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Rachel Reeves has said the Treasury will make a technical change to the way it measures debt to allow the government to borrow more for infrastructure spending under its self-imposed fiscal rules. We hear from the chancellor as well as her critics in the Conservative party, who accuse her of fiddling the figures.
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The World Tonight’s James Menendez reports from San Antonio in Texas ahead of the US presidential election.
GPs tell the BBC they’re seeing record numbers of scabies cases, with people in care homes and university students particularly badly affected.
And a district attorney in the US recommends the resentencing of the Menendez brothers, convicted of murdering their parents in Beverly Hills in 1996.
Ukraine has fired UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles into Russian territory for the first time, the BBC understands. The government has declined to comment on the reports, which first emerged on Russian Telegram channels. We speak to former senior military leaders in the UK and US about what...
Published 11/20/24
A thousand days into Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukraine has used long-range US-supplied missile to strike targets inside Russia. A senior Republican senator tells us it shouldn't have taken so long to get permission.
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As the Prime Minister vows to plough on with his plans to...
Published 11/19/24
Thousands of farmers are expected to rally in central London tomorrow for two separate events protesting changes to inheritance tax. The farmers say scrapping agricultural property relief will sound the death knell for the family farm, forcing farm owners to sell up to pay inheritance tax bills....
Published 11/18/24