and the independent trade economist rebecca harding. we start here in the uk where the economy is expected to do worse than every other major advanced country this year, including russia which has been hit by a barrage of economic sanctions from the west. that s according to the international monetary fund, the imf. it said the uk economy will shrink by 0.6% in 2023, rather than grow slightly as previously predicted. here s what they ve had to say. we have a very challenging environment in the united kingdom. we have a large terms of charts meaning that an energy crisis is very strong and in a country where there is a high dependence on liquid natural gas in the high pass through of the wholesale price to the retail price and this is heading towards the cost of living crisis and we have an environment as a response to this high inflation, there was a tightening of monetary policy by the bank of england and in the uk, this fits quickly into mortgages because a lot of mortgag
Man but know the shape of his cabinet is emerging. The latest is this man scott pruitt. He is mr trumps pick to become secretary of the Environmental Protection agency. Democrats boycotted his Committee Vote today only for the republicans to suspend the rules and force him through without their presence. Hell now go before the entire senate for a final vote. Anthony zurcherjoins us from the washington newsroom. Why was he so controversial . As a State Attorney he filed lawsuits against the agency he has now been charged to head. Donald trump picking him to head the Environmental Protection agency which is tasked with enforcing environmental regulations. Environmentalists in particular are very angry. There are a number of other rows to come. I am thinking about the man who may be the chief law officer and the woman who may run all the state schools. Yes, he is expected to be Attorney General and the proposed Education Secretary has also got through the floor vote of all looked like she
Man but know the shape of his cabinet is emerging. The latest is this man scott pruitt. He is mr trumps pick to become secretary of the Environmental Protection agency. Democrats boycotted his Committee Vote today only for the republicans to suspend the rules and force him through without their presence. Hell now go before the entire senate for a final vote. Anthony zurcherjoins us from the washington newsroom. Why was he so controversial . As a State Attorney he filed lawsuits against the agency he has now been charged to head. Donald trump picking him to head the Environmental Protection agency which is tasked with enforcing environmental regulations. Environmentalists in particular are very angry. There are a number of other rows to come. I am thinking about the man who may be the chief law officer and the woman who may run all the state schools. Yes, he is expected to be Attorney General and the proposed Education Secretary has also got through the floor vote of all looked like she
man being beaten by officers. three emergency service workers have been suspended in connection with nichols death. five police officers have been fired and charged with second degree murder and a further two have been suspended. conservative mpjacob rees mogg has said people shouldn t be too snowflakey about bullying allegations levelled against the deputy prime minister, dominic raab. raab, who is alsojustice secretary, faces formal complaints involving republican congressman george santos will step down from serving on committees in the us house of representatives. the 34 year old has faced growing calls to resign after he admitted fabricating large parts of his resume and biography during his election campaign last year including hisjobs, family history and even his religion. he was assigned to serve on two committees despite the controversy but has now decided to step down. 0ur north america correspondent anthony zurcherjoins us now now. he has not stepped out but he is steppi
to explain everything, our north america correspondent anthony zurcherjoins us now from washington. was this a horrible shock to democrats, senator sinema saying she is going to be an independent? i think it did come to a surprise to democrats. they knew as you mentioned that pearson cinema had an independent streak, and if you look backin independent streak, and if you look back in her history, she started supporting ralph nader s independent presidential bid in 2000, she was a member of the green party for several years and she was sort of an independent when she made it to the senate, but they were not inspecting this, although i do not think it is going to change the dynamic because kyrsten sinema is going to continue to work with the democrats, she is going to hold her set of committee seats with the democrats. that will give the democrats still that operating majority in the us senate committee committee power that goes along with it and the other prerogatives they go along with