0:00:07 > 0:00:09On a path out of the EU -
0:00:09 > 0:00:12the Chancellor promises to build "a Britain fit for the future",
0:00:12 > 0:00:14as he delivers his Budget in Parliament.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16Meeting Britian's challenges head-on, Philip Hammond says he's
0:00:16 > 0:00:18putting aside an extra £3 billion aside for Brexit, to prepare
0:00:18 > 0:00:24for every possible outcome.
0:00:24 > 0:00:29An economy set on a path to a new relationship with our European
0:00:29 > 0:00:34neighbours and a new future outside the European Union. A future that
0:00:34 > 0:00:39will be full of change, full of new challenges and above all, full of
0:00:39 > 0:00:39new opportunities.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42But the Chancellor revealed that the economy is expected to grow
0:00:42 > 0:00:43significantly more slowly than previously forecast
0:00:43 > 0:00:44over the next few years.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47We'll bring you the latest on the Budget as we get it
0:00:47 > 0:00:48throughout the programme.
0:00:48 > 0:00:49Also this lunchtime:
0:00:49 > 0:00:51Guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity -
0:00:51 > 0:00:54former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic is sentenced
0:00:54 > 0:00:58to life imprisonment.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02Mugabe's ally-turned-rival, Emmerson Mnangagwa, is expected
0:01:02 > 0:01:04to return to Zimbabwe today, before being sworn in
0:01:04 > 0:01:07as president on Friday.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10A security breach at the taxi service Uber affecting 57 million
0:01:10 > 0:01:12customers prompts major concerns about the way it
0:01:12 > 0:01:18protects personal data.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20And the '70s teen idol David Cassidy has died
0:01:20 > 0:01:26in hospital at the age of 67.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29And in the sport on BBC News, with the Ashes getting under way
0:01:29 > 0:01:31tonight, pace bowler Jake Ball is named in England's team,
0:01:31 > 0:01:37ahead of Craig Overton.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00The Chancellor is outlining his Budget, setting out the government's
0:02:00 > 0:02:03proposed tax and spending changes.
0:02:03 > 0:02:08Philip Hammond has promised investment to make Britain "fit
0:02:08 > 0:02:11for the future" as an "outward looking, free-trading nation" once
0:02:11 > 0:02:13it leaves the EU in 2019.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15Let's have a look at what's been announced so far.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17There's been sobering news on productivity -
0:02:17 > 0:02:20the independent Office for Budget Responsibility has
0:02:20 > 0:02:23downgraded the outlook for productivity growth,
0:02:23 > 0:02:33business investment and GDP this year from 1.5%, down from 2%.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39The Chancellor announced he's set aside another
0:02:39 > 0:02:41£3 billion for Brexit - he said "no-one should
0:02:41 > 0:02:44doubt our resolve", as Britain prepares to leave the EU.
0:02:44 > 0:02:49And borrowing is forecast to be just under £50 billion this year, but
0:02:49 > 0:02:50debt is expected to peak.
0:02:50 > 0:02:57Our political correspondent, Eleanor Garnier, reports.
0:02:57 > 0:03:02Are you boxed in, Chancellor?He is under pressure and he knows it, but
0:03:02 > 0:03:08the Chancellor is putting on a brave face. As he sets out the journey
0:03:08 > 0:03:14ahead for the government's tax and spending plans, Brexit looms large.
0:03:14 > 0:03:19There isn't much cash in the kitty and there are demands from some
0:03:19 > 0:03:22Conservative colleagues for a big and bold Budget to lift the
0:03:22 > 0:03:25post-election gloom. But the political and economic backdrop
0:03:25 > 0:03:30leave him with few options. In the Commons, has the Chancellor waited
0:03:30 > 0:03:35to deliver his statement, the Prime Minister insisted her government was
0:03:35 > 0:03:39putting the country first.I'm optimistic about our future. I'm
0:03:39 > 0:03:44optimistic about the success we can make of Brexit. I'm optimistic about
0:03:44 > 0:03:49the well-paid jobs that will be created. I'm optimistic about the
0:03:49 > 0:03:53homes we can build. That is Conservative is building a Britain
0:03:53 > 0:03:59fit for the future. All he offers is a blast from the
0:03:59 > 0:04:02past. I now call the Chancellor of the
0:04:02 > 0:04:09Exchequer, Philip Hammond. With the government busy with
0:04:09 > 0:04:12Brexit, Philip Hammond set out his vision for Britain's future outside
0:04:12 > 0:04:18the EU.A prosperous and inclusive economy, where everybody has the
0:04:18 > 0:04:23opportunity to shine, wherever in these islands they live and whatever
0:04:23 > 0:04:30their background. Where talent and hard work are rewarded. Where the
0:04:30 > 0:04:36dream of home ownership is a reality for all generations. A hub of
0:04:36 > 0:04:41enterprise and innovation, a beacon of creativity, a civilised and
0:04:41 > 0:04:44tolerant place that cares for the vulnerable and nurtures the
0:04:44 > 0:04:52talented. And outward looking, free trading nation, a force for good in
0:04:52 > 0:04:57the world. Mr Hammond announced an extra £3
0:04:57 > 0:05:01billion to prepare for Brexit. And he told MPs progress on getting the
0:05:01 > 0:05:07deficit down had been good, but there was a warning as well.Debt is
0:05:07 > 0:05:12still too high and we need to get it down. Not for some ideological
0:05:12 > 0:05:16reason, but because excessive debt undermines our economic security,
0:05:16 > 0:05:22leaving us vulnerable. Because it passes the burden on fairly to the
0:05:22 > 0:05:28next generation.The Chancellor has already announced he wants to get
0:05:28 > 0:05:32Britain building, with moves to tackle the housing crisis and new
0:05:32 > 0:05:36help for first-time buyers. They will be more money for teacher
0:05:36 > 0:05:40training in England, and extra cash for schools to boost their numbers
0:05:40 > 0:05:46of maths students. Plus, with plans to be at the forefront of tech,
0:05:46 > 0:05:50Chancellor wants driverless cars on the roads by 2021. But Labour is
0:05:50 > 0:05:57demanding an end to inequality and more borrowing to boost the economy.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00I have always said austerity is a political choice, not an economic
0:06:00 > 0:06:05necessity. We can have the choice to continue with austerity and
0:06:05 > 0:06:08giveaways for the rich, or invest in public services and lift people out
0:06:08 > 0:06:13of poverty.The challenge the Chancellor faces is to allocate
0:06:13 > 0:06:17scarce resources, the same time as trying to restore his party and the
0:06:17 > 0:06:21government's fortunes. But he has little room for manoeuvre are
0:06:21 > 0:06:25politically and financially. The Chancellor is still on his speech in
0:06:25 > 0:06:28the Commons, trying to convince the country and his Conservative
0:06:28 > 0:06:31colleagues that he is the right man to be looking after the economy
0:06:31 > 0:06:36through these testing political times. Eleanor Garnier, BBC News.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Our economics editor, Andy Verity, is here.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43You have been listening to what Philip Hammond has been saying. It
0:06:43 > 0:06:47is the growth figures, the fact they have been revised downwards, is one
0:06:47 > 0:06:52of the most significant headlines? Yeah. There are quite startling. It
0:06:52 > 0:06:56is not just the effect on public finances but it is what it says
0:06:56 > 0:07:00about the health of the economy and its capacity to grow as it used to.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04We used our growth rates of between two and 2.5% every year. The
0:07:04 > 0:07:09Chancellor got more in in taxes and we got better off. Now we are
0:07:09 > 0:07:14talking about 1.5% this year, 1.4% next year. And five years from now,
0:07:14 > 0:07:201.5%. That says there has been some sort of permanent sustained damage
0:07:20 > 0:07:24to the economy, where it is not growing like it used to. That has
0:07:24 > 0:07:27knock-on effects. If we grow more slowly, there is less money to be
0:07:27 > 0:07:32raked in in income tax and national insurance. Also, we are spending
0:07:32 > 0:07:36less, so less money coming in on VAT. That makes it harder for the
0:07:36 > 0:07:39Chancellor to repair the deficit, to bring his spending down below
0:07:39 > 0:07:43income. You have got some interesting numbers about debt. The
0:07:43 > 0:07:53public
0:07:56 > 0:07:59debt is doing better than we expected. In terms of the overspend,
0:07:59 > 0:08:01the amount by which the Chancellor outspent his income, that would be
0:08:01 > 0:08:04£49.9 billion this year. That is better than they thought in the
0:08:04 > 0:08:06springtime. Also, we have heard the overall debt is going to peak this
0:08:06 > 0:08:09year. Those are all good news things. Slightly better in the next
0:08:09 > 0:08:11year or two in terms of public finances, but worse in the next four
0:08:11 > 0:08:12years.Andy, thank you.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14Our assistant political editor, Norman Smith, is in Westminster.
0:08:14 > 0:08:20A balanced approached, that is what the Chancellor has said he will be
0:08:20 > 0:08:25taking. -- approach. There is little room for manoeuvre?And all the
0:08:25 > 0:08:30signs are this is going to be a cautious Budget, predominantly
0:08:30 > 0:08:35cautious measures. It will not be the big cash bonanza Budget many of
0:08:35 > 0:08:40the Tory backbenchers were hoping for might just try and give the
0:08:40 > 0:08:43government a bit of momentum after the election disappointment, the
0:08:43 > 0:08:48difficulties of Brexit and the resignations. Instead, what we have
0:08:48 > 0:08:53had from Mr Hammond so far are micro-measures, measures which are
0:08:53 > 0:08:57probably not going to get the sort of humdinger headlines his
0:08:57 > 0:09:01colleagues want, so boosting research and development, more cash
0:09:01 > 0:09:06for teacher training. On the really big ticket items like public sector
0:09:06 > 0:09:11pay, all the signs are there is not going to be more money. Instead, the
0:09:11 > 0:09:14Chancellor said, yes, we have listened to families under financial
0:09:14 > 0:09:19pressure and we can offer them a little help. That hardly sounds like
0:09:19 > 0:09:24a drum roll for big spending commitments. The reason for that, as
0:09:24 > 0:09:30Andy was saying, is that the economy is beginning to slow up. It is also,
0:09:30 > 0:09:34at the same time, Mr Hammond wants to be repaired for the uncertainty
0:09:34 > 0:09:38of Brexit. By his nature he is a more cautious Chancellor than many
0:09:38 > 0:09:43in his party would like. It won't win him many friends in his party.
0:09:43 > 0:09:48But Mr Hammond perhaps takes the view that as Brexit -- is Brexit
0:09:48 > 0:09:49critics will never warmed to him anyway.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51Norman Smith, thank you.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53We'll have plenty more on the Budget later on in the programme.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56And you can follow the latest developments on the BBC website -
0:09:56 > 0:10:00the address is on your screen now.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02The former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic has been
0:10:02 > 0:10:05found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity during the Bosnian
0:10:05 > 0:10:09war more than 20 years ago.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12The 74 year-old has been sentenced to life in prison
0:10:12 > 0:10:15by an international court at The Hague, after a trial
0:10:15 > 0:10:16that has lasted six years.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19The judge said his crimes figured amongst the most heinous
0:10:19 > 0:10:22type known to humankind.
0:10:22 > 0:10:29From the Hague, Anna Holligan reports.
0:10:29 > 0:10:34Sit down, please.He was determined to go down fighting. Refusing to
0:10:34 > 0:10:39listen to the judge. He is no longer the most powerful man in the room.
0:10:39 > 0:10:45If you continue like this...After 16 years as a fugitive, Ratko Mladic
0:10:45 > 0:10:49couldn't escape this judgment. He was found guilty of ten out of 11
0:10:49 > 0:10:56charges.Guilty as a member of various enterprises of the following
0:10:56 > 0:11:07counts. Can't two, genocide. Count three, persecution, the crime
0:11:07 > 0:11:14against humanity. Count four, extermination, a crime against
0:11:14 > 0:11:19humanity. Outside, survivors travelled from
0:11:19 > 0:11:24Bosnia. This pursuit of justice has given them something to live for
0:11:24 > 0:11:30after their families were destroyed. Ratko Mladic personally directed the
0:11:30 > 0:11:36shelling of the cosmopolitan capital, Sarajevo. He was involved
0:11:36 > 0:11:40in selecting targets and directed his forces away from Srbic
0:11:40 > 0:11:45neighbourhoods. The siege lasted more than three years and left more
0:11:45 > 0:11:51than 10,000 people, mostly civilians and many children, dead. Here, the
0:11:51 > 0:11:55burly general can be seen reassuring the crowds that they would come to
0:11:55 > 0:11:59no harm, before the men and boys as young as 12 or taken to the
0:11:59 > 0:12:06execution sites. No one can be sure exactly how many people died in
0:12:06 > 0:12:10Srebrenica. The mass graves were excavated by Serb forces in an
0:12:10 > 0:12:16effort to hide their crimes. 6000 of the victims are buried here in the
0:12:16 > 0:12:20place where they sought protection from the UN in what was supposed to
0:12:20 > 0:12:27be a safe song. Ratko Mladic was the mastermind of all of this. Many of
0:12:27 > 0:12:33these families who travelled to the Hague are hoping that this life
0:12:33 > 0:12:37sentence and the way that Ratko Mladic acted in court will mean he
0:12:37 > 0:12:43goes down in history as a coward. In his final moments he couldn't face
0:12:43 > 0:12:46up to his own crimes. Anna Holligan, the Hague.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50Matthew Price is in The Hague.
0:12:50 > 0:12:56There was drama in the Court until the end after the six-year trial.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00The life sentence on expected by some?I think it was on expected by
0:13:00 > 0:13:07some. As you saw from a few of the survivors and the relatives of those
0:13:07 > 0:13:12killed by Ratko Mladic's forces during the Bosnian war, there was
0:13:12 > 0:13:15some solace in the fact he had received the maximum sentence
0:13:15 > 0:13:21available. He is 74. We have been told he will appeal this decision.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24But he won't be coming out of prison before he dies. He will be behind
0:13:24 > 0:13:29bars for the rest of his life. But does provide some solace. There was
0:13:29 > 0:13:37some disappointment he wasn't found guilty on all 11 charges. Just ten.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40He was not found guilty of one charge of genocide, although he was
0:13:40 > 0:13:43found guilty of genocide over the massacre at a place called
0:13:43 > 0:13:47Srebrenica. If all of this feels a little bit distant in time and
0:13:47 > 0:13:51geography, just think on this. The Balkan wars, the Bosnian war,
0:13:51 > 0:13:56happened in most of our lifetimes. It finished just 22 years ago. You
0:13:56 > 0:14:02can get on a plane from Britain and fly to the capital of
0:14:02 > 0:14:05Bosnia-Herzgovina in 2.5 hours. This was a war at the heart of Europe
0:14:05 > 0:14:11which tore apart that part of Europe for three long years. And today it
0:14:11 > 0:14:15has been confirmed by the court that Ratko Mladic was at the heart of the
0:14:15 > 0:14:19Bosnian Serb effort to perpetrate crimes against humanity, to
0:14:19 > 0:14:25perpetrate genocide in the centre of Europe. Many of the sordid images we
0:14:25 > 0:14:31have coming out of Syria over the past few years are the similar
0:14:31 > 0:14:35images we had coming out of Bosnia in the 1990s. And it doesn't just
0:14:35 > 0:14:41end with the sentence for Ratko Mladic. The court here, which is
0:14:41 > 0:14:46winding up its work in the next few weeks, is also sending a very clear
0:14:46 > 0:14:48message that while there was international cooperation in the
0:14:48 > 0:14:52world to bring the perpetrators of war crimes to justice, that effort
0:14:52 > 0:14:56will continue. That nobody is above the law.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58Matthew Bryce in the Hague, thank you.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00The minicab service, Uber, has admitted concealing a security
0:15:00 > 0:15:01breach which affected 57 million customers
0:15:01 > 0:15:04and drivers around the world.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07The breach in October last year, was hidden by the company,
0:15:07 > 0:15:09which paid hackers £75,000 to delete the data,
0:15:09 > 0:15:11including customer names, email addresses and mobile phone numbers.
0:15:11 > 0:15:25Rory Cellan-Jones has the details.
0:15:25 > 0:15:29For any company, a data breach exposing the personal information to
0:15:29 > 0:15:3357 million users and drivers would be bad enough. It was what you
0:15:33 > 0:15:36predict next that really shocked regulators and customers, paying off
0:15:36 > 0:15:40the hackers and keeping it quiet for more than a year. It happened when
0:15:40 > 0:15:45it was run by its founder, who has stepped down earlier this year among
0:15:45 > 0:15:50other controversies about the company's behaviour. The new boss
0:15:50 > 0:15:53apologised in a blog post, saying, none of this should have happened
0:15:53 > 0:15:58and I will not make excuses for it. While I can't erase the past, I can
0:15:58 > 0:16:01commit on behalf of every employee that we will learn from our
0:16:01 > 0:16:08mistakes.Customers are obviously concerned their data is not being
0:16:08 > 0:16:13protected officially -- sufficiently. There is only so much
0:16:13 > 0:16:18customers can do so we need to hold the company to account.What we do
0:16:18 > 0:16:23know is this affected people around the world. What we don't know is how
0:16:23 > 0:16:27the data was put at risk by this breach, but already the data
0:16:27 > 0:16:33protection regulator has issued an angry statement, warning that the
0:16:33 > 0:16:40ceiling for these kinds of bricks should result in bigger fines.You
0:16:40 > 0:16:45start with, our culture doesn't work, a genuine and sincere effort
0:16:45 > 0:16:53to reset. Can they do it? Highly unlikely. But if I'm honest, it's
0:16:53 > 0:16:57possible.In many cities the company has been controversial and is
0:16:57 > 0:17:07currently fighting a band. This new evidence of behaviour that it itself
0:17:07 > 0:17:11admits is inexcusable might not make anything better.
0:17:11 > 0:17:12Our top story this lunchtime:
0:17:12 > 0:17:15The Chancellor promises to build a Britain fit for the future,
0:17:15 > 0:17:16as he delivers his Budget in Parliament.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19And coming up, tributes to the '70s teen pop idol David Cassidy,
0:17:19 > 0:17:29who has died at the age of 67.
0:17:29 > 0:17:34And in sport, the women make it through to the World Cup semifinal
0:17:34 > 0:17:39on Sunday despite their shock defeat.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44Zimbabwe's former vice president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, is expected
0:17:44 > 0:17:47to arrive back in the country today following Robert Mugabe's surprise
0:17:47 > 0:17:49resignation yesterday.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52Mnangagwa, whose sacking by Mugabe just a fortnight ago triggered
0:17:52 > 0:17:55the president's demise, will be sworn in as Zimbabwe's
0:17:55 > 0:17:58new head of state on Friday.
0:17:58 > 0:18:08Ben Brown is in the capital, Harare, this lunchtime.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12Yes, the celebrations here after Robert Mugabe's resignation went on
0:18:12 > 0:18:16into the early hours of the morning, but as the euphoria now fades,
0:18:16 > 0:18:21tension is turning to the next leader of this country, only its
0:18:21 > 0:18:24second president in 37 years. Will he be a Democrat or just another
0:18:24 > 0:18:27dictator?
0:18:27 > 0:18:30The morning after, and is this an extra spring in the step
0:18:30 > 0:18:33of Zimbabweans, as their country heads into its first day
0:18:33 > 0:18:36without Robert Mugabe dominating all their lives?
0:18:36 > 0:18:39These headlines were unimaginable until a few days ago.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41Now they chart the rise and fall of a president
0:18:41 > 0:18:44finally pushed from power.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48What happened before is past.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51What we need is to forgive each other and build this country again,
0:18:51 > 0:18:54and bring sanity and unity.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58Already the next president is heading home from exile.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Emmerson Mnangagwa, nicknamed "crocodile" due
0:19:00 > 0:19:03to his political cunning, has already issued a statement,
0:19:03 > 0:19:08calling on Zimbabweans to unite and rebuild the country.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Mr Mnangagwa, once favoured by President Mugabe as his trusted
0:19:10 > 0:19:14deputy, was fired earlier this month to try to force a smooth
0:19:14 > 0:19:17succession for Grace Mugabe, the President's wife.
0:19:17 > 0:19:21That backfired spectacularly, but the next leader,
0:19:21 > 0:19:24inauguration due on Friday, will now be under heavy
0:19:24 > 0:19:27pressure to move decisively from oppression and corruption.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30The opposition is demanding that elections due next year
0:19:30 > 0:19:33must be free and fair.
0:19:33 > 0:19:43My hope and wish is that we are able to craft a transitional framework
0:19:43 > 0:19:46for the next elections, which will put in place
0:19:46 > 0:19:48the issue of reforms, the issue of free and fair
0:19:48 > 0:19:54elections, as per the constitution.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Some of the crowds who yesterday danced in the streets are today
0:19:56 > 0:19:59heading for Harare Airport to welcome the next
0:19:59 > 0:20:02interim president.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04But this looks a far less spontaneous and far
0:20:04 > 0:20:07more organised affair.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10For many Zimbabweans, opposition groups and the world outside,
0:20:10 > 0:20:12these remain uncertain times with proof still needed that
0:20:12 > 0:20:22decades of state violence and impunity really are over.
0:20:24 > 0:20:29It is important to remember that the next president, Emmerson Mnangagwa,
0:20:29 > 0:20:34was a ruthless henchmen in the Mugabe regime. He's been accused of
0:20:34 > 0:20:37masterminding massacres, rigging elections and corruption and so on,
0:20:37 > 0:20:41and some say he has blood on his hands, so I think the people will be
0:20:41 > 0:20:44watching him and his rule very, very closely indeed.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47Ben Brown, thank you.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49The American actor and '70s teen idol David Cassidy has
0:20:49 > 0:20:50died at the age of 67.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53He found fame in the sitcom The Partridge Family and then
0:20:53 > 0:20:55enjoyed a hugely successful music career, selling more
0:20:55 > 0:20:57than 30 million records worldwide.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59He was admitted to hospital in Florida last week
0:20:59 > 0:21:02with multiple organ failure.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05Our arts correspondent David Sillito looks back at his life.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10In 1970, a young actor called David Cassidy became the star
0:21:10 > 0:21:14of a new TV programme, The Partridge Family.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17Over the next four years he made 96 TV episodes, recorded 15 albums
0:21:17 > 0:21:22and toured the world.
0:21:22 > 0:21:27When 20,000, 30,000, 40,000, 50,000 people are screaming
0:21:27 > 0:21:30at the top of their lungs, "I love you," it's
0:21:30 > 0:21:32so overwhelming, man!
0:21:32 > 0:21:36It's like, "whoa"!
0:21:36 > 0:21:39At one concert in London a girl died and another 800
0:21:39 > 0:21:42were injured in the hysteria.
0:21:42 > 0:21:47In 1974, exhausted, overwhelmed, he retired from show business.
0:21:47 > 0:21:52He was 24.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54By the time he returned to the pop charts in the 1980s,
0:21:54 > 0:21:57there'd been many ups and downs.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00Struggles with money, drink in the aftermath of fame.
0:22:00 > 0:22:07# Try to remember...
0:22:07 > 0:22:08But there were also great successes.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10The Broadway production of Blood Brothers,
0:22:10 > 0:22:12his show in Las Vegas, and he continued to tour.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15And then, aged 66, he made an appearance on television
0:22:15 > 0:22:17to talk about his health.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19You have been diagnosed with dementia.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22I have.
0:22:22 > 0:22:23Hi, there!
0:22:23 > 0:22:30THEY SCREAM.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33David Cassidy - actor, singer, but above all, even 40 years on,
0:22:33 > 0:22:43for a certain generation he would always be their teen idol.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47The American actor and singer David Cassidy, who's
0:22:47 > 0:22:57died at the age of 67.
0:23:00 > 0:23:06Let's go back to our main story this lunchtime. Philip Hammond has been
0:23:06 > 0:23:09delivering his Budget in Parliament. He has announced an increase in the
0:23:09 > 0:23:12road tax for diesel cars that don't mean -- don't meet environmental
0:23:12 > 0:23:18standards. He is also making it possible for people to get Universal
0:23:18 > 0:23:21Credit payments in advance. He has frozen duty on wine, beer and
0:23:21 > 0:23:28spirits. Our economics correspondent has been listening to it all and it
0:23:28 > 0:23:31is the headlines on growth and borrowing that significant.
0:23:31 > 0:23:37Absolutely. We were looking at 2.5% growth right from World War II up to
0:23:37 > 0:23:41the financial crisis. Now we won't get above 1.5% for the next five
0:23:41 > 0:23:45years. That used to be called a slowdown, and what it means, if not
0:23:45 > 0:23:48growing as fast as we as we thought we would, the Chancellor eventually
0:23:48 > 0:23:52won't get the taxes he thought he might, so growth was forecast to be
0:23:52 > 0:23:582% at the last count, and now 1.5%. If you look at the deficit, the
0:23:58 > 0:24:03amount we have to borrow to plug that gap, that was forecast to be...
0:24:03 > 0:24:11It is now forecast to be £49.9 billion but will come down to £39.5
0:24:11 > 0:24:14billion. The pitch on debt looks better than we thought for the next
0:24:14 > 0:24:19two or three years. -- the picture on debt. He will be spending less
0:24:19 > 0:24:24than he thought he might last spring, but in two or three years,
0:24:24 > 0:24:28there will be fewer taxes coming in and the debt picture will get worse.
0:24:28 > 0:24:35Those are the main headlines.Thank you. One main concern the Chancellor
0:24:35 > 0:24:40was expected to address is the housing shortage, with new policies
0:24:40 > 0:24:43aimed at encouraging house-building. John Kay has been to meet twin
0:24:43 > 0:24:51sisters trying to get onto the property ladder.
0:24:51 > 0:24:55These and Jess. Twin sisters with an identical problem. -- Lizzie and
0:24:55 > 0:25:00Jess. They live a mile apart but in their mid-30s they cannot get onto
0:25:00 > 0:25:05the housing ladder. What does it feel like to be in your position
0:25:05 > 0:25:11now?Sad. We are struggling.Between them they are paying more than £2000
0:25:11 > 0:25:14a month in rent. Lizzie and her husband have been desperately trying
0:25:14 > 0:25:18to save up a deposit but for them, here in north Bristol, that can mean
0:25:18 > 0:25:26£40,000.We just can't do it. With the cost of living we would need to
0:25:26 > 0:25:32have an inheritance or a lump sum given to us. It just won't happen.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36£40,000 is not attainable. I try to do my food shop is frugally as I can
0:25:36 > 0:25:43manage, and probably that £60 a week, for a family of four, that is
0:25:43 > 0:25:48cutting it fine.Jess has three children and two stepchildren. She
0:25:48 > 0:25:51has a successful cleaning business but says she and her husband cannot
0:25:51 > 0:25:57afford to buy anything suitable. Rent is so high now because it is a
0:25:57 > 0:26:00landlord's market. They can always charge what they like so we're
0:26:00 > 0:26:04trapped where we are. It doesn't matter what we do. We either need to
0:26:04 > 0:26:08wait another ten years until my children moved out and then buy
0:26:08 > 0:26:11something smaller, or we stay renting and that's the end of the
0:26:11 > 0:26:17story for us.Could they live here? This site is just up the road has
0:26:17 > 0:26:21been given planning permission for 1000 new homes. But three years on,
0:26:21 > 0:26:27it still hasn't happened. The twins want the Chancellor to get things
0:26:27 > 0:26:30moving. And where developments are under way, they want the Government
0:26:30 > 0:26:35to make sure they are the right kind of properties. You don't need to go
0:26:35 > 0:26:41very far from here to see lots of houses being built, newly built. Can
0:26:41 > 0:26:45you afford them?They are not putting up affordable housing, they
0:26:45 > 0:26:49are putting in four, five bedroom properties which are half £1
0:26:49 > 0:26:53million. And I know some people can afford that but your average young
0:26:53 > 0:26:57family cannot afford to go into a property. They are wasting the land
0:26:57 > 0:27:00available and I worry for my children.I worry for my children
0:27:00 > 0:27:09that if I can't get onto the housing market with a good deposit, how will
0:27:09 > 0:27:12they ever get a property of their own?They were pinning their hopes
0:27:12 > 0:27:14on this Budget. They wanted the Chancellor to extend help to buy
0:27:14 > 0:27:18schemes and make it easier to get more jute -- mortgages. So will his
0:27:18 > 0:27:28announcement on housing be what they are looking for?
0:27:28 > 0:27:35We're still waiting to hear what he says on housing but he has announced
0:27:35 > 0:27:40a 1.5 billion pounds package to help people claiming Universal Credit.
0:27:40 > 0:27:44Our reporter is at a community cafe in Peterborough. It seems the
0:27:44 > 0:27:49Chancellor has bowed to pressure on this?I think he has. There is a
0:27:49 > 0:27:55degree of inevitability about this given the concerns of people who
0:27:55 > 0:27:59were deeply unhappy about how Universal Credit was operating.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02There has been a full service for about a week or so in Peterborough
0:28:02 > 0:28:07and people who aren't on it but were about to go on it were fearful
0:28:07 > 0:28:13because of what they had heard. And other stories of people on rent
0:28:13 > 0:28:15arrears being forced to go to food banks and even some saying they were
0:28:15 > 0:28:23being evicted by their landlords. He has announced £1.5 billion of a
0:28:23 > 0:28:27package of reforms and it should mean that typical six-week wait
0:28:27 > 0:28:32becomes quicker because the first seven-day waiting period for people
0:28:32 > 0:28:37who are eligible but weren't getting money, that will go. People on
0:28:37 > 0:28:40housing benefit will continue to get it two weeks after they make a
0:28:40 > 0:28:46claim. But at the moment -- that is at the moment all benefits. . People
0:28:46 > 0:28:53will have a longer time to repay. So the Chancellor has said this is a
0:28:53 > 0:28:56£1.5 billion investment to make the operation of Universal Credit much
0:28:56 > 0:29:03more effective.Thank you. That's go back to our political editor, Norman
0:29:03 > 0:29:07Smith. The Chancellor stood up at about 20 to one and he is still on
0:29:07 > 0:29:13his feet. Your impressions so far. We have not had any great big fluffy
0:29:13 > 0:29:17white rabbit plucked from the heart and we can probably sit quietly
0:29:17 > 0:29:23because it doesn't feel like that sort of Budget. It is a sort of
0:29:23 > 0:29:29middle of the road, steady as you go, so-so Budget without any really
0:29:29 > 0:29:33blaring headlines. There was this sort of big, defining change of gear
0:29:33 > 0:29:38which many in his party had hoped for. That said, neither is it more
0:29:38 > 0:29:44austerity and nothing else. Philip Hammond, significantly, for example,
0:29:44 > 0:29:48has promised an extra £2.8 billion on the health service, a lot more
0:29:48 > 0:29:53money. It doesn't meet the £4 billion that the boss of the NHS was
0:29:53 > 0:29:57demanding but it is a significant increase. Similarly, as we heard, on
0:29:57 > 0:30:02Universal Credit, an extra £1.5 billion. The fuel duty freeze
0:30:02 > 0:30:08continues, the freeze on alcohol duties continues. But in so many
0:30:08 > 0:30:12areas, we have seen incremental micro-measures which don't really
0:30:12 > 0:30:17address the desire in many parts of the party for radical change,
0:30:17 > 0:30:22particularly among his Brexit critics. However, Philip Hammond,
0:30:22 > 0:30:27today, in his tone at least, went out of his way to try to appease
0:30:27 > 0:30:31them a bit, talking up the opportunity provided by leaving the
0:30:31 > 0:30:37EU and significantly announcing an extra £3 billion to prepare for our
0:30:37 > 0:30:43departure from the EU.Norman Smith with the latest. Thank you.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45And you can follow the latest developments on the Budget
0:30:45 > 0:30:47on the live page on the BBC website.
0:30:47 > 0:30:48Just go to bbc.co.uk/budget.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50Time for a look at the weather.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52Here's Lucy Martin.
0:30:55 > 0:31:00A lot going on in the next few days. Some early heavy rain for north-west
0:31:00 > 0:31:06England and parts of Scotland has meant we have seen some localised
0:31:06 > 0:31:10flooding in parts of Cumbria. We have rain for much of Scotland,
0:31:10 > 0:31:14Northern Ireland and Wales. Drier and brighter in the East but gusts
0:31:14 > 0:31:20of wind up to 60 miles an hour over the coast. As we go through the
0:31:20 > 0:31:25rush-hour, strong wind and heavy rain could mean we have slightly
0:31:25 > 0:31:29tricky driving conditions. This evening and overnight the rain works
0:31:29 > 0:31:33its way east in heavy bursts with the odd rumble of thunder. In the
0:31:33 > 0:31:37far north of Scotland, the rain will turn to snow as we go into the early
0:31:37 > 0:31:40hours. A mild night in the south with temperatures in double figures
0:31:40 > 0:31:45but much closer to freezing in the north. Tomorrow morning, some snow
0:31:45 > 0:31:52for the North of Scotland at lower levels. A couple of centimetres but
0:31:52 > 0:31:55great accumulations over higher ground. We drag in some cold air
0:31:55 > 0:31:59from the north. Scattered showers for Northern Ireland, southern
0:31:59 > 0:32:02Scotland and northern England which could be wintry in nature,
0:32:02 > 0:32:07particularly over higher ground. A lots of dry, bright weather for much
0:32:07 > 0:32:12of southern England and Wales, but turning cloudy with rain pushing in
0:32:12 > 0:32:16later for the south-west. Lighter winds and we will see the snow in
0:32:16 > 0:32:20the North turning into rain later in the afternoon. Temperatures still in
0:32:20 > 0:32:24double figures in the south but cooler in the north. By Friday, we
0:32:24 > 0:32:29are firmly in that cold air, so we will see colder temperatures across
0:32:29 > 0:32:34the board. The only fly in the ointment is this weather front. Some
0:32:34 > 0:32:38uncertainty as to how far north it will come but it will bring cloud to
0:32:38 > 0:32:43the far south and outbreaks of rain, so a cold start on Friday and a
0:32:43 > 0:32:46touch of frost away from the far south.