now more with andy verity. andy, give us your assessment.hancellor has much room to manoeuvre and what that freedom gives him anything to deliver a bit of a gift before a general election. there is two things here, one hand, the chancellor's freedom to do

andy verity, bbc news.etting a transatlantic birthday phone call from prince harry. king charles has chosen to mark the day by launching a project to help people facing food poverty. here's our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. a gun salute in london's green park, to mark the king's 75th birthday. a further milestone in the year of his coronation. but the celebrations are deliberately low—key. yesterday at highgrove, his home in gloucestershire, hejoined others, individuals and members of organisations who are marking their 75th anniversaries, among whom were representatives of the windrush generation. # happy birthday to you... # the king cut a rather grand birthday cake for distribution to the guests. as the king launches his birthday initiative, the coronation food project. i'll put a pallet in the chiller, yeah? every single day, as the king has seen himself, many tonnes of food from britain's retailers potentially go to waste. the king's initiative is to set up distribution centres to close the ga

andy verity, thank you.n's home — that's according to documents uncovered by bbc panorama. this year the international criminal court issued arrest warrants for president putin for the alleged unlawful deportation of ukrainian children to russian—controlled territory. hilary andersson reports. 48 children from a children's home in kherson, when the city was under russian occupation. by october last year, they had all disappeared. we teamed up with investigator victoria novikova to find out what happened. the first child to go was margarita, a ten—month—old girl whose mother had given her up soon after birth. she was in the local hospital with bronchitis. dr nataliya lyutikova was looking after her. translation: she was. . . no, she probably still is, smiley. l she loved tenderness, cuddling people. such a cute little girl. last august a russian woman turned up and inspected children in margarita's ward. this photo shows a russian delegation visiting kherson around the same time. we couldn't identify the woma

andy verity, bbc news, elephant and castle.rector of policy, at the institute of directors. good morning to you. what are you hoping it's in there. we ho -e you hoping it's in there. we hope the — you hoping it's in there. - hope the chancellor will really make this an autumn statement for investment and focus on business tax cuts to get business tax cuts to get business going. business confidence is pretty at a low ebb. the economy is not expected to grow any time soon, and we think that really what the chancellor needs to think about is how do we kick—start investment? investment in the uk has been at a very low level for a considerable period of time, probably the last five or six years, and that is the way we see that the government can best boost the economy, both in the short term, but also boost productive capacity of the economy going forward. 1&5 productive capacity of the economy going forward. as andy outlined in _ economy going forward. as andy outlined in his _ economy going forward. as andy outlined in his report,

andy verity, bbc news, elephant and castle. add up. let's talk to harriett baldwin, chair of the treasury select committee and with me this morning. good morning. it is probably worth explaining yourjob. essentially, it is to hold the treasury to account. your work really begins this afternoon when we get the detail of what is in the autumn statement. that's right, and i get to respond, one of the first people to respond. next week, we have the chancellor in front of the treasury select committee when we can ask the really detailed questions about what the decisions he is taking today mean for the british public. find decisions he is taking today mean for the british public.— for the british public. and a big art of for the british public. and a big part of your _ for the british public. and a big part of yourjob _ for the british public. and a big part of yourjob is _ for the british public. and a big part of yourjob is about - for the british public. and a big l part of yourjob is about fairness. it is making sure tax cuts are

andy verity, bbc news, elephant and castle.n which the chancellor finds himself delivering this autumn statement. let's talk about the political implications and with me as a political correspondent. interesting times and a turnaround of what we heard from jeremy hunt a few months ago saying no, time is not now for tax cuts. some things change and that something could be a general election. , ., election. there is a political context and _ election. there is a political context and the _ election. there is a political| context and the government election. there is a political- context and the government would election. there is a political— context and the government would say they argued they did not want to do anything as a government that could help boost inflation so they would say they are not going to do tax cuts because that would have inflationary effect but now they say, look, inflation has come down and rishi sunak had promised to cut inflation in half and he has actually done that, not completely down to the governme

now more with andy verity. andy, give us your assessment.ou have been crunching the numbers, in your report we saw how we came to those calculations. give us your sense of whether the chancellor has much room to manoeuvre and what that freedom gives him anything to deliver a bit of a gift before a general election. there is two things here, one hand, the chancellor's freedom to do things economically, there is always huge scope to cut or raise taxes, or spending, and then there is what his room for manoeuvre is within his self—imposed targets. we must be clear on this. a government's finances are completely unlike a household finance. we live in a currency where the government issues currency, we cannot do that, ferns cannot do that, whereas the government issues a currency and has a lot more freedom than us. not many of us have a money printing press in our front rooms. of us have a money printing press in ourfront rooms. but of us have a money printing press in our front rooms. but the chancellor must calculate his own self—imposed targets

with the details of what exactly we could expect is our economics correspondent andy verity.

here's andy verity.ped to create hundreds of uk—based firms where the real owners stay hidden. a nine month investigation by the bbc, finance uncovered and the seychelles broadcasting corporation reveals it's helped set up companies which have owned assets including private jets and yachts, while masking who was really in control. and helped individuals use limited partnerships in the uk to secretly own assets — something the government thinks is impossible — or control them, including a sanctions busting oil tanker and criminal enterprises from alleged fraud, to fake medicine, to illegal essay writing. really can't even be called a loophole. i mean, it's so wide you can drive an oil tanker through it. this is the seychelles, best known as a destination for holidays and honeymoons. but this paradise in the indian ocean has a shady side. it's become a magnet for people from russia and otherformer soviet union countries who want to hide their wealth. and our own government is letting it happen. last year,

andy verity, bbc news, elephant and castle.is about numbers, the economy can also about politics. we'rejoined now by our chief political correspondent henry zeffman, who is in downing street. the chancellor will emerge from their later to reveal the precise details. what is it telling us about the overall directions and policy of the overall directions and policy of the government?— the government? only 'ust over a ear auo the government? only 'ust over a year age jeremy h the government? only 'ust over a year ago jeremy hunt _ the government? onlyjust over a year ago jeremy hunt was - the government? onlyjust over a year ago jeremy hunt was made l year agojeremy hunt was made chancellor by liz truss, remember her? he had the fairly gloomy task of unpicking her own mini budget in the ottoman trying to restore public confidence in the markets. he has had a fairly gloomy task since then, dealing with the cost of living crisis, trying to grapple with inflation and politically telling conservative mps and voters tax cuts will have