if you've got george osborne doing that, the promise before the election would be 6 billion of efficiency savings. the government found that it could not raise that, they could only to 95 million, a tiny fraction of that. it had to be free brought into this package because they could not find the money from its efficiency savings alone. that is why there is some more. it depends on how you look at it. government could do that but it already had to take 20 different positions. >> let's remind you why we're doing this. at the moment we have a huge deficit. if we take that, the jobs for the future fine, the problem was not yet as a program, even at the person that was supposed to be getting employment actually did not turn up for work. that was a waste. labor pledges to increase by 20,000, and they are increasing by 10 per -- 10,003 we are increasing that and hire a education. >> if you look at the entrance of the -- a sovereign interests, what say what you are looking at today. this is where the queen will be arriving of little later on. the great state coach will bring the queen and. befor

. >> if george osborne wants to cut 6 billion pounds they should have spelled out in detail what is the tale will not do in the future. people need to know details because only then will you need to know what it means in terms of growth. >> the focus of the cuts has been here, up recruiting if your staff and walking the streets like the rest of us. some of these savings will be re spent, so only 5.7 billion will be cut. this is only the beginning. >> it might have been human error that caused a plane crash that killed almost 160 people in india. the aviation minister said weather conditions looked normal. investigators are looking for the black box titter recorder. -- black box data recorder. the airline says flights from london airports are not affected. it is expecting half its services to operate normally. a british doctor who suggested a vaccine for measles and mumps was linked to optimism has been found guilty of medical misconduct. he was acting in an irresponsible way. great britain's duchess of york says she is sorry for the lapse of judgment that led to her being caught on came

he will be working together closely with george osborn and be in a great position to map out an optimistic ambition for a new kind of economy built on the rubble of the old. >> tiddle more questions. -- two more questions. dollar could i ask if this is such a fantastic agreement for new politics, can i ask what you could possibly have i been proportional representation? >> i have stated very clearly my view about our electoral system and proportional representation i feel was right given a result, needed this -- given the need for strong and stable government to make important concessions that we should have referendum on the alternative but system did i want to demonstrate the conservative party would go the extra mile to try and build a coalition. we will have that legislation. it will include a referendum calls, and it will include alternative mode, and there will be a referendum. there will be a campaign in which people can campaign freely. but it is part of the very important part of building the trust between our two parties to build a coalition for the of our country. for watson. >>

then, the new chancellor of the exchequer, george osborn, gives his first major speech on thee british economy. the chancellor talks about cutting public spending and reducing the corporate tax rate. that is tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span. >> rep chris van hollen, democrat of maryland and the man in charge of getting democrats elected this fall is our newsmaker. joining us are to reporters. >> congressman, let's talk about what happened -- some very interesting primaries and one general election last tuesday and what lessons you take from that, good and bad shape your thinking about the general election in november. >> we have a lot primaries and each primary hadn't owned need set of one thing that was unique on the power of the tea party movement, with rand paul run and -- rand paul one and charlie crist itv republican party in florida. it is driving the eventual republican nominee for their and further to the right. in areas other mainstream and centrist, is going to present a challenge for republicans. the election that was on the ballot last tuesday, where you had a republican m

and then george osborn, the british chancellor of the exchequer. and then the australian prime minister can read takes questions from the parliament. tomorrow on "washington journal," renae merle talks about the rate of foreclosures for u.s. homeowners. abdullah abdullah discusses the political and military situation in afghanistan, and president karzai is recent visit to the u.s.. and doona pavetti and renae merle look at the u.s. welfare system -- and robert rector look at the u.s. welfare system. "washington journal" why that 7:00 a.m. missed -- 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> hellenic taken will testify before the senate judiciary committee. you can find key moments from previous confirmation hearings on line at the c-span video library every program since 1987, it is washington your way. >> john bercow was reelected to his post on thursday. tuesday's elections were led by the father of the house, the member what the law is continuous service in the house. he is dragged reluctantly to the chair. it includes speeches by the new prime minist

the new chancellor of the exchequer, george osborn, gives his first speech on the british economy. he talks about cutting public spending and reducing the corporate tax rate. that is tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. alert just weeks after the british elections which produced a new prime minister and a coalition government, queen elizabeth ii will formally of announce her government's legislative agenda for the next session three we will travel from buckingham palace to parliament for britain's one of mark -- one of britain's most celebrated occasion. the opening of parliament on c- span2. >> a look now what politics and the 2010 midterm election. from today's "washington journal," this is about 45 minutes. -- "newsmakers." host: alex isenstadt is the political reporter for politico. let's begin with this headline in honolulu. charles djou gott, and defeat in two democrats. your reaction? guest: it is a win for republicans. they win. it was a previously democratically-held seats. 7% of the vote was for barack obama in 2008. this is not entirely unexpected. we know that nation

then the new chancellor, george osborn, gives his first major speech on the british economy. the chancellor talks about cutting public spending and reducing the corporate tax rate. that is tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> weeks after the british election which produced a new prime minister and a coalition government, queen elizabeth's ii will formally announce her government's legislative agenda for the new session. we travel from buckingham palace, parliament, to the house of lords for one of britain pocks in the celebrated events. that will be live on c-span2. >> another in a series of congressional hearings on the gulf of mexico oil spill was held in the house. witnesses including bp american chairman whose company has assumed responsibility for the spill and cleanup costs. from transocean, the drillingiv- company that owned the rig that exploded in april. this is on the house transportation committee. >> in the tradition of our committee

all the speculation that one would be george osborn's deputy as chief secretary to the treasury has beenirmly denied. others likely to be in line for cabinet positions are able walls -- david and alexander and chris sims, people involved in the negotiations. there it like to be a fair sprinkling of liberal democrats in the junior governments position. most will have a liberal democrat minister in them. perhaps as interesting as the names of the minister's tonight, there is also the policy developments. the policy deal that is being done. the conservatives have showed -- shelved their most talked-about inheritance tax cut, and a conservative policy of 6 billion pounds worth of spending cuts in the current penitential year will go ahead -- financial year, even though the liberal democrats decried that during the campaign, saying that it was in danger ring. but there will also be money made available to enable the liberal democrat policy of increasing the income tax threshold to go through. there will be a lot of liberal democrats thinking they have and our model matters. a very interesting

he is working very closely with george osborn and will be in a great position to map out an optimistic vision for a new economy built on the rubble of the old. >> two more questions. that is the observer and the times. >> if this is such a fantastic agreement for new politics, can i ask what you possibly have of dense proportional representation? >> i have stated very clearly my view about our electoral system and proportional representation. i think it was right, given the results to make the important concessions that we should have to recommend them -- we should have a referendum. the conservative party will go the extra mile to try to build this coalition. we will have the legislation. it will include a referendum and it will include proportional vote. there will be a campaign in which people can campaign freely as a reset of the time it is a part of building the trust between our two parties. that is for the good of our country. >> just on the five-year parliament, is that aspiration or will that be fixed in our legislation? -- an early legislation? and the range of the spectrum t

bridge in's new chancellor, george osborne, with his first major speech on the economy. their deficit is projected to be 12% of their gross domestic product which is greater than greece. hosted by the federation of british industry which is the primary lobbying group. this is 25 minutes. [applause] >> ladies and gentleman, helen, thank you very much for that introduction. when you invited the chancellor to attend this dinner one week. , i do not know if you knew who would turn up, nor did i. it is good to be here. it is a pretty historic occasion. this is an event where liberal democrats and conservatives are sitting side-by-side in the first coalition this country has seen this is my first major speech. thank you for the early invitation. it is no coincidence that the first person i called after getting the job was richard lambert. that is, i hope you will see, a reflection of the importance that i attached to britain's community and to the in cbi as a representative of the business community. the last conservative chancellor, kenneth clarke. [applause] he is positively