:00:11. > :00:18.George Osborne abandons his planned cuts to tax credits as he reveals
:00:19. > :00:24.the government is plans for spending over the next five years. He says
:00:25. > :00:25.the changes can be scrapped but he has confirmed ?12 billion in welfare
:00:26. > :00:27.cuts. Among the winners is a boost
:00:28. > :00:30.for housebuilding, with 400,000 new Protect our economic security
:00:31. > :00:35.by taking the difficult decisions to live within our means
:00:36. > :00:38.and bring down our debt. And to protect our National Security
:00:39. > :00:43.Agency by defending And to protect our National Security
:00:44. > :00:45.by defending our country's interests abroad and
:00:46. > :00:48.keeping our citizens safe at home. With the Chancellor still
:00:49. > :00:54.on his feet, we'll be bringing you The number of people dying last
:00:55. > :00:59.winter hit a 15-year high. One Russian pilot survives
:01:00. > :01:02.the downing of his fighter jet Relations between
:01:03. > :01:08.the two countries remain tense. And a slow return to normality
:01:09. > :01:10.for Brussels after fears of a terror attack, although
:01:11. > :01:20.the city remains on high alert. George Osborne puts boosting
:01:21. > :01:23.property ownership at the heart of the Spending Review,
:01:24. > :01:26.but will it really give more Londoners the chance to get
:01:27. > :01:28.a foot on the housing ladder? But the Chancellor's statement also
:01:29. > :01:31.marks deep cuts to public spending, with police forces expected to be
:01:32. > :01:46.among the losers. Good afternoon
:01:47. > :01:58.and welcome to the BBC News at One. In a dramatic change of direction,
:01:59. > :01:59.the Chancellor says the government is scrapping its planned changes to
:02:00. > :02:01.the credit systems. He's setting out details
:02:02. > :02:11.of government spending and cuts He has been detailing the
:02:12. > :02:15.government's planned spending and cuts in the public spending bill.
:02:16. > :02:19.The Chancellor is also setting out plans for almost ?7 billion-worth
:02:20. > :02:21.of extra spending on housebuilding in England.
:02:22. > :02:30.Our Political Correspondent Carole Walker has the story so far.
:02:31. > :02:38.A businesslike Chancellor set off to deliver his statement. No smiles
:02:39. > :02:42.this morning, George Osborne knows cutting ?20 billion from government
:02:43. > :02:46.spending is hardly going to be good news. But he has already agreed
:02:47. > :02:52.extra money for some priority programmes. He briefed the Cabinet
:02:53. > :02:59.early this morning. Have you got the money you need?
:03:00. > :03:02.The Defence Secretary has got an extra ?12 billion for military
:03:03. > :03:07.equipment. And the Health Secretary is getting almost ?4 billion next
:03:08. > :03:12.year for the NHS. Will working people be protected?
:03:13. > :03:17.But there have been big battles over welfare. The Chancellor wants to cut
:03:18. > :03:21.?12 billion. In the Commons, as the Chancellor waited to deliver his
:03:22. > :03:25.statement, the Prime Minister Harold on one big announcement, another
:03:26. > :03:30.attempt to tackle the housing crisis -- heralded. The biggest
:03:31. > :03:35.contribution is by awarding more houses which we will be doing during
:03:36. > :03:37.this Parliament and by maintaining a strong, secure and stable economy
:03:38. > :03:42.with low interest rates so people can afford to take out a mortgage.
:03:43. > :03:48.The Chancellor of the X to cover. George Osborne said the Conservative
:03:49. > :03:51.government is delivering on its commitment to protect economic and
:03:52. > :03:54.national-security. He said his plan to get a budget in surplus by the
:03:55. > :03:59.end of the Parliament is on track. We have promised to move Britain
:04:00. > :04:05.from being a high welfare, low-wage economy to a global welfare, higher
:04:06. > :04:08.wage economy. Today, I can say that the ?12 billion of welfare savings
:04:09. > :04:14.we committed to at the election will be delivered in full. And delivered
:04:15. > :04:20.in a way that helps families as we make the transition to our national
:04:21. > :04:24.living wage. The Chancellor's plan to save ?4 billion from tax credits
:04:25. > :04:29.forwarding families was defeated in the Lords. Today, he announced an
:04:30. > :04:33.improvement in the nation's finances allowed him to abandon these plans
:04:34. > :04:37.altogether. I have listened to the concerns, I hear and I understand
:04:38. > :04:41.them. And because I have been able to announce today an improvement in
:04:42. > :04:45.the public finances, the simplest thing is not to faze these changes
:04:46. > :04:50.in but to avoid them all together. Tax credits are being phased out
:04:51. > :04:58.anyway as we introduce Universal Credit. And what that means is that
:04:59. > :05:02.the tax credit taper rate and threshold remain unchanged. The
:05:03. > :05:05.Chancellor says this is about focusing on the government's
:05:06. > :05:11.priorities, but that does mean a full cutbacks elsewhere and it could
:05:12. > :05:14.take days, at even weeks, before the effect of his decisions becomes
:05:15. > :05:19.clear. Labour want him to back down on many
:05:20. > :05:23.other planned cuts including those to police numbers. The transfer is
:05:24. > :05:26.still on his feet as he continues to set out his plans for the next four
:05:27. > :05:31.years -- the Chancellor. In a moment, we'll get the latest
:05:32. > :05:34.from Westminster with our Assistant But first, our Economics
:05:35. > :05:44.Correspondent, Andy Verity, is here. What picture did George Osborne
:05:45. > :05:47.give? He was bullish about it. One number we were looking about is what
:05:48. > :05:52.is going to happen to the deficit? The deficit, the amount by which the
:05:53. > :05:58.government exceeds its income. The number he gave was ?73.5 billion for
:05:59. > :06:03.borrowing for next year. That has increased slightly from the target
:06:04. > :06:10.of 69.5 William pounds in the summer budget but not by a huge amount. --
:06:11. > :06:17.69.5 billion pounds. The other number is, what is the state of the
:06:18. > :06:23.public finances is in 4.5 years? He did forecast a surplus of 10 billion
:06:24. > :06:27.in July and today we have another surplus, ?10.1 billion. Part of the
:06:28. > :06:31.reason he is able to do that in defiance of expectations the surplus
:06:32. > :06:34.would not be as much is we have slightly better economic growth
:06:35. > :06:43.predicted for next year and the year after. In 2015 and 2016, we have
:06:44. > :06:50.2.4%. In 2017, that goes up to 2.5%. Those projections will be a bit
:06:51. > :06:51.controversial because some Independent economists look at
:06:52. > :06:56.global uncertainty and they wonder if we might slow down. A big
:06:57. > :06:58.number, the centrepiece was tax credits. We have to learn where that
:06:59. > :07:02.will come from now. Thank you. Our Assistant Political Editor,
:07:03. > :07:11.Norman Smith, is in Westminster. Can you answer that question? A huge
:07:12. > :07:16.U-turn on tax credits, how will he pay for it? The answer at the moment
:07:17. > :07:22.is we do not really know. What we do know is so battered and shattered it
:07:23. > :07:26.seems is the Chancellor and the government by the backlash over
:07:27. > :07:30.planned cuts to tax credits, there is no point trying to tweak it a bit
:07:31. > :07:36.and put a little bit more money away of people receiving tax credit and
:07:37. > :07:42.just phase it in. He decided, no, we have two abandon the whole thing. So
:07:43. > :07:46.he has dropped the plan outlined in the budget to impose cuts on tax
:07:47. > :07:50.credits, saying, in time, tax credits will be phased out once we
:07:51. > :07:54.move to the Universal Credit. With that comes considerable political
:07:55. > :07:58.embarrassment for George Osborne. He will have to come back to the
:07:59. > :08:02.Commons in a month and explain why he has broken his own rules on
:08:03. > :08:06.welfare spending because he imposed a welfare cap which he will now
:08:07. > :08:11.reach by not going ahead with those cuts to tax credits. -- reach. He's
:08:12. > :08:15.partly saved by the fact Labour missed before the statement they
:08:16. > :08:23.would not attack George Osborne if he forgot about his plans for tax
:08:24. > :08:26.credits. It seems we are slightly in an abracadabra moment. How has he
:08:27. > :08:31.done this? He says he will have a bigger surplus, debt will fall
:08:32. > :08:35.faster than reviews we planned, the economy keeps growing, cuts to
:08:36. > :08:40.government departments are less than expected. The answer is we are going
:08:41. > :08:43.to have to go through that red book. Somewhere in it will be the
:08:44. > :08:49.detail of how the Chancellor has paid for the ?4.5 billion savings he
:08:50. > :08:50.will have to make to offset abandoning cuts to tax credits.
:08:51. > :08:55.Thank you. Norman Smith. And the Chancellor is still on his
:08:56. > :08:58.feet, outlining the Spending Review. We'll have more on that
:08:59. > :09:01.at the end of the programme. Almost 44,000 more people died
:09:02. > :09:04.last winter in England and Wales New figures from the Office
:09:05. > :09:11.for National Statistics show that more than three quarters
:09:12. > :09:14.of those died were 75 or over. It's the highest number
:09:15. > :09:16.of so-called "excess winter deaths" Our Health Correspondent,
:09:17. > :09:28.Dominic Hughes, reports. Last winter was an exceptionally
:09:29. > :09:33.tough one for the NHS right across the UK. In particular, I wonder
:09:34. > :09:37.departments and Ambulance Services were under severe pressure. Now we
:09:38. > :09:44.know why. It big increase in the number of frail and elderly patients
:09:45. > :09:46.falling seriously ill and dying. The latest figures from the Office for
:09:47. > :09:49.National Statistics is show a big increase in deaths over winter
:09:50. > :09:53.compared to the average number of deaths the rest of the year, there
:09:54. > :09:57.were nearly 44,000 excess winter death is imminent and Wales, the
:09:58. > :10:01.highest number since 1999. Most fertility is occurred in those over
:10:02. > :10:08.75, with respiratory diseases are common underlying cause. -- most
:10:09. > :10:13.deaths. There were more than double also in Scotland. One cause of harm
:10:14. > :10:17.in winter is the flu and you have to get the flu vaccine. And the second
:10:18. > :10:22.is cold weather. There are a number of practical steps we can all take
:10:23. > :10:27.to avoid harm from the cold. Again, people who are older and who have
:10:28. > :10:30.heart disease or lung disease, they vulnerable to the impacts of cold
:10:31. > :10:34.weather. For hospitals preparing for this winter, these figures are
:10:35. > :10:37.worrying. I am concerned from the point of view of we have got a lot
:10:38. > :10:43.of plans in place and contingency planning which we do all year. But
:10:44. > :10:50.my biggest concern is our ability to have enough nursing staff to be able
:10:51. > :10:56.to open up additional capacity. Pensioners groups have been
:10:57. > :10:59.protesting in Westminster today. Releasing balloons to remember those
:11:00. > :11:06.who died last winter from cold related illnesses. You are going to
:11:07. > :11:11.feel a little scratch. Luke was probably the biggest winter killer
:11:12. > :11:15.and public health experts said this year's kludge up should be more
:11:16. > :11:20.effective. And each tab will hope they are right if they are to avoid
:11:21. > :11:23.similar pressures to those seen last winter -- NHS staff.
:11:24. > :11:24.Relations between Russia and Turkey remain tense
:11:25. > :11:27.after yesterday's shooting down of a Russian fighter jet, which Turkey
:11:28. > :11:31.One pilot was killed by gunfire as he parachuted from his plane -
:11:32. > :11:33.the other was rescued by the Syrian army.
:11:34. > :11:36.The Russian Foreign Minister said today his country did not intend to
:11:37. > :11:38.wage a war with Turkey, but would "seriously reconsider" relations.
:11:39. > :11:53.It sparked a diplomatic crisis and fears of retaliation. A Russian
:11:54. > :11:57.plane plunging into flames from a Turkish strike. The first time a
:11:58. > :12:02.Nato member has downed a Russian jet in over 50 years. Moscow says one
:12:03. > :12:08.pilot who rejected was killed by Syrian rebels. The other rescued and
:12:09. > :12:12.now in Russia's Syrian -- Syrian air base of Latakia. Turkey released a
:12:13. > :12:17.map suggesting the plane crossed the Southern tip of its order, mocked in
:12:18. > :12:20.blue, 417 seconds after repeated warnings. Russia hit back with a
:12:21. > :12:26.image saying that no point did the Russian plane, in red, cross the
:12:27. > :12:31.purple border while one of the Turkish planes mocked included. In
:12:32. > :12:37.Moscow, the anger is boiling. Powell Putin? He has warned of grave
:12:38. > :12:44.consequences and pressure for equal -- economic sanctions. -- President.
:12:45. > :12:47.For now, tough talk. After the tragic events of yesterday, it has
:12:48. > :12:52.become necessary to warn our citizens about the danger of
:12:53. > :12:56.travelling to Turkey. What happened calls for an in-depth analysis, we
:12:57. > :13:01.are not alone in seeing that, I assure you, the whole world knows
:13:02. > :13:05.it. The strike was perhaps a flexing muscles by Turkey to support the
:13:06. > :13:10.Syrian Turkoman. Ethnic Turks fighting the President Assad regime
:13:11. > :13:13.who have been pounded by strikes. The Turkish President knows he has
:13:14. > :13:17.Nato behind him defending its airspace but he is under pressure to
:13:18. > :13:24.pull back and he sounded a conservatory note today. No one
:13:25. > :13:26.should expect us to be silent and non-reactive to the constant
:13:27. > :13:30.violation of our border security but we definitely do not want to
:13:31. > :13:35.escalate this incident. Turkey has always been on the side of peace,
:13:36. > :13:41.dialogue and diplomacy, not tension, crisis and animosity. In Moscow, the
:13:42. > :13:44.Turkish embassy was pelted with eggs, with some calling for
:13:45. > :13:54.retaliation. Murderous, they chanted. This is the Embassy of
:13:55. > :13:58.murderers, in my opinion. I think that nothing good can come of this
:13:59. > :14:03.escalation of tensions but it is now obvious we should be getting ready
:14:04. > :14:07.for dark times. Not everything is clear but I do think there should be
:14:08. > :14:12.some retaliation. Much of what is said by Ankara and Moscow will be
:14:13. > :14:17.for domestic consumption. Both presidents cultivating their strong
:14:18. > :14:21.man image. But there is Russia to pull back and with recent signs of a
:14:22. > :14:25.grand coalition forming against Islamic State, perhaps the desire to
:14:26. > :14:30.unite against a common enemy will cool head this time. -- heads.
:14:31. > :14:31.Schools and about half of Metro stations
:14:32. > :14:34.in Brussels have reopened this morning, four days after they were
:14:35. > :14:37.closed over fears of an imminent attack similar to that in Paris.
:14:38. > :14:40.The city is still on the highest level of alert, with armed police
:14:41. > :14:50.Our Europe correspondent, Chris Morris, is in Brussels.
:14:51. > :14:57.After four days of lockdown and too many rumours to mention the
:14:58. > :15:03.government said the city had to get back to business. As the hunt for
:15:04. > :15:06.another jihadist sale continues, nervous parents and nervous
:15:07. > :15:09.commuters have taken steps to get things moving again.
:15:10. > :15:12.At six in the morning, the first Metro train since last Friday.
:15:13. > :15:17.The transport network coming back to life.
:15:18. > :15:19.Brussels is still on high alert, the threat of attacks serious
:15:20. > :15:24.And there were mixed emotions among people arriving
:15:25. > :15:30.It feels like things are beginning to get back to normal?
:15:31. > :15:35.I don't think so, because we are still scared.
:15:36. > :15:38.Today is good, there are a lot of people in the streets.
:15:39. > :15:56.Parents dropping off kids amidst additional security.
:15:57. > :15:58.Provided by hundreds of armed police.
:15:59. > :16:00.There were handshakes, there was reassurance.
:16:01. > :16:07.But there was also a tinge of anxiety.
:16:08. > :16:13.I am worried, she says, but you've just got to get on with things.
:16:14. > :16:15.And on one of Brussels' main thoroughfares, sirens
:16:16. > :16:25.So plenty of security still, but the feel of a city that is
:16:26. > :16:29.Naturally enough though, people are still extremely concerned
:16:30. > :16:34.about the fact that nearly two weeks now after the attacks
:16:35. > :16:38.in Paris, the main surviving suspect had yet to be caught.
:16:39. > :16:40.We have known about this man, Salah Abdeslam, since shortly
:16:41. > :16:45.He was there, but he is still on the run.
:16:46. > :16:47.And now the Belgian authorities have named a
:16:48. > :16:50.second suspect, Mohamed Abrini, seen here as a petrol station en route to
:16:51. > :17:03.He is described as armed and dangerous.
:17:04. > :17:05.We have to find as soon as possible these terrorists,
:17:06. > :17:11.these people who are putting fear in the mind of a whole population.
:17:12. > :17:14.And as working life resumes here, people are uncomfortably aware that
:17:15. > :17:19.there will be others still seeking to attack at random.
:17:20. > :17:30.The European Parliament is meeting in Strasbourg to discuss the Paris
:17:31. > :17:42.attacks. Our correspondent is there. Members of the European Parliament
:17:43. > :17:47.have been debating the EU response to the Paris attacks. Much of the
:17:48. > :17:52.focus has been on border control. The focus has been on border
:17:53. > :17:54.control. There of the Schengen Agreement zone, an area where you
:17:55. > :17:59.can move freely between countries with no border checks. But there are
:18:00. > :18:03.now questions over how sustainable that is, not just because of the
:18:04. > :18:08.Paris attacks but also the ongoing migrant crisis. Some countries have
:18:09. > :18:11.already imposed temporary border controls, driving from Brussels to
:18:12. > :18:16.Strasbourg yesterday they were long queues at the French border as the
:18:17. > :18:19.authorities checked on cars. This morning the president of the
:18:20. > :18:23.European Commission said that the Schengen idea was, he urged people
:18:24. > :18:27.to breathe new life into it. The reason this matters is because the
:18:28. > :18:31.idea of free movement is absolutely fundamental to the European Union.
:18:32. > :18:35.Those who want to preserve it say the focus must be on strengthening
:18:36. > :18:39.external borders but there are questions over whether that will be
:18:40. > :18:41.enough. And even senior EU leaders say now that the idea is being
:18:42. > :18:46.tested like never before. George Osborne abandons his planned
:18:47. > :18:52.cuts to tax credits - but confirms Housebuilding
:18:53. > :18:59.in England gets a boost of almost ?7 It was the world's fastest aircraft
:19:00. > :19:09.- now 75 years after the Mosquito first took to the skies a new
:19:10. > :19:14.prototype is about to be unveiled. Having been close to elimination,
:19:15. > :19:18.Arsenal keep their Champions League A white police officer in Chicago
:19:19. > :19:29.has been charged with the murder of Officials released a video taken
:19:30. > :19:36.by a police car's dashboard camera showing 17-year-old Laquan McDonald
:19:37. > :19:39.walking away In the hours after the footage was
:19:40. > :19:44.released, several hundred protesters Officer Jason Van Dyke is
:19:45. > :19:49.the first on-duty Chicago officer A Monday evening in October 2014,
:19:50. > :20:00.and Chicago police officers are called to attend reports that
:20:01. > :20:02.a youth armed with Dash cam footage shows the time,
:20:03. > :20:07.just before ten o'clock. 17-year-old Laquan McDonald can be
:20:08. > :20:14.seen running On the left of the picture,
:20:15. > :20:18.officer Jason Van Dyke It is approximately six seconds
:20:19. > :20:22.between him leaving the car In scenes too graphic to show he
:20:23. > :20:26.continues to shoot Chicago police investigators later
:20:27. > :20:33.recovered 16 fired cartridge cases from the scene and the Illinois
:20:34. > :20:36.State police determined that all those cartridge cases had been fired
:20:37. > :20:41.from officer Van Dyke's weapon. Jason Van Dyke appeared
:20:42. > :20:44.in court yesterday charged with And the dash cam footage was
:20:45. > :20:48.released under orders I understand that people will be
:20:49. > :20:54.upset and will want to protest But I would like to echo the
:20:55. > :21:03.comments of the McDonald family. They have asked for calm and
:21:04. > :21:06.for those who choose to speak out to So far it appears the appeals
:21:07. > :21:14.for calm have been listened to. With a few hundred protesters
:21:15. > :21:17.on the streets of Chicago last Tensions are running high across
:21:18. > :21:24.the United States after a series of high-profile shootings by the
:21:25. > :21:31.police at African-American youths. Laquan McDonald had been carrying
:21:32. > :21:35.a 3-inch knife when he was shot. Officer Van Dyke's lawyer says
:21:36. > :21:38.the dash cam footage does not tell I believe my client's conduct
:21:39. > :21:46.has been described as hideous. I would state that those
:21:47. > :21:48.comments are irresponsible. A jury will now have to decide
:21:49. > :21:51.whether Laquan McDonald's actions that night should have led to
:21:52. > :21:53.his violent death. Britain's Davis Cup team say they
:21:54. > :22:00.are satisfied with security arrangements ahead of
:22:01. > :22:03.the final against Belgium in Ghent. The town is only 35 miles
:22:04. > :22:06.from the capital Brussels, which Tennis fans have been warned
:22:07. > :22:14.that increased security means entry to the venue will take
:22:15. > :22:16.longer than usual. Our Sports Correspondent Sally
:22:17. > :22:18.Nugent has been talking to British Number One Andy Murray ahead
:22:19. > :22:23.of the first match on Friday. There were a lot
:22:24. > :22:26.of concerns over the weekend with the news coming from Brussels,
:22:27. > :22:30.which affected our travel plans a It didn't make too much difference
:22:31. > :22:41.because the match court wasn't available
:22:42. > :22:48.anyway. How much did you think over the
:22:49. > :22:51.weekend about how you would get here We listened to all
:22:52. > :22:58.of the right people. As Leon said, everyone was
:22:59. > :23:01.shocked about what was going on in But once the security guys were here
:23:02. > :23:06.in Ghent, around the arena, they reassured us everything was
:23:07. > :23:13.fine and we were good to go. If you tuned in in previous
:23:14. > :23:28.matches, you can see the bench lined up behind the court, the umpire's
:23:29. > :23:31.chair, and we have got a great bunch of players, fantastic backroom staff
:23:32. > :23:34.who work their socks off for the team and the players
:23:35. > :23:39.appreciate everyone's role. We haven't been in a final
:23:40. > :23:42.for over 30 years. Who knows
:23:43. > :23:46.if we will get there again? It is a great opportunity
:23:47. > :23:55.for the fans to come and watch. We will need as much support as we
:23:56. > :23:57.can get. Sally Nugent there - talking to Andy
:23:58. > :24:06.Murray. More on the top story now and
:24:07. > :24:10.Chancellor George Osborne says he's scrapping propose changes to the tax
:24:11. > :24:12.credit system. In a moment we will have the latest from Westminster.
:24:13. > :24:15.Our economics correspondent Andy Verity is here.
:24:16. > :24:22.What else have we heard? Something of the cuts to the departments which
:24:23. > :24:28.is what everyone was waiting for. George Osborne wanted to make cuts
:24:29. > :24:32.to the welfare budget but here is what is happening to some of those
:24:33. > :24:39.unprotected departments. Environment down 15%. 37% cut in the current
:24:40. > :24:44.budget, the day-to-day budget of the transport Department but more money
:24:45. > :24:49.per new roads. A block grant for Wales of ?15 billion, Northern
:24:50. > :24:52.Ireland, ?11 billion, but a 20% cut to the budget for the Department of
:24:53. > :24:57.culture, media and sport. Good news for pensioners, the basic state
:24:58. > :25:03.pension is going to rise by ?3 35 a week. That is the biggest real term
:25:04. > :25:07.rise we've seen in a long time. And not looking very austere in that
:25:08. > :25:09.regard. The big question, how is it going to pay for not doing that tax
:25:10. > :25:12.credit cut? Our assistant political editor
:25:13. > :25:22.Norman Smith is in Westminster. You have been getting some reaction
:25:23. > :25:25.to the statement? A good few of us walking around scratching our heads
:25:26. > :25:31.and thinking how did he do that, how did he land to pay for this tax
:25:32. > :25:36.credit move, abandoning the proposed cuts to tax credits? Let us try to
:25:37. > :25:40.find out from a couple of MPs, Conservative member Chris Phipps and
:25:41. > :25:45.Chuka Umunna, former business secretary. On the plus side, he has
:25:46. > :25:50.done what you wanted him to do and abandoned the cuts to tax credits.
:25:51. > :25:53.He has and it was a catastrophic midge judgment of his to come
:25:54. > :25:58.forward with those unforgivable proposals. -- misjudgement. This is
:25:59. > :26:04.a smoke and mirrors Autumn Statement. The problem is he is
:26:05. > :26:07.making the utterly false economy, cutting off his nose to spite his
:26:08. > :26:13.face, in cutting growth inducing measures. The Department for growth,
:26:14. > :26:18.the business department, their budget cut by 17%. Every pound that
:26:19. > :26:22.you put in investing in young people and skills, research and innovation,
:26:23. > :26:27.produces future receipts for the Exchequer in the longer run. We have
:26:28. > :26:32.seen him attacking the Department and other growth inducing measures
:26:33. > :26:35.as well. Huge cheers on your benches Chris, when George Osborne announced
:26:36. > :26:41.he would abandon cuts to tax credits. But we simply do not know
:26:42. > :26:45.how he will pay for it, it is magic money? It is not true, this is
:26:46. > :26:49.fantastic news for working families. The Chancellor has listened and the
:26:50. > :26:54.the economy is doing better than expected and because of that the
:26:55. > :26:58.Chancellor can afford to reverse these tax credit proposals. It is
:26:59. > :27:02.fantastic news, we have record employment, growth rates and wages
:27:03. > :27:08.of 3%, the biggest growth in the past five years of every G-7
:27:09. > :27:12.country. And that is why, he can spend ?10 billion more on the NHS,
:27:13. > :27:15.starting with ?6 billion extra next year to make sure the NHS has the
:27:16. > :27:23.money it needs. The Chancellor said he would still make welfare savings
:27:24. > :27:26.of ?12 billion so some benefit claimants will have to pay for this
:27:27. > :27:33.U-turn on tax credits? He already announced reduction on benefit caps
:27:34. > :27:37.outside London, that is absolutely right. Some changes to housing
:27:38. > :27:40.benefit for social tenants but as the economy does well and more
:27:41. > :27:43.people come off welfare and into work, as they are doing in the
:27:44. > :27:47.hundreds of thousands, of course welfare spending will come down.
:27:48. > :27:55.Chuka Umunna, briefly, your party has been clear that if he abandoned
:27:56. > :27:59.tax credits you would not attack him? We have the lowest productivity
:28:00. > :28:05.in the G-7 aside from Japan. We still do not know what he's going to
:28:06. > :28:10.do policing, we are losing 5000 police officers in London which the
:28:11. > :28:13.Met Police chief would compromise the counterterrorism effort. And our
:28:14. > :28:18.trade deficit is the biggest on record. Thank you very much gentle
:28:19. > :28:22.man. The fact is we will have to get our heads down and go through all
:28:23. > :28:26.the numbers. You do not get the full story until you have gone through
:28:27. > :28:31.the detail. Thank you. And you can keep
:28:32. > :28:36.up-to-date with the Autumn Statement on the BBC News website. There is a
:28:37. > :28:38.special page on the spending review with continuous updates from our
:28:39. > :28:41.correspondence and the latest analysis.
:28:42. > :28:55.We have an East -West Brit today. The best of the sunshine across the
:28:56. > :29:03.East, further west we have this cloud. -- split. This was the
:29:04. > :29:10.beautiful scene taken earlier this morning close to Halifax in the
:29:11. > :29:13.Pennines. As we go through the rest of the Day today, across western
:29:14. > :29:18.areas where is the risk of a few showers, some in the West of
:29:19. > :29:23.Scotland or eastern parts of Northern Ireland. The wind is
:29:24. > :29:26.bringing an unfortunate line of showers for some stretching down
:29:27. > :29:31.into the south and West Midlands and on towards Hampshire. Underneath
:29:32. > :29:36.this some areas could get shower after Sharon this afternoon. Mostly
:29:37. > :29:40.quite light. In the east is the best of the sunshine. Overnight tonight
:29:41. > :29:43.clear skies initially across Scotland and eastern parts of
:29:44. > :29:51.England, temperatures falling away. And some frost possible in the
:29:52. > :29:55.countryside. In Northern Ireland and the West of Scotland turning murky
:29:56. > :30:00.and a damp start to the day with outbreaks of rain. The rain tends
:30:01. > :30:03.heavier as we go through Thursday especially across the West of
:30:04. > :30:06.Scotland. Further east it is a bright start with sunshine and
:30:07. > :30:09.staying largely dry and five through the day. Temperatures pushing
:30:10. > :30:14.generally into double figures but around the Murray first some wind
:30:15. > :30:20.allowing temperatures to peak at around 15 degrees. So Friday, we end
:30:21. > :30:25.the week with an area of low pressure pushing in a weather front
:30:26. > :30:29.across the UK. This bringing some particularly heavy rain into the
:30:30. > :30:32.western side of Scotland and also turning wet at times for Northern
:30:33. > :30:37.Ireland, Wales and the West of England. Mild air in place though
:30:38. > :30:41.but the rain associated with a cold front that will swing east through
:30:42. > :30:45.Friday night. It will be cold and there will even be is no across
:30:46. > :30:49.northern parts of Scotland. The weekend, and unsettled picture, low
:30:50. > :30:53.pressure in charge bringing strong wind at times. Some wet weather on
:30:54. > :30:58.Saturday in particular, and brighter spells, the best in eastern parts on
:30:59. > :31:03.Sunday. On Saturday, outbreaks of rain sweeping across the country,
:31:04. > :31:07.and the strong wind with gales or even severe gales buffeting the
:31:08. > :31:10.south-west of the UK. The wind coming in from the South West which
:31:11. > :31:14.should boost temperatures a little but feeling cold and the wind. And
:31:15. > :31:17.across the mountains of Scotland cold enough for some snow. So I'm
:31:18. > :31:19.unsettled looking weekend ahead. Now a reminder
:31:20. > :31:28.of our top story this lunchtime. George Osborne abandons his planned
:31:29. > :31:30.cuts to tax credits but confirms ?12 billion in overall welfare cuts.
:31:31. > :31:33.That's all from us, now on BBC One it's time