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gives details in the House of Commons of the Government's Spending

Review. He wants to cut 11. .5 billion. Health and schools in

England and foreign aid will be continued to be protected and many

other departments face a hirt. -- face a hit.

It is moving out of intensive care and from rescue to recovery.

We will have the latest of what the Chancellor has been announcing and

what it means for you. Forced out, Australia's first woman

Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, is ousted by the man she beat for the

top job. A court is told how a church

organist was beaten to ket o to death on Christmas Eve with a pick

axe. We will reveal what the people of

Scotland decided to call the new Later on BBC London: Why a leading

think tank says health reforms are Welcome to the BBC News at One. The

Chancellor is giving details of �11. 1.5 billion worth of cuts in public

spending. �5 billion will be made through efficiency savings in the

public sector including an end to automatic pay rises. There will be

more cuts to Local Government spend spending, but other budgets are

being protected. We will get an assessment from our economics

correspondent, but first Vicky Young.

Side by side at the heart of the coalition, these two he men have

argued, negotiated and once again wheeleded the axe.

-- the economy is not growing as fast as they hoped. So today, they

are announcing a further 11. . 5 billion of cuts. The Chancellor told

MPs that �5 billion would be found through efficiency savings and there

would be an end to automatic public sector pay rises. It is unfair to

other parts of the other sectors that don't get it. We will end

progression pay in the Civil Service and we are working to remove

automatic pay rises for time served in our schools, NHS, prisons and

police. He said the Treasury, Cabinet Office and Local Government

would each be cut by 10%. But there was good news. I can tell you

because of the savings we have made, we can help families with their

bills. We will fund councils to freeze council tax for the next two

years. There will be some extra cash to spend on infrastructure, but it

will be lower than when the coalition came to power. Labour said

it might borrow more to fund projects like this, but it would

stick to the department departmental plans. They are telling us the

economy is healing the Government, but things are getting worse for

ordinary families. We need a fairer plan to get growth moving, living

standards rising, and the deficit down.

So far, Whitehall departments have delivered the cuts they have been

asked to. The more painful detail of how they will make this latest round

Well, we will talk to Norman Smith who is in Westminster, but first

Hugh Pym is here with me in the studio. He admitted this was going

to be difficult to make the cuts. What caught your eye so far?

number about 10% in terms of the departmental budgets for day-to-day

spending, a 10% cut for this year 2015/16 is in line with what has

happened or will have happened until then. Pain in certain areas, cuts

being spelled out for culture, media and sport, but not as big cuts for

museums and sport, but still cuts. Home Office down. Other departments

down. One thing that caught my eye in terms of affecting hundreds of

thousands of people is the end to automatic pay progression. In other

words an extra pay rise each year for service in many areas of the

public sector. He said he would extend that to the Civil Service

next year and maybe health and police beyond that. We have seen

threatened industrial action in the teaching world because of the end of

local pay bargaining there. This could provoke further unrest in the

public sectorment of Norman, what are the headlines so

far? Well, Simon, what struck me although this is a just a 12 month

spending round, it had the feel of a Budget with a series of tabloid Hine

grabbing measures. We have got more money for the intelligence services

and an extension to the council tax freeze. The battlefield of Waterloo

is to be rend owe vaitds in time for the 200th anniversary. This was a

political moment. Yes, it was about clawing back money, but it was also

an attempt to position the coalition ahead of the next election. What we

have seen is both Labour and the coalition almost sort of powering

and blocking each other as they make moves. So, George Osborne announces

�11. 5 billion worth of cuts. Ed Balls, says we will accept those.

George Osborne says he is looking at a cap on welfare spending and Ed

Balls says he will look at those two. What it means is both sides are

moving closer and closer together in the run-up to the next election.

Norman, thank you very much. There is more on the Spending Review on

our website including the latest analysis from the BBC's police and

Vens valia said it would consider offering in-- Venezuela said it

would considering offering refuge to Edward Snowden. Let's get more from

Steve Rosen burg. If he is where they say he is, where is he going to

go? It is unclear. It is unclear whether he is actually here because

ever since he reportedly arrived here on Sunday, no one has actually

seen him. President Putin said he is in a transit zone and is free to go

at any moment. The question is, can he really do that because some

Russian media reports were suggesting that Edward Snowden is

stuck now and because his American passport has been annulled he cannot

buy a ticket to his onward destination. The Americans are

trying to persuade the Russians to expel him. The Russians are saying,

" Sorry, no can do. There is no extradition treaty between our

countries." If he is here, the longer he stays here, the bigger the

chance his secrets could fall into Russian hands.

The Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, has lost the leadership

election in the Labour Party and is leaving politics. She was defeated

by Kevin Rudd. Julia Gillard called the ballot to end uncertainty about

For weeks, there had been intense speculation that Australia's first

female Prime Minister would face yet another challenge to her position as

the Labour Party leader. Her arch rival, Kevin Rudd, the man she had

ousted as Prime Minister three years ago, believing the time was right

for revenge. The truth is, many, many MPs have requested me for a

long time to contest the leadership of the party because of the

circumstances we now face. A few hours ago, the returning officer for

the Labour Party vote confirmed that Mr Rudd's judgement had been right.

We have just conducted the ballot. There was a spill for position of

leadership. I can announce the result. It is Kevin Rudd 57 votes,

Julia Gillard 45 votes. The move against Julia Gillard Julia

Gillard came as opinion polls indicated the Labour Party under her

leadership would be defeated in elections due in September. And now,

she is stepping down. Kevin Rudd has been elected as leader of the

Parliamentary Labour Party. I congratulate Mr Rudd. I have written

to the Governor General asking her to commission Rudd as Prime Minister

of Australia. Her three years as Prime Minister were particularly

bruising. I will not be lectured about sexism by this man. I will

not. As a woman, she felt she was the victim of prejudice. And now,

she is being pushed out of power by a man who had once been her ally in

the Labour Party, but turned into a Here a 22-year-old man has gone on

trial for the murder of an organist who was killed on his way to

midnight Mass on Christmas Eve. Alan grieves died as he made the walk

from church to his home. Ashley Foster denies murder. Another man

pleaded guilty. Ed Thomas reports. For 40 years, Alan grieves played

the or began at his church on Christmas Eve. On 24th December last

year, the court was told how he was beaten and left to die by two men

who went out that night looking for someone to attack. Jurors were told

the 68-year-old was assaulted here, the prosecution said the attack was

savage and a pick axe handle used. But jurors were told that the

killers were caught on CCTV. 22-year-old Jonathan Bowling is seen

on the far side and closest is Ashley Foster. The court were told

both men were like brothers than friends. Before the attack they had

been drinking rum and coke and vodka. The prosecution claim that

minutes after Alan grieves had been beaten, both were heard laughing in

a nearby park. The prosecution said that robbery was not a motive and

nothing was stolen from Alan grieves. Jonathan Bowling admitted

the killing, but Ashley Foster denies murder.

The new road bridge over the Forth of Firth has been named the Queen's

Ferry Crossing. It cost around 1. . 5 billion. Laura

Bicker reports. The three legged gi -- the feet of

the three legged giant are starting to emerge from the forth. Now, she a

name. APPLAUSE

What it refers to is the ferry across the Forth inaugurated by

Queen Margaret 2,000 years ago. To give you an idea of the scale of

the project, the towers under construction behind me will soar

over 200 meters into the sky. Much higher than those of its older

sister. The old road bridge is suffering

from corrosion, but there is a debate as to how badly. Some believe

there is no need for this �1. 5 billion project, but it is now well

underway. The Queen's Ferry Crossing should be ready for traffic by the

Wimbledon and Andy Murray is playing today. The world number two has only

played Lu twice. The women's second seed pulled out

due to injury. due to injury.

Time now for the weather. Thank you very much, Simon. Good

afternoon. Well, it doesn't look like the weather is going to get in

Andy Murray's way this afternoon. This afternoon should be a dry

start. There is a chance of a shower as we head through the afternoon and

on into the evening as there is across other parts of south-east eng

eng England -- England. Most places dry and most of the country dry for

the rest of the afternoon with spells of sunshine. In the best of

the sunshine temperatures up into the low 20s. This evening and

tonight, again one o are two showers across parts of the south-east, but

it is a dry night with clear spells. It could get chilly across rural

parts of Northern England and Scotland and maybe down into single

figures in places. Temperatures typically between nine Celsius and

13 Celsius. A change across the across the north-west. The wet

weather moves through Northern Ireland and Western Scotland and

into north-west England and Wales. Further east, we hold on to bright

skies and temperatures into the low 20s. If you want details of the

weekend's forecast, log on to the website.