andy gilding was watching that interview with the chancellor and posed this question...e asked bbc news for an answer to that and they told us... afterjeremy hunt had actually made his speech on wednesday, bbc cameras, along with those of other media, were positioned in their traditional spot for a big day at westminster on college green, just outside the houses of parliament in central london. political correspondent ione wells joined ben thompson there on wednesday afternoon to provide some analysis of what had been announced. the government will be hoping the headline is that they've given us a tax cut. a lot of criticism that it's not a tax cut. shouting. this is simply a reduction, but we're still paying more tax overall. that's right. shouting: get tories out! i think certainly the hope from the government is that people will feel better off, and they've done that for a number of sort of measures. one of which, of course, is this cut to the main rate to national insurance from 12% to 10%. it's, of course, very much not the first time we've featured noisy protesters

andy gilding was watching that interview with the chancellor and posed this question..., of course, is this cut to the main rate to national insurance from 12% to 10%. shouting: get tories out! tories out! it's, of course, very much not the first time we've featured noisy protesters drowning out broadcasts at westminster. and darren robertson was the latest viewer to object. and paul bowden agreed. friday's temporary cease fire in the middle east provided the first glimpse of hope in a conflict that's been running for seven weeks. for much of that time, the bbc�*s international editor jeremy bowen has been reporting from israel, having travelled there directly from another war zone, ukraine, just hours after the rocket attack from gaza. it feels as if this crisis is going up a gear. extreme pressure on civilians in gaza. tension here in jerusalem. no one knows where this is going, but it's certain this is a dangerous moment, the worst middle east crisis in a generation. we don't have much detail about what the israelis are doing inside gaza. they are working very hard to