welcome to the programme. it was budget day here in britain today. a big set piece annual event in which the chancellor stairs into the crystal ball, and tries to predict the future and how best to steer the uk economy through it. the obstacles in his way are common to europe and the united states. high inflation, higher interest rates, and since the pandemic, an intractably acute labour shortage. this graph trackjob vacancies across europe since august 2022, historically high after the pandemic, but you will see the uk, the red line at the very top, is struggling more than most. with 1.1 million vacancies. if more people are employed, more people are paying tax. the good news for the chancellor is that the uk will swerve recession this year thanks to growth returning by the summer. but the economy will still contract by 0.2%. and any brighter news, is tempered by slower growth over the long term. mr hunt said the uk would only grow by 1.8% next year and byjust 2.5% in 2025
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emitters of methane. solving that will be much harder. the countries who ve signed up to this deal account for about half of global methane emissions. but there are some notable absences namely china, russia and india who haven t come on board. to achieve this 30% global target, we will need them to step up. but having more than 100 countries on board including some on board, including some of the largest emitters, and covering the vast majority of globally traded natural gas is a very big deal. this shows the levels of methane being released all around our planet. now, for the first time, there s a target to cut the greenhouse gas. at a conference trying to stop temperatures from rising above safe limits, this is a significant step for the world. rebecca morelle, bbc news, glasgow. the day s other major pledge puts trees, the earth s lungs, at the top of the agenda. the problem deforestation. and the response over 100 countries promising to end and then reverse deforestation,
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