Budget: Hammond breaks manifesto promises on national insurance
Given the recent speculation about an early election it’s probably worth saying this was the least plausible pre-election Budget in history.
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It’s no secret that the Labour leader has long supported the end of British rule in Ulster.
Joining us from his constituency in Stevenage, the Conservative MP Stephen McPartland and here in the studio Torsten Bell from the Resolution Foundation.
Given the recent speculation about an early election it’s probably worth saying this was the least plausible pre-election Budget in history.
The pay gap between young men and women is getting narrower, according to new figures from the Resolution Foundation. But although young millennial women might be better off than their mothers and grandmothers, there is still a long a way to go before they reach gender pay equality.
The Resolution Foundation has been crunching the numbers from the Budget and they say they point to real average pay taking even longer to get back to pre-crash levels.
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A ceasefire in Yemen takes effect in the midst of a civil war that has led to the deaths of nearly 6,000 people.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she will “noticeably reduce” the number of refugees given sanctuary by Germany.
On Syria, David Cameron now has the votes to win comfortably. Even if only 20 Labour MPs joined him he’d win wth a majority of 80 plus.
Mr Osborne’s newly announced plans to scale back cuts and raise taxes brings him in line with policy positions promoted by his Lib Dem coalition partners during the last parliament.
In a surprise move, the Chancellor tells MPs that his much-criticised plans to cut tax credits to working families are to be abandoned entirely.
A terrorist attack takes place in Mali just a week after Paris, but France and its former colony share more than a fight against terror.
We have arrived at a crossroads. Few can have believed that the bloody killings of Charlie Hebdo’s staff would be the end of it.
When Andrew Stoddart broke down as he was asked about the effect all this is having on his young family, the reality of unsafe leases to farmers in Scotland was painful and direct.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad flies to Moscow to thank Russian Vladimir Putin in person for his military support.