Trump's tariffs: Don't look at your pension...
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Hi, I’m Joel Hills, ITV News’ Economics Editor. One in eight cars made in the UK is sent west across the Atlantic. The industry was up against it before Trump got going - Jaguar Land Rover, Rolls-Royce, Lotus, McLaren, all stand to lose sales.
John Neil, boss of Unipart, told me the UK government needs to offer the car industry immediate support.
Shares across Europe - not just car firms like Volvo but also adidas, Puma, Dr. Martens and Barclays - all fell.
And when you see bank shares fall, you know investors are worried.
A blanket 10% tariff takes effect on Saturday. Other countries will see higher rates.
Liberation Day was the moment the richest country on the planet began to take back the respect and the money President Trump claims has been stolen over the years.
Don’t look at your pension statement - at least for a few weeks.
The key thing is that this will hit the UK - we just don’t know how significantly. The Office of Budget Responsibility last week published three possible trade scenarios, with the third being the worst.
We’re probably in a grey, fuzzy area between one and two, a place we wouldn’t want to be, but it could be a lot worse.
There’s nothing good to say about tariffs. They’ll subdue economic growth, they’ll push up inflation and if they remain in place for the next few years, the chancellor will find all the headroom will at some point disappear.
She’ll then be in a position where she’ll have to raise taxes or cut public spending.
As for the United States, Trump claims tariffs will raise trillions. Well, maybe.
But I suspect he’ll have to use that money to support households and businesses. And it will take years before factories start popping up in the US, if indeed they ever do…
Girl ‘nearly died’ after inhaling vape spiked with zombie drug spice
“When I was in the ambulance, the lady said to me, 'Don’t close your eyes in case you don’t wake back up'. I kept looking at her, but everything kept going weird.”
‘Polly’, 13, had collapsed at school after trying a reusable vape containing the zombie drug spice while she was in a classroom.
ITV News has learned vape spiking is a new emerging threat. Watch Social Affairs Correspondent Sarah Corker’s exclusive report on ITVX.
£3.7bn spent on private school places for SEND kids in last three years
As demand for SEND support has rocketed, local authorities across England have increasingly turned to the independent sector, writes ITV News Political Reporter Jasmine Cameron-Chileshe.
Freedom of information requests by ITV News have found that in the last three financial years, 97 councils in England have spent more than £3.7 billion on placements for SEND pupils at independent schools.
Watch Jasmine’s special investigation on ITVX.
Ketamine-related deaths up 650% as experts warn of 'next drug pandemic’
Figures obtained by a Freedom of Information Request, and seen exclusively by ITV News, highlights the growing problem around the Class B drug.
Data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and obtained by The UKAT Group show three times as many women are losing their lives to the drug since before the Covid pandemic, with deaths from those under 30 years old involving the drug seeing a 300% rise in as many years.
Ketamine is an anaesthetic horse tranquilliser that has hallucinogenic effects. So, what’s behind the rise? Digital Reporter George Hancorn investigates - watch more on our TikTok account.
Exclusive: MPs call for change in mental capacity law after autistic man killed in own home
Eight years on from the murder of 24-year-old Christopher Laskaris, his mother Fiona is haunted by the many missed opportunities there were to help her vulnerable, autistic son.
"Losing a child is the worst thing that can happen to anyone, but I think a preventable death is the very worst," she told ITV News Political Correspondent Romilly Weeks.
You can watch Romilly’s report on our YouTube channel.
Would you pay £10,000 to remove microplastics from your blood?
From Antarctic ice to the air we breathe, and from our furniture to the fish we eat - microplastics are everywhere.
A recent dissection of a human brain found seven grams of microplastics, the equivalent of a plastic spoon.
A clinic in London says it can remove up to 99% of microplastics from your blood, as ITV News Science Correspondent Martin Stew reports…
And you can watch Martin discuss the issue on our What You Need To Know podcast.
'A source of shame in our lifetime'
Dr Tanya Haj-Hassan, a Canadian paediatric intensive care doctor, returned to Gaza for a second stint on what’s left of its hospital wards in February.
Based at Nasser hospital, one of a handful of hospitals still functioning, she was there as the bombs began to fall again.
In between the harrowing shifts alongside her Palestinian colleagues she recorded a video diary on her phone - a diary she shared with ITV News here.
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Fire service facing bullying 'crisis' as concerns raised about 'toxic' culture
Scotland’s fire and rescue service is in the grip of a bullying “crisis” with more than one in five employees having been victim of or witnessed inappropriate behaviour.
An ITV News Border investigation has uncovered a series of concerns around discrimination and harassment which has worsened in recent years.
Needle spiking: Private paramedics patrolling nightclub dance floors
When Ella and Sophie, not their real names, left their flat for a night out recently, they were "fully coherent". Best friends at Bristol University, they were excited to go out in the city.
Less than an hour later, they were "catatonic", their eyes were "rolling". When she finally got her senses back the next day, Ella noticed a needle mark on her arm
ITV News West Country went on patrol in Bristol as authorities try to tackle a growing concern.
What’s coming up…
Saturday April 5: Clown Congress in Bristol. The congress will consider: What is the future of clowning in turbulent times?
Sunday April 6: The rise in employers’ National Insurance comes into effect - the rate of employer NICs – ‘secondary Class 1 NICs’ – up from 13.8% to 15%
Monday April 7: King Charles and Queen Camilla pay a state visit to Italy
Tuesday April 8: Sir Keir Starmer faces his first grilling as PM by select committee chairs at the Commons Liaison Committee
And finally… Parky, Boycott and Bird…
He’s now in his 90s but still gets stopped virtually every time he steps out of his house.
Legendary cricket umpire Harold ‘Dickie’ Bird is fiercely proud of his Barnsley roots. From the moment his dad told him “you’re going to play sport for a living, you’re not going down any mine”, his path was set…
His mind is still as sharp as a crisp on drive, remembering his cricketing highlights from across the decades - watch the Dickie Bird documentary from ITV News Calendar on ITVX.