that is jeremy hunt speaking at the - jeremy hunt speaking at the conference earlier this morning.e of your screen people filing in. we will hear from the labour leader so keir starmer with his plans shortly, and we will bring it to you on bbc news. the big political story is the government will set out plans for cutting legal migration this afternoon. latest figures showed it hit a record high last year — with almost three quarters of a million more people arriving in the uk than leaving it. the prime minister rishi sunak has been under pressure over the issue and today in the commons, his new home secretary james cleverley is expected to announce the minimum salary for skilled workers coming from overseas will be significantly increased. our political correspondent ione wells reports. the population grew by about 1% last year. the fastest rate since the 19605 year. the fastest rate since the 1960s baby boom. this time it was driven by international migration. which ministers have pledged to reduce. i am clear the levels of net migration are too high, they need to come down to mor

jeremy hunt, uh, cut months ago. jeremy hunt, uh, cut national insurance tax .al insurance tax. a2p cut to national insurance was pretty big cut and introduced emergency legislation to bring forward that tax cut to january rather than april , that tax cut to january rather than april, when a tax that tax cut to january rather than april , when a tax cut like than april, when a tax cut like thatis than april, when a tax cut like that is normally implemented, that is normally implemented, that got tongues wagging in westminster, that the conservatives were preparing the ground for a spring election. now now we're hearing that the budget is going to take place in early march, and we're beginning to hear a few leaks about the sort of policies that the conservatives might put in it. scrapping inheritance tax has always been very, very popular among conservative backbenchers . among conservative backbenchers. and actually polls really well with the public as well. there are those who find that quite surprising because actually only a very small percentage of the popul

despite jeremy hunt's get back to work spnng jeremy hunt's get back to work spring budget, the economyrnly failed to grow . for stubbornly failed to grow. for most of the year, growth has hovered around the zero mark, meaning we are permanently teetering on the edge of a recession and there's bad news in the national debt. quarter two. far from falling , two. far from falling, economists now suggest that debt is , and the obr has is skyrocketing, and the obr has said that the current trajectory is . and meanwhile , is unsustainable. and meanwhile, nhs waiting lists reached an all time high of an eye—watering 7.7 million last month. and with demand back to pre—pandemic levels , they don't look set to levels, they don't look set to shnnk levels, they don't look set to shrink any time soon. to compound the problem , nhs nurses compound the problem, nhs nurses and doctors have been striking on and off all year , and doctors on and off all year, and doctors at least look set to continue well into 2024. as for stopping the boats, polls suggest that the boats, polls suggest that the public be

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this mooted tax cut in march from jeremy hunt? of course.but i think it goes to the heart of what conservative values is all about making sure that you can, you know, earn and what you earn. you keep and what you get you get to keep and what you get to keep. you pass on to to keep. you get to pass on to your your loved ones you your your loved ones when you sadly it's something sadly pass on. it's something that's always been part of the conservative ideology that's been times. been mooted many, many times. will be delivered ? will it actually be delivered? remains to be seen, but there are of tax changes being are lots of tax changes being discussed to make sure that people might disaffected with people might be disaffected with the the minute the conservatives at the minute thinking much thinking there's been too much of a higher that we of a higher tax burden that we can bring people back. can bring those people back. >> view um , >> what about the view that, um, it should forget inheritance tax, these, these reductions should should bene

now the chancellor, jeremy hunt , has the chancellor, jeremy hunt, has announced that the spring budget set out on the 6th of march, reports also suggesting that downing street could axe inheritance tax and reduce income tax . sir keir starmer has income tax. sir keir starmer has seemingly instructed his frontbench team to finalise their manifesto plans, telling shadow ministers to have their policy proposals ready by mid january . now policy proposals ready by mid january. now in the united states, the michigan supreme court has rejected an attempt to remove the former president , remove the former president, donald trump, from the 2024 presidential ballot that ruling, in stark contrast to the recent legal ruling in colorado , where legal ruling in colorado, where mr trump was, disqualify from running for president due to his alleged role in the capitol hill riots. that decision has now been paused pending an appeal . been paused pending an appeal. in france, the former president of the european commission and architect of the euro, jacques delors , has died at the age of delors, has d

despite jeremy hunt's get back to work spnng jeremy hunt's get back to work spring budget, jeremy hunt'sack to work spring budget , the economy has spring budget, the economy has stubbornly failed to grow for most of the year , growth has most of the year, growth has hovered around the zero mark, meaning we are permanently teetering on the edge of a recession . and there's bad news recession. and there's bad news in the national debt quarter, too. far from falling, economists suggest that debt economists now suggest that debt is , and the obr has is skyrocketing, and the obr has said the current trajectory said that the current trajectory is unsustainable . meanwhile nhs is unsustainable. meanwhile nhs waiting lists reached an all time high of an eye—watering 7.7 million last month, and with demand back to pre—pandemic levels, they don't set to levels, they don't look set to shnnk levels, they don't look set to shrink time soon. to shrink any time soon. to compound problem , nhs nurses compound the problem, nhs nurses and doctors have been striking on and off all year and doctors at leas

cutting budget and jeremy hunt cutting taxes. worried that taxes.ng about taxi drivers leaving the industry and why that might be. howard's been in touch saying i operated the uk's largest nationwide taxi and private up until private hire company up until six years ago. sadiq khan and tfl, transport for london, uh, destroyed the london taxi industry by controlling who could get licenses . drivers that could get licenses. drivers that had been in the industry for years were forced out after taking too long to their taking too long to renew their licenses. the new operator licenses. the new operator license ridiculous and far license is ridiculous and far too expensive, with large operators having to pay millions of pounds a year. it does seem as though the cost for a lot of as though the cost for a lot of a lot of taxi drivers . it's just a lot of taxi drivers. it's just not. i cannot make a living. >> i can understand why organised nations like tfl want to make as much money out of people as possible , but you people as possible, but you can't do th

the latter is the charge made, with a renewed vigour, by rishi sunak�*s chancellor, jeremy hunt this in the autumn statement, around £13 billion of headroom against his fiscal rules for debt to be falling as a share of gdp in five years' time. and those rules are roughly the same as those chosen by rachel reeves. so, if labour were to borrow £28 billion a year to invest in clean energy and other net zero infrastructure spending by the end of the parliament, the labour party would be in breach of its own rules by around £15 billion. hunt argues this would either mean tax rises or a burst of inflation. how coherent is this? it's certainly true that if labour forms the next government, it would probably inherit very tight public finances and pressure to raise taxes to spend on public services. but the same would be true for the conservatives. economists argue that the spending envelopejeremy hunt has pencilled in for after 2025 is implausibly tight, implying further deep real term cuts in unprotected departments like justice and local government. and on the fiscal rules point? first, it

you know, doing the opposite of jeremy hunt saying, ooh, this could be bad.soi hunt saying, ooh, thisdon't want to jinx it. um, but i think it's just being, you know, it's worth being aware that that could happen. >> uh, also , it was >> sure. and, uh, also, it was announced friday that, uh, announced on friday that, uh, train ticket fares are to rise by 4.9% in march next year. uh, that's an increase that's expected to exceed inflation. what do you think, jasmine? is it is it fair to do you get it? is it fair anyway? are we getting ripped off? it always feels like we're getting ripped off. >> i do get it now. i didn't get it just then. you're absolutely right. no i don't think it's fair. i mean, really, we need it. we need the hole in the it. like we need the hole in the head. know, another head. you know, it's yet another rise. seeing rises rise. and we keep seeing rises everywhere. i mean, i was just talking just the other day about car insurance, which in some cases have gone, has up cases have gone, has gone up by 50, five, zero, and and it 50, five, zero, 50. and and it just fee

despite jeremy hunt's get back to work spnng jeremy hunt's get back to work spring budget, the economyas stubbornly failed to grow for most of the year, growth has hovered around the zero mark, meaning we are permanently teetering on the edge of a recession . and there's bad news recession. and there's bad news in the national debt quarter, too. from falling, too. far from falling, economists now suggest that debt is skyrocketing and the obr has said the current trajectory said that the current trajectory is unsustainable . meanwhile, nhs is unsustainable. meanwhile, nhs waiting lists reached an all time high of an eye—watering 7.7 million last month, and with demand back to pre—pandemic levels, they don't look set to shnnk levels, they don't look set to shrink any time soon. to compound the problem, nhs nurses and doctors have been striking on and off all year and doctors at least look set to continue well into 2024. as for stopping the boats. polls suggest that the boats. polls suggest that the public believe a sunak has failed on this pledge to , though failed on this pledge to, tho

more slowly, jeremy hunt says.s 11.1. now it's fallen to 3.9, the lowest for over two years. and that shows the government's plan for the economy is working. but they're still further to go. inflation never falls in a straight line. and what we want to do for families up and down the country is to move away from this era of prices continually going up, because we know what pressure it's putting on family budgets . budgets. >> the health secretary says strikes by junior doctors will force more patients to spend christmas in hospital. patients have been warned there will be significant disruption to nhs services as they start a three day walkout less than a week before christmas. this strike will last until december 23rd as part of a major escalation in the doctor's dispute over pay. victoria atkins says patients deserve better. >> so this christmas we know that these strikes, if they continue to today, tomorrow and on friday, it will mean that people will stay in hospital longer than if these strikes had not happene

treasury secretary jeremy hunt speaking with lisa abramowicz. let's look where we stand.tting back on a few points on the s&p 500. help .4%. 4717 after we had a little drop in the last couple of hours. waiting actually for 2:00 p.m. to see if anything happens like it did yesterday. we saw a precipitous drop in the last hour and 30 minutes of trading yesterday. we have the nasdaq up .6%. some companies making 52-week highs, including meta and salesforce. we also had the dollar index weaker today which is helping things. it is below 102 on dxy. coming up, jett mccandless of project 44 on the red sea conflict and the impact on the global economy and oil markets. this is bloomberg. ♪ jon: welcome to bloomberg markets. vonnie: let's start with a quick check of the market. the market does not want to give up on hitting a fresh record. s&p 500 up half a percent right now even after little bit of a selloff for a prolonged dip in the last hour and a half. we may indeed see the record before the end of the year, although we are waiting for the last hour and half of trading because

jeremy hunt, now the budgets.ry, says strikes by junior doctors will force more patients to spend their christmases in hospital . christmases in hospital. >> patients have been warned there will be significant disruption to nhs services. a staff begin their three day walkout less than a week before christmas. this strike will last until december the 23rd as part of a major escalation in their dispute over pay . the irish dispute over pay. the irish government is bringing a legal case against the uk over a controversial parliamentary act designed to address the legacy left after the northern ireland troubles . introduced in troubles. introduced in september, the act includes limited immunity from troubles related offences for those who cooperate with a new independent commission. it'll also halt future civil cases and legacy inquests. ireland argues that some detail in the so—called troubles act are incompatible with the uk's obligations under the european convention on human rights. amnesty international has prais

chancellor jeremy hunt is due to sign the deal this morning. joining us us as our u.k.respondent lizzy burden. walk us through the significance of this deal. lizzie: these are europe's two biggest financial hubs. this is part of the project to sign post brexit trade deals for the u.k. free from the shackles of brussels. we remember earlier in the year they signed the in pacific trade bloc of 11 nations. but, let's be frank, nothing is going to make up for the loss of output because of brexit. the independent fiscal watchdog says that's 4% of output loss. all the trade deals in the world would not make up for what's been lost, in terms of the relationship between britain and its closest trading partner. so this is significant, it's about the mutual recognition of regulatory regimes on the two sides. it significant for the city of london and all of the financial services from insurance to banking to asset management. >> these have been years of wrangling. jeremy hunt, the chancellor's except -- is expected to sign that burn financial services agreement. and i say to you,

the chancellor, jeremy hunt, says he hopes to reverse planned cuts to public spending when the time is economy has a "sprained ankle rather than a broken leg" with untapped potential that could make it the most prosperous this century. a report by the think tank has warned the uk is facing a toxic combination of slow growth and high inequality — with the average worker losing out on more than £10,000 a year because wage growth has flatlined. the chancellor has said the report ignores some of the wider context. i mean, what we had was the worst financial crisis since the second world war, which affected lots of countries, not just our country. and since 2010, we've actually grown faster than spain, portugal, france, italy, the netherlands, austria, germany, japan. in fact, the majority of the countries that torsten was comparing us to, we've grown faster than them. so i think it's absolutely right to say, why have all of us fallen into this low growth paradigm and what can we do to get out of it? but i don't think this is something that we are uniquely in a bad situation. i think this i

jeremy hunt will unveil the spring budget on march 6 in what could be his last chance to introduce taxe before a general election. reporter: the budget is likely to be the last big fiscal event. there are moments where the government can announce big spending plans before a general election. there is speculation about what the chancellor might do. some is around inheritance tax. there was talk about him maybe abolishing that. in the nt did not do it but we see it come back again -- but we are seeing it come back again, even though he did not do it. some would like to see it. they do not like it as a tax. there are other conservative mps who are sayi to the chancellor you should instead focus on things like reducing income tax. the tax burden is at a historic high. the budget will be the last opportunity for the government to set out the big plans. what is and it will likely shape the election campaign although labor is saying whatever the government does in march will not be able to repair the damage done to the economy and democrats saying it is to late to turn the tide. there has bee

the chancellor and local mp, jeremy hunt, has called for emergency bottled water stations to be openede the first black referee in the premier league for 15 years when he oversees sheffield united versus luton town this afternoon. you're live with bbc news. sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's olly foster. there are five matches in the premier league, we're approaching half—time in the first of them at st james park newcastle taking on nottingham forest. alexander isak with a penalty after he was fouled in the box. chris wood has just equalised for nottingham forest. two matches kick off at three. bournemouth against fulham and sheffield united are at home to luton, more on that game in a moment. leaders arsenal aren't playing until thursday so there could be a change at the top of the table. liverpool are the first with a chance of doing that. they will find themselves top if they avoid defeat at second from bottom burnley. i think burnley could have easily had much more points because they had so many good spells in the games where they then don't finish t

now jeremy hunts possible.nnouncement of a march to sixth budget has the conservatives on a firm general election footing. the tories have all been written off in the next general election, with labour boasting a 17 point lead in the polls. but is it really too late, or can the tories come out swinging in 2024 to prove that they are worth voting for after all? well, i'm joined now in the studio for the by the conservative mp for shrewsbury and atcham, daniel kawczynski . and atcham, daniel kawczynski. thanks for joining and atcham, daniel kawczynski. thanks forjoining us daniel, over this festive period, a lot of people seem to have written the conservative off. a lot of people are are praying that the conservative will actually become conservative in 2024, particularly on things like immigration, 745,000 legally stopping the boats seems like a pledge that failed. taxation seems like we voted boris and got corbyn. what can you guys do to turn the public mood around? >> well, of course people, um , >> well, of c

the chancellor and local mp, jeremy hunt, said he was "beside himself with frustration".avocado toast, has died at the age of 54. he was a self—taught cook who became a celebrated restaura nteur and food writer. his family said he died in a london hospital on christmas day. they said he will be remembered as the king of breakfast to made "unpretentious food into something special". post—christmas sales may be getting into full swing today, but research suggests shoppers will spend less than they did last year. major retailers such as m&s remained closed. so, with pre—christmas events such as black friday — and the availability of early discounts online — are the boxing day sales the major event they once were? theo leggett went to kingston upon thames to find out. christmas may be over, but now it's time for the sales. everything is reduced up to 50%. here in kingston upon thames, the mood today was cheerful as curious shoppers sought out the best bargains. and across the country, it was a similar story. it's the first time in a long time that we've come out on boxing day

the chancellor, jeremy hunt, will unveil his spring budget on the 6th of march in what could be his lasta general election. the conservative party has been hinting it could make pledges on housing and taxes, as rishi sunak struggles to turn around his party's major deficit in the polls. you're live with bbc news. sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's sarah mulkerrins. thank you very much, samantha. let's start with the three games taking place right now in the english premier league. approaching full—time in two of them. wolves winning 4—1 away at brentford. four of the goals in that coming in a frantic first half, hwang hee chan scoring two for the visitors. at stamford bridge, chelsea have taken the lead over crystal palace. michael olise cancelled out mykhailo mudryk�*s opener. but chelsea just taking the lead from the penalty spot. and manchester city are trailing 1—0 at goodison park. jack harrison has everton ahead. they have just come out and kicked off in the second half in that one. follow it all live on the bbc sport website. the matches coming thick

that's after jeremy hunt announced he would deliver his budget on the 6th of march.he polls whenever comes. but whenever an election comes. but who will hold the keys to number 10 time? next year? our 10 this time? next year? our political correspondent katherine forster has taken a look at what we can expect in 2024. this time next year, who will be living in number 10? >> rishi sunak or sir keir starmer ? after 13 years of the starmer? after 13 years of the tories , is it finally time for tories, is it finally time for a change? we don't have a crystal ball, of course, but we do know that there will be a general election next year. the conservatives could have dragged it out till the end of january 2025, but last week the prime minister ruled that out. rishi sunak thought he could turn the government's fortunes around , government's fortunes around, but the conservatives are still languishing, 20 points behind labourin languishing, 20 points behind labour in the polls. here's pollster joe twyman labour in the polls. here's pollsterjoe twyman . pollster joe twyman.

the chancellor and local mp jeremy hunt said he was "beside himself with frustation".r has been hacked, with about 950 people in the uk having their personal data compromised. easypark group, which owns ring—go and park—mobile, said most of the customers affected were in europe and that names, contact information and parts of credit card numbers had been stolen. you're live with bbc news. the amazon rainforest is experiencing its worst drought since records began. one of its main rivers is recording the lowest levels in 121 years. the drought is the result of the effects of el nino, coupled with a warmer atlantic ocean and a heatwave in south american. but scientists worry that this drought means the amazon is moving faster towards its tipping point, where plant and animal life can no longer recover. stephanie hegarty reports. 0liveira is taking us to his village, and this is the only way to get there. it's a five—hour journey, at least normally. his community of a0 families is in the middle of the amazon. it's dry, and it's hot. brazil is in the midst of a heatwave. i

the chancellor and local mp, jeremy hunt, said he was �*beside himself with frustration�*.ple in the uk having their personal data compromised. easypark group, which owns ring—go and park—mobile, said most of the customers affected were in europe. and that names, contact information and parts of credit card numbers had been stolen. you�*re live with bbc news. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here�*s sarah. manchester united are in action for the first time since british businessman sirjim ratcliffe agreed to buy a 25% stake in the old trafford club for about $1.3 billion. the r into the second half against aston villa, not going their way, john mcginn scored from a free kick after 21 minutes before dendoncker doubled the advantage. garnacho had a goal disallowed for manchester united. liverpool have moved to the top of the premier league for at least the next 48 hours after they overcame burnley 2—0 at turf moor. darwin nunez put liverpool ahead in the first half — his first goal in nine league matches — before diogojota sealed the win with a late s

here in the uk, the chancellor jeremy hunt will unveil his spring budget on the 6th of march, in whates before a general election. our political correspondent helen catt has more. the budget is likely to be the last big fiscal event, as they're known — those moments when the government can announce big tax and spending plans — before a general election. so there's already a lot of speculation about what the chancellor might choose to do with it. now, some of that has been around inheritance tax. there was a lot of talk around the idea that he might abolish inheritance tax ahead of the autumn statement, which he delivered last month. in the end, he didn't do that. but we are seeing that come back again, a suggestion that he's considering doing that in the budget. there are certainly conservative mps who would like to see inheritance tax go. they don't like it as a tax and they think it would draw a neat dividing line, as they see it, as a challenge to labour. but there are other conservative mps who are publicly saying to the chancellor, "no, this shouldn't be considered," that he shou

jeremy hunt says more slowly.o be done . more still needs to be done. junior doctors have begun a three day walkout less than a week before christmas. this strike will last until december 23rd, as part of their major escalation in a dispute over pay hospital leaders have described the walkouts as their worst fears, realised as the number of people needing help with winter viruses rises. the action will be followed by a six day strike at the start of january. that will be the longest in nhs history. donald trump has accused president biden of trying to stop him by any means necessary. he was barred necessary. after he was barred from running for president in the state colorado. mr trump the state of colorado. mr trump was rally in iowa was addressing a rally in iowa after colorado supreme court disqualified him over his alleged role in the january 6th us capitol attack . the ruling us capitol attack. the ruling makes trump the first presidential candidate in us history to be deemed ineligible for the white house. t

here in the uk, the chancellor jeremy hunt will unveil his spring budget on march 6th, in what couldroduce tax changes before a general election. the conservative party has been hinting it could make pledges on housing and taxes, as rishi sunak struggles to turn around his party's major deficit in the polls. with more on this, we can speak to our political correspondent, helen catt. in the absence of the election which will soon be upon us, we presume, this could be the most significant political deep in the calendar. it absolutely will. and after the election comes, it is likely that this budget will be the last time the government has the opportunity to make these sort of big tax and spending commitments. so in a way it is a way for the government to set out its stall ahead of an election campaign. so we are seeing a lot of speculation about what the chancellor may choose to do in that budget. as you mentioned, there has been suggestions this morning that he is looking at abolishing inheritance tax. that is something there was a lot of tax about the head of the autumn statement las

also know because we have heard from the finance minister| have heard from the finance minister jeremy hunthance before the general election is it not? that the grant, as last chance before the general election is it not?— general election is it not? that is ri . ht. a general election is it not? that is right. a general— general election is it not? that is right. a general election - general election is it not? that is right. a general election could i right. a general election could possibly take place injanuary right. a general election could possibly take place in january 2025 but it is all but certain to take place at some point in 202a. that means the budget in march on march the 6th the government announced it would take place yesterday is going to be a huge political event as well as a physical event because it is the last opportunity almost certainly forjeremy hunt and rishi sunak more generally because of course he will be taking a bd look at this budget to make tax adaptations and tax cuts most likely designed to win votes. so i think we will be hearing a lot of speculation from

the chancellor, jeremy hunt, will unveil his spring budget on the 6th of march in what could be his lastral election. the conservative party has been hinting it could make pledges on housing and taxes, as rishi sunak struggles to turn around his party's major deficit in the polls. you're live with bbc news. sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's sarah. thank you very much. it's a busy night of football in the english premier league, with three games underway. approaching half—time in two of them. brentford trailing 3—1 to wolves, the first three goals came injust three minutes. mario lemina put wolves ahead, and hwang hee chan scored their second from the subsequent kick—off. yoanne wissa pulled one back for the hosts, before hwang added a third for wolves. at stamford bridge, chelsea host crystal palace, who are on a seven—game winless run. ican i canjust i can just see that it looks like crystal palace have just equalised there. that game is 1—1 at that moment. hosts were ahead thanks to mykhailo mudryk. and manchester city can close the gap on leaders liverpo

downing street says the uk's chancellor, jeremy hunt, will deliver his spring budget on the sixth ofhe uk — storm gerrit is causing strong winds, rain and snow to some parts of scotland. hello i'm christian fraser. starting on the list on the israel gaza war and the we start with the latest on the israel—gaza war... and israel's military says it is expanding its ground offensive in the centre of gaza. the israel defense forces have released this video which they say shows elite ground troops in action in the gaza strip. israeli military officials say they have carried out strikes from the air, ground and sea against at least 200 hamas targets in the past 24 hours. the hamas—run health ministry says more than 21,000 people have been killed in gaza since the seventh of october. israeli military operations are now focussed on the centre of the gaza strip —

is >> and we know jeremy hunt is quite cautious by nature.e was speaking to, uh , well, he was speaking to, uh, you know, the crowd , um, trying you know, the crowd, um, trying to speak their language , but to speak their language, but michael rachel reeves. sorry. what >> well, i was gonna say, i think this is where i think this is where an overly ideological approach doesn't actually help us that much. >> so, as i say, i think deregulation to deregulation in some areas to stop the same stop the nimbys. but at the same time, do need a very time, you do need a very proactive state. used proactive state. so when we used to build of houses, it to build shedload of houses, it was built hundreds of was when we built hundreds of thousands of council homes a yeah thousands of council homes a year. obviously lots year. there are obviously lots of europe that of countries in europe that manage loads of houses manage to build loads of houses without council without loads of council homes, but tend do is have but what they tend to do is have the packag

and as jeremy hunt says, the chancellor, he's right.into don't spend. you do get into a kind of economic funk , if you kind of economic funk, if you like. we may come out of it quite soon. i certainly hope so, because the uk economy has been quite resilient. and so on balance, if i'd been on the mpc, i think probably have i think i probably would have voted. would have voted voted. no way would i have voted to rates, but i think to raise rates, but i think i probably also would have voted to . to hold. >> gum- 3 call things right >> we normally call things right liam mystic liam, thank liam halligan mystic liam, thank you very much. as always. superb with now there's with on the money now there's lots to between lots more still to come between now and and i'll discuss now and 6:00, and i'll discuss the news that a quarter the shocking news that a quarter of indian and bangladeshi students are dropping out of university , or they're just university, or they're just taking the mickey out of our visa system . but first, here's visa system.

the chancellor and local mp jeremy hunt said he was "beside himself with frustation". has been hacked, with about 950 people in the uk having their personal data compromised. easypark group, which owns ring—go and park—mobile, would not give many details, but said most of the customers affected were in europe and that names, contact information and parts of credit card numbers had been stolen. you're live with bbc news. the post—christmas sales may be getting into full swing today, but research suggests shoppers will spend less than they did last year. major retailers such as m&s remained closed. so, with pre—christmas events such as black friday and the availability of early discounts online, are the boxing day sales the major event they once were? theo leggett went to kingston—upon—thames to find out. christmas may be over, but now it's time for the sales. everything is reduced up to 50%. here in kingston—upon—thames, the mood today was cheerful as curious shoppers sought out the best bargains. and across the country, it was a similar story. it's the first time in a

here in the uk, the chancellor jeremy hunt will unveil his spring budget on march 6th, in what could housing and taxes, as rishi sunak struggles to turn which he delivered last month in the end he did not do that. but we are seeing that come back again a suggestion that he is considering doing that in the budget. there are certainly conservative mps who would like to see inheritance tax go. they don't like it as a tax and they think it would draw a dividing line and see it as a challenge to leave her. but there are other conservative mps were publicly saying to the chancellor, no, it should not be considered and instead he should be focusing on things like reducing income tax. the total tax burden at the moment is at an historic high. so the budget will be the last opportunity for the government to set out those big plans. what in it is like to shape the election campaign all the labour is saying that whatever the government does in march is not going to be able to repair the damage that it has done to the economy. the lib dems saying likewise it is too late for to turn the tide on f

the chancellor and local mp, jeremy hunt, said he was "beside himself with frustation".ich owns ring—go and park—mobile, would not give many details, but said most of the customers affected were in europe and that names, contact information and parts of credit card numbers had been stolen. you're live with bbc news. russian opposition leader alexei navalny has confirmed he's been transferred to an arctic prison. he posted on x that he is in good spirits. considered vladimir putin's most vocal opponent, navalny has been imprisoned since 2021. for some analysis and background of navalny�*s messaging, i spoke to europe regional editor paul moss. he has been communicating through twitter for quite a while, since he was incarcerated. essentially, what he does is he gives his tweet messages to the people who visit him, usually his lawyers, and then they send them out through twitter, now known as x, via his support team. but, christian, there's an important point there. he has now been sent to this very remote penal colony, about 2000 kilometres from moscow in the middle of no

now it is below 4% and i'm sure you will hear rishi sunak and i'm sure you had the, jeremy hunt, thele would point out that actually the biggest driver of inflation is out of the government's control. you have monetary policy sent by the bank of england which has been independent for more than 20 years. nevertheless, we are heading into an election year next year in the united kingdom. rishi sunak is desperate to reclaim the mantle of economic competence after i think that was a little bit scuppered by liz truss's brief dalliance in downing street. and this is going to be a key part of their argument as they run up to that election. ben boulos gave us this reaction from the market in birmingham. it’s from the market in birmingham. it's a bus from the market in birmingham. it�*s a busy morning. it's always busy but particularly busy in a few days before christmas, a lot of restaurants, cafes, bars, small local shops coming and stocking up on all the produce they need. the traders here are very well aware of the price rises. i've been down here several times over the last year or two a

jeremy hunt has announced the spring budget will be set out on the 6th of march next year.ts are also suggesting downing street could axe inheritance tax and reduce income tax. sir keir starmer has seemingly instructed his frontbench team to finalise their manifesto plans within weeks. the labour leader apparently telling shadow ministers to have their policy proposals ready by mid january . proposals ready by mid january. shadow financial secretary to the treasury james murray says labouris the treasury james murray says labour is ready to make the changes working people need. >> i'm sure there'll be endless speculation about the date of the election. we're ready for it whenever it comes because i think what people across britain know is that the tax burden is set to be the highest in 70 years. have seen years. people have already seen 25 this 25 tax rises under this government since last government since the last election. growth is on the floor in this country. people are worse people want change. worse off, people want change. and whenever the election and so whenever t

the chancellor, jeremy hunt, has announced that the spnng hunt, has announced that the spring budgetill be set out on the 6th of march next year. reports are also coming from downing street that they could axe inheritance tax and reduce income tax. sir keir starmer has seemingly instructed his frontbench team to finalise their manifesto plans , telling their manifesto plans, telling shadow ministers to have their policy proposals ready by mid january . policy proposals ready by mid january. there were policy proposals ready by mid january . there were zero policy proposals ready by mid january. there were zero migrant crossings over the christmas penod crossings over the christmas period for the first time since current records began. the foreign secretary, james cleverly, tweeted in the last couple of hours, saying no crossings took place across the engush crossings took place across the english channel on christmas eve, christmas day boxing day eve, christmas day or boxing day this that's the first time this year. that's the first time since 2018 it means they've now been ten conse

politics and jeremy hunt has announced the spring budget will be set out on march 6th next year. reports also suggesting downing street could axe inheritance tax and reduce income tax. sir keir starmer has seemingly instructed his frontbench team to finalise their manifesto plans within weeks. the labour leader telling shadow ministers to have their policy proposals ready by mid january . policy proposals ready by mid january. let's take you to the united states, where the michigan supreme court has rejected an attempt to remove the former president, donald trump, from the 2024 presidential ballot that ruling, in sharp contrast to the recent court case in colorado, where mr trump was disqualified from running for president in that state due to his alleged role in the capitol hill riots, that decision has been paused, and there is an appeal planned . in there is an appeal planned. in france. the daughter of jacques delors says the former president of the european commission has died. the 98 year old was a leading figure on the french political left in the 1980s, and became known t

you could make an argument that jeremy hunt and he have actually done some, you know, good work tryingmy around. you know, the inflation is coming down. you know, they could talk a bit more about their industrial strategy, etc, etc. but all roads seem to lead back to rwanda. they did, i mean, in defence of rishi sunak, he did he did inherit the rwanda policy, didn't he? sojunking it would have come with a political cost to some because some would have said, "oh, you've surrendered this, this is an idea, we should see it through". but instead he put| it front and centre. and to be, let's be honest, chris, there are many ideas that he inherited which have just withered on the vine. social care was a big promise that he inherited. we hear nothing about social care now. hsz was a big thing he inherited and he'd said, right, 0k, it's clearly not working. i'm going tojunk it now. levelling up was something which was a great prize that he inherited. so what i can't understand is why he is willing tojust put so much, burn so much political capital on this. and the other thing, which i think is

guy: jeremy hunt speaking earlier with bloomberg, talking about what is happening with the interest rate. talking about the fact that the british government's plan for the economy is working. they -- we have seen a bigger acceleration to the downside. the disinflation story is getting more entrenched. great news for the bank of england. the market has now priced in 145 basis points of cuts in next year. that is a lot. they basically have 25 point hikes -- cuts fully priced in. i was fascinated to hear him talking about the fact that spending and rates policies work hand-in-hand. there is a concern about fiscal dominance. the government has so much to do on this front that they need rates to come down. alix: aside from that, i appreciate we can make a lot of how much inflation has fallen, but the absolute number is high. it is following but not in disinflation yet. stickier things like housing, household services, restaurants, hotels, education, communication -- that staff does not necessarily fall quickly. i am skeptical that this can all fall like central banks are hoping. guy: the thin

and having sat three years in the health select committee, i'm really pleased jeremy hunt has implementedhear the evidence on the counter side to say, well, how do you give specific numbers when you're not specifically sure what's coming along? there is a bit of a christmas film angle to this story. bear with us. die hard? not die hard, tory death wish. in love actually under which, some people love that christmas film, some people do not like that christmas film. somebody on social media was working out which of the relationships in love actually could now not happen because of the salary threshold for marrying a spouse and bringing them in from abroad. so, luke, are you ok with people, like, who they can marry, based on how much they earn? well, we're still waiting to see what the guidance would be published in spring on it. it's a tough balance, isn't it? it could be different when they've announced that they're looking at the guidelines. what they, actually i haven't seen. so i don't know because i've not asked that question because i've got so i don't know because i've, asked that qu

special agent nicole parker and former army intelligence captain and veterans on duty chairman jeremy huntpaign appears to be in serious trouble. the president is facing a formal impeachment inquiry, but new job performance on key issues have plunged to lowest since he's taken office. listen to this, pew research center found president biden rating at just 33%, that is close to the 20s. 64% of respondents disapprove of the president's job performance and only 36% believe biden can make good decisions and just 32% are confident biden will make good decisions on immigration, another 20-point drop from 2021. just 24% said they were confident biden can unite our country and nearly 25-point drop, maybe blood-red maga speech had something to do with that one. numbers are telling, so are our eyes, it is hard to believe biden can inspire americans ahead of 2024 when he continues to fumble in front of the nation, just yesterday he gave a gaffe-filled speech and forgot the name of the man who introduced him. can't make it up. >> taxpayers are chipping in paying a lot to get brilliant scientists to g

and i'm sure you'll hear rishi sunak command as you'll hear rishi sunak command as you did there, jeremy huntg that this shows that economic strategy is working. now, lots of people would out that actually the biggest driver of inflation is out of the government's control you have monetary policy set by the bank of england which has been independent for more than 20 years. nevertheless, we are heading into an election year next year in the united kingdom. rishi sunak is desperate to reclaim the mantle of economic competence after i think that was a little bit scuppered by liz truss's brief dalliance in downing street. and this is going to be a key part of their argument as they run up to that election. the thin is they run up to that election. the thing is prices — they run up to that election. the thing is prices are still rising, just not as quickly, and also we have energy bills that will go up in a couple of weeks as well. so in terms of people failing this, having more money to spend, that's not particularly likely, is it?- particularly likely, is it? exactly ri . ht, particularly likely

the chancellor, jeremy hunt, will unveil his spring budget on the sixth of march, in what could be hisen hinting it could make pledges on housing and taxes, as rishi sunak struggles to turn around his party's major deficit in the polls. you're live with bbc news. sport and for a full round up, here's the bbc sport centre. hi and let's start with a busy night of football in the premier league. three games getting under way in the next hour. brentford are on a three—game losing run and they host bulls defender nathan collins back in their starting line—up for the first time since november. then at stamford bridge chelsea or hosting crystal palace who were on a seven—game winless run. five changes to his chelsea site have been made. and wolves on christmas eve lost. they can close the gap on the leaders liverpool with the result at everton city eight points behind but do have two games in hand after they were away winning the club broke up for christmas for their fifth trophy of the calendar year. boss pep guardiola will not be resting up anytime soon. the most difficult is arrive to play