mrjavid said more needed to be done to make the system fairer.ore needs to be done to level the playing field and to make the system fairer. i'm working closely with my right honourable friend the chancellor to determine how best to provide further support to businesses facing the steepest increases. we expect to be in a position to make an announcement at the time of the budget in just two week's time. we will chat more about this with tom bateman, our political correspondence, in westminster. this caught a few of us out but it comes after a lot of pressure. we can deduce there has been something of a change of heart. it was only a few days ago the government was talking about the fact that there was transitional funds available for those being affected by the rise in business rates but the more importantly, as far as many ministers were concerned, was that most businesses would face either a reduction or their business rates stay the same. they talked about it being the biggest ever cut in business rates. we have a change in tone from the commu

mrjavid said more needed to be done to make the system fairer.g closely with my honourable friend the chancellor to determine how best to provide further support to businesses facing the steepest increases. we expect to be in a position to make an announcement at the time of the budget in just two week's time. more help is to be given to support two million people affected by famine in south sudan, and neighbouring somalia. the government has promised another £200 million to provide basic supplies and care for those at risk. south sudan became a country six years ago — a civil war has been raging since 2013. our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. in parts of war—torn south sudan, people are now dying of starvation. and famine has been officially declared. the un and charities say that somalia, yemen and north east nigeria are facing similar humanitarian crises with millions of people having no reliable access to food. there is fighting, there's violence going on on a large scale, which is having a devastating impact on the lives of o