains both in opposition and subsequently in government to forge good rel