Furious Hunt attacks 'unworthy' BBC

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Friday, March 8, 2024 1/ Furious Hunt attacks 'unworthy' BBC after Amol Rajan calls chancellor a 'fiscal drag queen' and 'Soviet' Jeremy Hunt called the BBC "unworthy" during heated exchanges on the Budget during an interview on Radio 4's Today programme.   The chancellor criticised programme host Amol Rajan after he called Mr Hunt a "fiscal drag queen" and said his plans to boost NHS productivity were "Soviet".   Mr Rajan said Britain was "ravaged by economic shocks" and the economy was "at best drifting, at worst stagnant." Read the full story here 2/ Theresa May to stand down as MP at general election Former PM calls it a 'challenging decision' to leave her Maidenhead seat 3/ Three boys guilty of stabbing teenager to death with zombie knife in birthday bloodbath Mikey Roynon was stabbed in the back of the neck in Bath 4/ More than 280 children abducted in area of Nigeria controlled by Boko Haram breakaway group This is the second mass abduction in the West African nation in less than a week 5/ Australia 'stands ready' to rejoin search for missing MH370 on 10-year anniversary Hopes for fresh search for missing MH370 after American company submits report to Malaysia THE BIG QUESTION M25 closure – how awful will it be over 'stay home weekend'? "Stay home weekend": that is the appropriate slogan for motorists who normally use the southwest quadrant of the M25 motorway.   Normally around 5,000 vehicles per hour would use the M25 between those junctions at weekends during the day.   Read more here Watch / Former pilot's MH370 theory of what really happened to missing flight The Independent Debate The Independent Debate Should school truancy fines be increased or scrapped? Completely and utterly useless idea. In my own bitter experience, education departments do not distinguish between truants and those children with school phobia. There are huge differences between them, it is a very lonely road for the true school phobic. and their parents. Truants won't attend, phobics can't.     Wassername     Wassername Share your opinion and read the full debate here. NUMBER OF THE DAY £900 Mr Hunt claims the two tax giveaways in the autumn and spring budgets will leave the average worker £900 better off. Use our tax calculator QUOTE OF THE DAY "No, there is literally nothing I would not do for my children."  An aristocrat accused of killing her infant daughter has insisted she did nothing but show her baby love, adding: "I gave her the best that any mother would." Read more OTHER STORIES YOU MIGHT LIKE  Kyoto to ban tourists from Geisha district over 'out of control' behaviour Biden wastes no time laying into Trump as he comes out swinging in fiery State of the Union address Mother dies after she fell off e-scooter and 'was mistaken for being drunk' Adam Luck: 'The Kremlin tried to recruit me – but when I condemned the war, I was forced into exile' Try 6 months of Independent Premium for just £6 Enjoy unlimited Premium news analysis, advert-free reading, a digital newspaper every morning, and more SUBSCRIBE The Independent proudly partners with Refuge and the National Domestic Abuse Helpline: 0808 2000 247 Join the conversation or follow us Please do not reply directly to this email   You are currently registered to receive The Independent's Morning Headlines newsletter.   To unsubscribe from The Independent's Morning Headlines newsletter, or to manage your email preferences please click here.   This e-mail was sent by Independent Digital News and Media Ltd, 14-18 Finsbury Square, London EC2A 1AH. Registered in England and Wales with company number 07320345 Read our privacy notice and cookie policy