really good to have you with us, harriett baldwin, chair of the treasury select committee. for some of the noise you can hear, people are intent on having their voice heard, or certain in this case, their music. we will persevere nonetheless and let's talk to a chief economist at kpmg. good to see you, too. somewhere a little quieter, perhaps, this morning. give me your assessment on how much wiggle room and room for manoeuvre the chancellor has right now. as we have heard and we were discussing, keen to offer tax cuts ahead of the general election, but how much money does he have to play with right now? well, it is always a little bit of an estimate because things change all the time and it depends really on how the finances evolves, given his target. but we estimate he has around 22 billion room compared to what the 0br forecast earlier, just because the economy was a little bit stronger than what the 0br expected earlier on. which is not much really when you think about the potential headwind that we could experience over the next year or so. so there is a little bit of

earlier though, we spoke to harriett baldwin . today in terms the autumn statement, terms of the autumn statement, because your mind because if you cast your mind back year ago in inflation back to a year ago in inflation was running over 11. now we've got a backdrop of it having fallen to 4.6. so that's a backdrop where jeremy hunt , who backdrop where jeremy hunt, who had to raise taxes last year, can look actually at giving some of that back to the hard working people. >> well, i don't know if i can promise you any sunshine this week, but we can promise you the sunshine. that is annie shuttleworth with your weather forecast . forecast. >> good morning. well, there will be some more autumnal sunshine out there today , but by sunshine out there today, but by the end of the week, we'll see signs of winter. now find out more later on. more with me later on. >> signs of winter. that means a frost, isn't it? let us know your thoughts this morning. is it going be a frosty it going to be a frosty statement? what are you looking for from

chair of the commons treasury committee, harriett baldwin , says its all about baldwin, says its alltumn statement because if you your mind because if you cast your mind back year ago, inflation back to a year ago, inflation was running over 11. now weve got a backdrop of it having fallen to 4.6. and the bank of england forecast saying that it will fall further next year. and so thats a backdrop where jeremy hunt, who had to raise taxes last year, can look actually at giving some of that back to the hard working people of the uk . hard working people of the uk. >> shadow chief secretary to the treasury, darren jones, though says today's announcement won't be enough to turn britains economic tide . economic tide. >> on every measure on the economic dashboard for our country, whether inflation and the cost of living, the amount of tax people are paying , the of tax people are paying, the amount of the country is amount of debt the country is in, the quality of our public services, whether services, and whether people at home better off after the home feel better off after the last 13 y