the biggest money— national insurance.u get— restricting the tax relief that you get when you put your money into a — you get when you put your money into a pension. there could be as much— into a pension. there could be as much as _ into a pension. there could be as much as £15 billion from doing — as much as £15 billion from doing that and that will come from — doing that and that will come from somewhat higher earners, though— from somewhat higher earners, though not necessarily very high — though not necessarily very high earners these days. there could _ high earners these days. there could be — high earners these days. there could be changes to national gains — could be changes to national gains tax and inheritance tax. those — gains tax and inheritance tax. those taxes certainly need reform. _ those taxes certainly need reform, but she would not get substantial amounts of money from _ substantial amounts of money from them. we may see the end of the _ from them. we may see the end of the 15— from them. we may see th

it should _ paid national insurance.s on capital— of the rich. there are taxes on capital gains, property and stored _ capital gains, property and stored wealth, and earned wealth. _ stored wealth, and earned wealth, if you want. an astute government can make sure they -et government can make sure they get it _ government can make sure they get it. there are bogus self—employment, forcing people to be _ self—employment, forcing people to be casual workers working for lump _ to be casual workers working for lump sums means the employers aren't paying sufficient national insurance. those — sufficient national insurance. those workers aren't paying sufficient tax. we have to make sure _ sufficient tax. we have to make sure we — sufficient tax. we have to make sure we are being tax efficiently and correctly to do the job— efficiently and correctly to do the job that needs to be done with— the job that needs to be done with our— the job that needs to be done with our services and infrastructure and get the economy straight.-

she national insurance and vat, what are her options? she is in cuite a what are her options?oks to come, further years of faeces to income tax and insurances and thresholds which will mean more and more of our income will be dragged into higher rates of tax, and £8 million 10 million tax rise coming. beyond that it million tax rise coming. beyond thatitis million tax rise coming. beyond that it is quite difficult get the big money from the remaining taxes if you do not do other things with income tax and national insurance and so on. the biggest money she could get i don't think she will and i don't think she should have the biggest money she could get will be by restricting tax relief you get when you put money into a pension. there might be at least £15 billion doing that that would come from somewhat higher but not nestle very much higher earners talk of changes to things like capital gains tax and inheritance tax. this taxi set perform and the public get a little more money from them but not believe that a substantial amounts. we may see the end of the 15 year fees to fue

and paying paying national insurance and paying income tax.t is crazy. i would like to see, like you've seen in sweden over the years, incentives for people who can afford occupational health schemes to pay into those. but it should be on a non—profit basis. you know, we don't want american style healthcare companies. well, because we've seen already the prime minister mentioned £5,000, a shift to bnng mentioned £5,000, a shift to bring somebody in from a private workforce agency to cover for someone who's off sick. that's what happens. >> it costs us £192 billion a yeah >> it costs us £192 billion a year. this service, and a lot of thatis year. this service, and a lot of that is already going to private businesses who are making a profit within the nhs at our expense. exactly. >> this entire notion, i think this is really silly, this entire notion that profit is a bad thing, that profit is terrible, that anything that is needed, anything that is sort of a essential service , shouldn't a essential service, shouldn't have a profit motive to it.

and national insurance or vat.ap corporation tax at its current level for the duration of this parliament. conference. as promised. we will extend the energy profits levy on oil and gas producers to invest in home grown energy here invest in home grown energy here in britain . we will end the in britain. we will end the non—dom tax loopholes and we will crack down on tax avoidance and tax evasion. that is the difference that a labour government will make . and we are government will make. and we are already delivering on that promise to cut down on tax avoidance and tax evasion , avoidance and tax evasion, strengthening the powers of hmrc under the leadership of our exchequer secretary james murray, and recruiting 5000 new tax compliance officers. because this government will not sit back and indulge the minority who avoid paying the taxes that they owe . and conference. we they owe. and conference. we will enact another manifesto commitment because i know every parent has aspirations for their children and i know

and national insurance or vat. and we will cap corporation tax at its current level for the duration of this parliament. >> meanwhile, hundreds of pensioners have staged a protest outside the conference centre as part of unite's campaign against the cut to winter fuel payments. the union is demanding a u—turn on the policy, which removes payments from 10 million pensioners. unite's andy green called it an outrage, claiming the labour leadership have attempted to take out the debate on the cut . now. in other news, on the cut. now. in other news, almost half the total number of migrants who have crossed the engush migrants who have crossed the english channel this year have arrived in the ii english channel this year have arrived in the 11 weeks since labour came to power, despite worsening weather, over 1900 migrants arrived in dover. this weekend, pushing this year's total to 25,000. 11,500 have now crossed in the space of just two weeks, and two and a half months since labour won the general election to the middl

and national insurance or vat.nd we will cap corporation tax at its current level for the duration of this parliament. >> meanwhile, hundreds of pensioners are staging a protest outside the conference centre as part of unite's campaign against the cut to winter fuel payments. >> the unions demanding a u—turn on the policy, which removes payments from 10 million pensioners. unite's andy green called it an outrage, claiming the labour leadership have attempted to take out the debate on the cuts. the government insists the move is necessary to fix a £22 billion budget shortfall. however, shadow treasury minister gareth davies told us the tories would not have taken away support for pensioners . pensioners. >> what this is really all about, which is a political choice for the labour government, they have chosen, on the one hand to hand, massive pay the one hand to hand, massive pay rises to the unions, while at the same time taking away support for pensioners ahead of winter. that is a political choice, as i say, that

and national insurance or vat. and we will cap corporation tax at its current level for the duration of this parliament. >> but shadow chief secretary to the treasury laura trott, says labour have lost the trust of the british public. >> i think what we saw from the chancellor today was a tacit acknowledgement that her political scare mongering is actually having a real world impact on the economy. they promised a government of service. what we've seen is a government of self service. they've broken their promises on protecting pensioners, and we think they're set to break their promises on taxing working people or the upcoming budget. they've lost the british public's trust. it's one rule for them. it's one rule for everyone else. >> meanwhile, hundreds of pensioners are staging a protest outside the conference centre as part of unite's campaign against the cut to winter fuel payments. the union is demanding a u—turn on the policy, which removes payments from 10 million pensioners. unite's andy green called it an

we mentioned is also building resiliency but it is also doing things like strengthing the national flood insurance program to make it affordable, to make it accountable, and to make it sustainable, and that should be our goal. now, the national flood insurance program was created for a moment like this. somebody -- the water is beginning to recede but you can see water is in here now. those folks are going to have to pick up the pieces. it was an event that was unexpected. and they're flooding and now they need help from their fellow americans. they purchased insurance. they've done their part. but we need wise public policy to make sure that that flood insurance is affordable when the high water comes. national flood insurance program covers about 4.7 million americans across our country. it enables people to rebuild when a flood destroys their home or just kind of washes out their belongings. now, there's two challenges we have in congress regarding this program. we have to reauthorize it so it doesn't expire on september 30. my colleague senator john kennedy is sponsoring that straight up reaut

and national insurance or vat.s current level for the duration of this parliament. >> now to the middle east, where 492 people have been killed and more than 1000 left wounded in the most widespread wave of israeli airstrikes against hezbollah in the last year. residents in southern lebanon reported receiving calls this morning telling them to evacuate, with warnings also broadcast across lebanese media. meanwhile, israel's prime minister has sent a message to the lebanese people saying his country's war is not with you, it's with hezbollah . and back in it's with hezbollah. and back in the uk, a mother and daughter have been jailed for more than three years in total for taking part in a riot while out walking the family dog. 52 year old amanda walton and 24 year old megan davison admitted violent disorder during disturbances in middlesbrough on the 4th of august. video played in court showed davison jumping on the roof of a red car, while walton was seen throwing something. the judge jailed walton for 22 months an

still heading towards tax hikes in this next budget, they are not going to be an income tax or national insurancey will be elsewhere, probably capital gains and inheritance tax. the government faces a difficult fiscal outlook which will require those tax hikes to balance. require those tax hikes to balance-— balance. just a green credibility _ balance. just a green credibility with - balance. just a green i credibility with global investments, we know what happened with liz truss, two years since her budget, she has been back on the airwaves saying she was blaming the economic establishment for undermining her. rachel reeves is planning an investment summit next month and she wants to bring in an industrial strategy. where could she go to restore the credibility? she strategy. where could she go to restore the credibility?- restore the credibility? she is startin: restore the credibility? she is starting off — restore the credibility? she is starting off of _ restore the credibility? she is starting off of course - restore the credibility? she is starting off of course by - starting off of course

we've seen that over the national insurance rise, which he voted against, as well as the pandemic when the covid passport. so i think he's the best person. >> tom tugendhat at the moment only has i think about 5 or 6 mps publicly support him. of course, not many have declared yet, but the two front runners, in terms of those who have declared, appear to be robert jenrick and miss badenoch. do you think the membership will get the two people that they would like to get the job, or will they get the two people that you guys decide should get the job? >> well, we've seen tom's been out over 100 constituencies visited over the last few weeks . visited over the last few weeks. the other candidates have been out, been hustings. the membership have seen them. we've seen polls of what the members think and all mps. i've been talking to my association members who they think the best candidate is as well. and we'll now see. tomorrow we have the first hustings in parliament for mps and then the first vote on wednesday, and then we'll see where the numbers are. i think half the party roughly have

that's why i didn't support the rise in national insurance charges.ghted that the government eventually followed my lead there, and that's why i've also championed full expensing, another policy where businesses can keep the money they invest. so they get better productivity policy. >> i mean, you've backed many tax cuts and you were staunch on vaccine passports . you must have vaccine passports. you must have anidea vaccine passports. you must have an idea about why some of your colleagues think that you're more centrist than, than others. >> well, i think it's i think people like the fact that i'm able to talk to people from across the political spectrum, and i'm proud of that. look, i am very proud of the fact that i have really, really close friends who used to vote reform, but who are coming back to support me. i've got really good friends who have supported the lib dems but are coming back to support me. i've got friends who voted green or labour. we need to make sure we are making converts, not enemies, and that means making sure we're attracti

why shouldn't they pay national insurance? and the same thing applies. we have this.t free prescriptions at 60, and a lot of concessionary travel or even free travel, and you begin to think at 60 is still young, 66, 56, 60 is young that you're earning you're eating the same amount of money that you did at 59. so why aren't those things coming in at retirement age at 66, which would save a great deal of money. but i think. >> exactly, nigel, you see what rachel reeves is doing here? like like the bridget phillipson did with the absurd vat on pubuc did with the absurd vat on public schools, is tinkering at the edges . they ought to be the edges. they ought to be looking at the bigger picture and being brave enough. they've got a big enough majority to do serious things. the demographic is changing, has changed. one looks at the retirement age is it's probably far too low . it it's probably far too low. it should be maybe 70 and it will be soon, it's going up to 68 very shortly. it is. but i mean, i think it will go up to 70. it'll have to go up to 70 because we're still

casual workers, working for lump—sum payments means the employers aren't paying sufficient national insurance we are being tax efficiently and correctly to do the job that needs to be done with our services and infrastructure and get the economy straight. we infrastructure and get the economy straight. we only have a few seconds, _ economy straight. we only have a few seconds, but _ economy straight. we only have a few seconds, but back - economy straight. we only have a few seconds, but back to - a few seconds, but back to winter fuel. a few seconds, but back to winterfuel. what a few seconds, but back to winter fuel. what do you think the consequences are a rachel reeves doesn't rethink? we wanted to — reeves doesn't rethink? we wanted to win _ reeves doesn't rethink? - wanted to win the next election, she gets a reputation of robbing pensioners to fill a black hole without doing anything to the super—rich, thatis anything to the super—rich, that is the wrong impression and they were carried out legacy. they have time to correct, future budgets and plans to go through to make sure we get th

she talked | about the income tax and vat and national insurance which will not be touched, but she didt closing the non—dom loopholes. i suppose what people are looking for between the lines is what might between the lines is what might be affected that we don't know about yet. flit be affected that we don't know about yet-— about yet. of course, we note this is the _ about yet. of course, we note this is the rachel _ about yet. of course, we note this is the rachel reeves - this is the rachel reeves conference speech. what is still to come as the budget speech and all of the detail on public spending and tax matters that the chancellor will announce. there weren't any ankle flashes about what will come in the budget speech today, but we didn't expect it. the treasury tends to keep a pretty tight grip on the budget before the chancellor stands up at the dispatch box and makes those announcements. you can read into the tone of what she was saying about the fact that she wants to maintain fiscal discipline, that she will not suddenly turn on the taps come the end of october. there will be

inflation was heading in the right direction, we were making the cuts to national insurance contributionsonomy was growing, so we were getting the kind of things that normally impress the voters, and it was making no difference. now we're going to come to why you think the conservatives lost, and why you think you're the man to reverse that in a in a second. first, i've got a question about what you said six years ago... oh, here we go. ..when you were on political thinking. no, it's nothing to worry about, but you were just deputy chairman of the conservative party then. i asked you whether you wanted to be leader. now, most people in that chair go, oh, well, it's not for me and all that sort of stuff that politicians feel they have to say. you came straight out. why wouldn't you love that job? it's an amazing job, you said. here's the problem. the job you were talking about was prime minister, why on earth do you want to be leader of the opposition? because when you're in opposition, if you still aspire to serve the country, then you've got to do a really good in a really good job in op

and unlike the tory government, which put up national insurance, people on, on on national insurance, is that because of rishi having called the election in that kind of panic, i've had enough. i just want to get it out of the way. there's been this massive gap between the election victory and the budget and that is to been to the government's harm fully costed anyway. yeah. well, no, partly because they've got the black hole which is then going to start shouting about you taking the words out of my mouth. >> now you've just slapped him with £1 billion on the old black hole. they've looked at. well that's 12 billion less than the tories left. >> patrick. >> patrick. >> they've got a big shovel out and they've just kept digging it. >> but as i it.— >> but as i say, it's 12 it. >> but as i say, it's 12 billion less than the tories left. even if this does prove to be add to the black hole, some of that black hole a significant part of that if that black hole exists. >> yeah. was from fighting the pandemic. every single member know the black hole was from the asylum system, was being fund

. >> no tax rises for income tax for national insurance , for vat. for national insurance, for vat.will not raise income tax. we will not raise national insurance . we will not raise vat. >> labour has no plans to increase taxes on working people . increase taxes on working people. >> well, 56% of people think he was dishonest about tax rises , was dishonest about tax rises, 56%, which means when labour keep trying to say this, things are worse than we ever imagined . are worse than we ever imagined. >> in the first few weeks we discovered a £22 billion black hole in the public finances. and before anyone says, oh, this is just performative or playing politics, let's remember the obr did not know about it . did not know about it. >> well, it turns out the public simply don't buy that. and he's in big trouble. if fuel duty and inheritance tax go up. why? because 59% of people think a hike on fuel duty is a tax on working people and on inheritance tax as well. more people think that's a tax on working people than don't. but it's more than that. two tier policing, two tier justice. the

the general election campaign and that means no increases in the rate of vat, income tax or national insuranceick with the threshold freezes that the conservatives had which means in practice more people will be dragged into paying more taxes, the so—called fiscal drag but i think there will have to pay more tax rises under the rules as defined in the choices made by this labour government and i think there will have to be tax increases so i think increasingly people think they could fall on property, you could see increases in property taxes, inheritance tax, changes to higher pensions are taxed but i think they will avoid those main taxes if you will. but that doesn't mean there will. but that doesn't mean there will not be significant tax increases more generally across the board. , ., ~ ,, the wreck of the titanic was found exactly 39 years ago — more than 70 years after it sank on its maiden voyage. now the latest expedition to the wreck—site has revealed the liner�*s slow decay — with the famous bow being changed forever. the expedition involved underwater robots — and our science editor

the general election campaign and that means no increases in the rate of vat, income tax or national insuranceonservatives had which means in practice, more people will be dragged into paying more taxes, the so—called fiscal drag but i think there will have to be more tax rises under the rules as defined in the choices made by the labour government about how to approach fiscal policy and i think there will be tax increases. i think increasingly people think they could fall on property, you could see increases in property tax, inheritance tax, you can see changes to how pensions are taxed but i think they will avoid those main taxes, if you will but that does not mean there will not be significant tax increases more generally across the board. . . , tax increases more generally across the board. ., ., , ., tax increases more generally across the board. ., ., . the board. that was a chief olitical the board. that was a chief political correspondent - the board. that was a chief political correspondent and the board. that was a chief. political correspondent and we the board. that was a chief- po

host: there is the national flood insurance. what is its status? host: it is one of the mosby -- most beleaguered systems in debt. there are members who are consistently pushing for reforms. however, there is always some friction there an in the past few years it h together. but the duration is through the end of december so that will be in place but there needs to be longer-term. host: let's talk to shelby in tallahassee, florida. caller: thanks for c-span. one of the things is the disaster, the national disaster. washington brings up the point i'm making. i have family who do not have insurance. we as a family are having to come together to bridge this gap not because of fema but because of florida. i notice that the congresswoman who was from gainesville, lake city and ocala, my family in like city, ocala have been without insurance because we gave $3 billion for private insurance to buy their re insurance component rather than -- then we have property that has millions of people. eight of the major insurance companies -- this is a state level s

that's why i didn't support the rise in national insurance charges.m delighted that the government eventually followed my lead there. and that's why i've also championed full expensing, another policy where businesses can keep the money they invest so they get better productivity and other policies. >> i mean, you've backed many tax cuts and you were staunch on vaccine passports . you must have vaccine passports. you must have anidea vaccine passports. you must have an idea about why some of your colleagues think that you're more centrist than, than others. >> well, i think it's i think people like the fact that i'm able to talk to people from across the political spectrum, and i'm proud of that. look, i am very proud of the fact that i have really, really close friends who used to vote reform, but who are coming back to support me. i've got really good friends who have supported the lib dems but are coming back to support me. i've got friends who voted green or labour. we need to make sure we are making converts, not enemies. and that means making su

the fiscal rules, braced for changes to capital gains tax, also employer contributions are national insurancehings are all happening and more and bigger, orthere is no point being rachael reeves. ~ :, is no point being rachael reeves. ~ ., , reeves. well, if her team is listening. — reeves. well, if her team is listening, they _ reeves. well, if her team is listening, they can - reeves. well, if her team is listening, they can e-mail i reeves. well, if her team is | listening, they can e-mail in listening, they can e—mail in and tell us whether rachael reeves is going to go hard or go home. if you are listening and not watching, patty was so —— paddy was slapping his thighs. -- paddy was slapping his thiuhs. , , :, thighs. this big thing over winter fuel— thighs. this big thing over winter fuel is _ thighs. this big thing over winter fuel is a _ thighs. this big thing over winter fuel is a taste - thighs. this big thing over winter fuel is a taste of i thighs. this big thing over| winter fuel is a taste of the difficult decisions. he won't believe how awful the tories have left it, disputed,

communicate and that's a keyan part of being able to align ourr objectives from our various nations to insuret many of our alleys and partners. it's important to align the digit traditional transformation. >> great to hear. >> you spoke about the concept and this might be related to intergraded t deterrence. i'm curious to hear, what do you mean? is this something that is a concept that can help in terms of cyber resilience. >> came out in the national defense strategy and national security strategy. what it boils down toro is how to look across conflict and how we look across domains. how do we look across the whole of our government. so, it's always working together to be able to provide a level of deterrance. we spokeev about the defense industrial base and what he we did from an innovation standpoint. all of that coming together. we have toe work closely together.do i finished two books in the pastel a book by secretariry gates exercise power. he talks about using allsi instruments of power to have a srmphony of power. we are not quitege a symphony. we don't want to go to conflict but we

they ruled out the main tax rises and national insurance and vat.hose are the things you want to do to raise money for the public services. they imposed quite service constraints and having to do the best they can within the constraints. >> anything they achieve from here is granular or minute. does that mean it is difficult to obtain larger growth from or is this the solid base to start? >> i think there's lots of things the government can do. for example, making it easier to build housing and infrastructure in the uk. that's a big change. they've announced, especially with housing, where the housing's going to be is super important. if you put it where the best jobs are, that will make the economy grow faster. they have small measures on trade and announced measures on infrastructure. these things will take years to execute. they're very detailed requiring local oppositions with interests and that will not happen overnight. it is difficult to make a conference splash because it is not spending money. it's not the sexy part of politics, but what th

we have said income tax, national insurance, vat, will. tax, national insurance, vat, will not be goingve had to identify! they were making promises they could not keep. they had the public sector pay award on the desk that they knew they had to fulfil but did not identify they had to do it. we have had to take on those difficult challenges but at the same time keep the economy stable so that living standards can improve but at the same time we are addressing the big challenges the country faces to keep energy bills low, to get growth in the economy which in the and will support... we in the economy which in the and will su ort...~ 1, ~ , in the economy which in the and will su--ort...~ 1, ~' 1 1, support... we cannot keep them low because it is — support... we cannot keep them low because it is out _ support... we cannot keep them low because it is out of _ support... we cannot keep them low because it is out of your _ support... we cannot keep them low because it is out of your control. - because it is out of your control. exactly. the point is, this country has been very exposed to g

they weren't going to raise vat, national insurance and they will an income tax and they'll stick toledge and they know that they have to. but they use that form of words. you know, i'm not sure people really understand what working people means. it's an amorphous definition. but if they're reconsidering some of they're reconsidering some of the pension tax breaks for chief executives, for people working in the for city, accountants, for people earning over £50,000, i don't think that's unreasonable. >> well, keir starmer got a bit of a muddle, didn't he, over working people because he said working people because he said working people because he said working people were people who couldn't write out a check if they had a sudden bill, which was wonderful on two grounds. one, it makes him sound even more old fashioned than me, which wouldn't have, i thought b where he wants to position himself, but also anyone with savings is therefore not by definition, a working person. we're all rentiers. >> well, yeah. i mean, it shows the labor party, which i love, but we do have a sentimental st

i would ask that we reauthorize and reform the national flood insurance program before the opportunity has passed. reauthorizing gives us time we need to find the right solution. we can reauthorize before the end of the year and find the right solution maybe this congress, it may be next congress, but it is something we must do. it must be bipartisan. it must reflect the interests of states across the nation. but it is something that is the epitome of americans helping fellow americans. i look forward to fellow members and their staff speaking to my staff and i about this. let's solve this problem. and with that, i yield back. the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. ms. murkowski: mr. president, let me take just a couple minutes here at the close of the evening to speak about an anniversary. today is the 40th anniversary of the arctic research policy act. it's known as arpa. we use the acronym arpa around here quite frequently. we talk about arpa-e and arpa-h. but the original was the arpa research policy act. it is legislation that was actually drafted by the previous senator

people, which is why we will not increase the basic, higher or additional rates of income tax, national insurance or vat, and we will cap corporation tax at its current level for the duration of this parliament to the middle east. >> now where.7 492 people have been killed and more than 1000 left wounded in the most widespread wave of israeli airstrikes against hezbollah in the last year. residents in southern lebanon reported receiving calls this morning telling them to evacuate, with warnings also broadcast across lebanese media. meanwhile, israel's prime minister has sent a message to the lebanese people saying his country's war is not with you, it's with hezbollah . with you, it's with hezbollah. in other news, a mother and daughter have been jailed for more than three years in total for taking part in a riot while out walking their family dog. 52 year old amanda walton and 24 year old amanda walton and 24 year old amanda walton and 24 year old megan davison admitted violent disorder during disturbances in middlesbrough on the 4th of august. video played in court showed davison jumping on the

. >> because they think national insurance goes directly to these things.> most public sector pensions are not. and the state pension is not. it is a payment. it's a form of benefit. effectively. yes. both. both of them are forms of benefit that the taxpayer pays out in the now. and what we need to do is transition, like australia did in the 70s. like other countries who made those decisions long ago, where people have to save for their future, and then they can choose how they want to spend that savings. but to do that requires a generation to pay that requires a generation to pay effectively or a few generations to pay effectively twice. >> but we are doing a very bitter pill. you look at, you look at france, you know, they still can't decide whether it's 62 or 60. and so how how can that debate be happening? it's extraordinary. and so we have done some things . i think you done some things. i think you hit on a very important point. i think people have to know, and you have to telegraph it well in advance. it's no good saying in three years time, okay, w

stephen, correct me if i'm wrong, but i think, you know, originally that was the idea part of national insuranceartly to fund this, and we broke that system. if we've got to bring something back like that, then i'm absolutely for it, because at the end of the day, it's about people's health, it's about the outcomes. and i don't like stephen hearing that they're consumers. they're not. these are human beings who who whose health. it's their they are patients if they are mish rahman back to stephen, why is it i mean, we invest in record amounts of money into the nhs at the moment, hundreds of millions, billions of pounds a yeah millions, billions of pounds a year. why is it the more money we spend on the nhs, the worse it seems to get, because that is only half the issue at the moment. >> i'm still getting treatment for. i had cancer about five years ago. i get letters from saint thomas's hospital. why on earth am i not getting emails or getting texts? we've got this analogue system within the nhs. there's so many things that need to be changed, but because in this country we're not a religious co

city of new york, awarding a golf license or zurich on a surety bond program wherever it's national insurance company on a director's and offices policies, the defendant's statements were not meant for ordinary people. they were directed at some of the most sufficient the catered individuals and entities and business if the court wants to use the standard of a objectively reasonable counterparties sophisticated counterparty, fine. they had a capacity or tendency to deceive that sophistic. this is sophisticated party as well because these misstatements and omissions were about objective facts but we're extremely important and that any reasonable counterparty would want to know any sophisticated reasonable counterparty would want to know that the defendants were valuing an apartment based on 20,000 square feet more than it really was based on pretending that rent regulations on certain departments didn't exist based on pretending that the mar-a-lago restrictions didn't exist, your honor, asked about that. the trial court was very clear that it was not coming up with a magical valuation for itse

national insurance or vat.d we will cap corporation tax at its current level for the duration of this parliament. >> meanwhile, hundreds of pensioners staged a protest outside the conference centre as part of unite's campaign against the cut to winter fuel payments. the unions, demanding a u—turn on the policy , which removes on the policy, which removes payments from 10 million pensioners. unite's andy green called it an outrage, claiming the labour leadership have attempted to take out the debate on the cuts . almost half the on the cuts. almost half the total number of migrants who have crossed the english channel this year have arrived in the 11 weeks since labour came to power , weeks since labour came to power, despite worsening weather. over 1400 migrants arrived in dover this weekend, pushing this year's total to 25,000. 11,500 have now crossed in the space of just two and a half months since labour won the general election to the middle east. now, where 274 people have been killed and more than 1000 le

meant to be taxes on working people, the chancellor said, that is a narrow group of rates, national insurancean do and many will feel the pain of that. we will have to waitjust over another month to find out the details, but there could be more cash in one area, investment — the likes of buildings and projects. those are part of longer term plans to deliver more growth than they could potentially be welcomed by economists. they could deliver more gains, but they may take time to deliver. in the meantime, the focus will be on that plane.— will be on that plane. dharshini, thank yom _ you can follow the latest developments from the labour party conference on the bbc news website. the number of recorded crimes involving swords, machetes or so—called zombie knives has almost doubled in five years in england and wales. bbc news has obtained the figures ahead of a ban which comes into force tomorrow on possessing zombie style knives and machetes. our correspondent dan johnson has more details. so in the six years that i've been collecting weapons in an amnesty, i've personally seen that the weapons

she's a chance would be a fine thing, i've worked for, worked and paid national insurance for 44 yearsi want the triple lock to be protected at all costs, not for just those pensioners now, but for all future pensioners . and that's future pensioners. and that's one of the things that people do forget. it's all well and good being a young whippersnapper, saying things like get rid of the triple lock . but you one the triple lock. but you one day, my friend, and it'll go so fast in a blink of an eye, you will be that pensioner. six years time, five years time. careful what you wish for. >> look, i declare an interest . >> look, i declare an interest. >> look, i declare an interest. >> oh, i thought you meant me. no, no, no, not you. me? i was going to say i'm not that old. >> you've got 30 more years. >> you've got 30 more years. >> yeah, i've got. yeah. a few. look, after the break, i want to talk to you about tory leadership. the tory leadership contest. that's got a bit more interesting today for the wrong reasons, though, if you ask me. priti patel out. did you see that coming? what

the higher education policy institute wants to see better maintenance support and a national insurances long—term plans for funding universities. the ministry ofjustice has said that almost a0 prisoners who had breached restraining orders were wrongly let out under the government's early release scheme. 32 of the 37 are now back in jail. one of them went on to be charged with a new offence. our political correspondent hannah miller is in westminster. tell us more. when the government introduced its early release scheme it said it had no choice than to do so otherwise prisons would run out of space. but some prisoners were not supposed to be eligible. that included those who had been convicted of breaching a restraining order, which was listed as an offence under the sentencing act of 2020. but a 31—year—old had had his case brought through the courts under older, out of date legislation. that meant when it came to working out who could and couldn't be released to the system didn't flag that amari ward was ineligible. he was let out and on the same day allegedly went on to commit a sexu

extensions for critical programs that must remain in place such as w.i.c., tanf and the national flood insurance program. it also includes additional resources for the secret service to ensure candidates and government leaders are protected while also guaranteeing the full cooperation of the secret service with congressional investigations. mr. speaker, governance by continuing resolution is not ideal. like most, my preference would be to pass full-year individual appropriations bills through regular order. but we are out of time. we cannot af afford a shutdown which would be greatly damaging to our national security, to critical government programs, and to the american people. not to mention the enormous cost of government shutdowns. i commend the speaker for his efforts to find a path forward. he's dealt -- he was dealt a very difficult hand and has delivered once again for the good of the country. this path ensures americans aren't needlessly punished with a costly shutdown and allows the people and importantly the next president to have a say in the appropriations process. for these reasons

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