david in colchester _ debt that they have. david in colchester asks _ debt that they have. - debt that they have. david in colchester asks where is the | debt that they have. david in - colchester asks where is the help for pensioners in this statement? there was nothing specific for pensioners, but having said that, some of the tax cuts made could benefit pensioners depending on your specific financial situation. the cut in income tax and the basic rate of 20p down to 19p, which takes effect from next year, if you are working or even if you have income and that can be earned income or savings and investments, so if you are earning over the tax—free threshold of £12,570 per year, that cut in the basic rate of income tax will benefit you, is a very rough guide, about a a year, and also if pensioners are working, then the cut in the 1.25% national insurance levy which was for health and social care, national insurance is not something pensioners usually pay, evenif something pensioners usually pay, even if they were working, but this levy was something they were going to pay,

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. >>> let's head to colchester, england where we have a professor of government at the university of essex. take you for being here with us. combat of forceful and political speech there. what do you hear? >> i think that democrats and joe biden need to go on the offensive, clarifying to the american public that the trump- led maga movement is a threat to democracy. trumps movement is the biggest threat to democracy since the civil war. we saw that there was an attempted coup. we are even afraid to prosecute trump because there could be violence on the street. this is how dangerous things have gotten. there are some people that are above the law. biden's speech was trying to address americans. that there are are threats to the midterms. biden was careful to mention that not all republicans are extremists. he also tried to focus on some of the positive things that the democrats have been accomplishing. that there have been lower gas prices. that there is -- employment get better and that the country is moving in the right direction. the speech was focused on these two issues, but the

after nine more sittings, the portrait, commissioned by the borough of colchester, was unveiled at thef love, and i enjoyed every single second of agonising over that picture. i so wanted to get it right. i mean, it was a huge privilege to spend so much time with the queen, and she was terribly generous with her time. we all knew the queen was 96 and getting increasingly frail. but her passing was so quick, none of us were prepared for that, and coupled with the fact that it was my portrait that was being broadcast around the world... it was a goosebump moment, i'm still trying to come to terms with this. i can't quite believe we now have a king. he painted his first royal portrait aged just 21 and it is his dearest wish that one day he might be asked to paint the king. i'd love to. i so enjoyed my sittings with him in the past, he is a truly remarkable man. the sittings with him have been a great pleasure, of course we have just talked about art, and if that opportunity ever arose, i would love to accept the challenge. net me tell you the story of this afternoon through five different

these clouds on the bottom of a shower in colchester, essex, a short time ago. those 20s —— like 20s. showers can be anywhere this afternoon. fewer of them compared with the morning in them compared with the morning in the southernmost counties of england but slow moving showers in parts of wales, northern england, scotland and northern ireland, but the north—east of scotland, as i said, after persistent heavy rain this morning, things will be much brighterfor the morning, things will be much brighter for the afternoon. as you head into the evening and overnight, showers will fade temporarily for some, but across the south of the country they will keep on going. some of those could be nasty at times. more rumbles of thunder, gusty winds through the english channel, that will set us up for another day of sunshine and showers. work persistent rain in north—east england friday, wettest conditions across parts of scotland and northern ireland. this weekend, a bit quieter, mist and fog in the morning, if you are showers in forecast. that's good to hear. thank you ver

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