Two years ago. 0ur correspondent, henry zeffman, explained the difference between the schemes. Its not what weve been talking about for the last couple of years. This is a rwanda scheme, but its not the rwanda scheme. The government for two years, under three Prime Ministers and more Home Secretaries than i can count, has been committed to forcibly relocating people who arrive in the uk in small boats across the English Channel to rwanda. What happened on monday was not that. It was a separate scheme, which weve only known about for a couple of months, whereby they want to offer, and, crucially, that is the word offer people whove applied for asylum here but been rejected the opportunity to move to rwanda should they wish and to do so, the government is willing to pay them up to £3,000. And, on monday, according to the sun newspaper, that happened for the first time. So, a man who had made an Asylum Application here, which had been rejected, was paid around £3,000 by the government t
Between 5. 25 and 5. 5 . Months ago, many had forecast that this rate would be ready to cut around now but the latest Inflation Figures have dampened expectations as prices rose at 3. 5 in the year to march, which was higher than the february figure of 3. 2 . The feds target for inflation, like most Central Banks, is for 2 . So still some way to go. And those price rises are feeding into some wider negative sentiment. The latest report from the economic think tank the Conference Board shows that Consumer Confidence is falling with people more downbeat about future business conditions, jobs and income. To delve into that report joining me now is sara murray global managing director at the Conference Board international. Thank you forjoining us today. Take us in to the mind of American Consumers right now. How are they feeling . As you said, confidence has deteriorated to the Conference Board run the Consumer Confidence index and have been doing it for over 50 years and it has gone down
Live house coverage when that happens or cspan. House of commons. And todays session here at George Washington University Part of our inquiry into fake news and disinformation. And we are thrilled to be here and absolutely delighted to be welcomed by George Washington university and helping us putting this on. This is the first time the select committee has taken live evidence. Im grateful for everyones work and making the logistics possible. Ash i thank the witnesses. People who are unfamiliar with the work of congressional committees, it is understood who s taking part answer questions honestly and truthfully. Im not suggesting that eye witnesses would do that. But we dont ask them to swear an oath but i hope they will be telling a truth. We have a number of questions to get through today and we do that in good time and good order and i ask them to direct their questions by the panel. And the witnesses, too, because of the time constraints, i would ask the witnesses to answer the que
There is no signs they are prepared to go against the nras opposition. Says p administration that is according to the Associated Press that says the organization did not disclose the dollar amount. Mr. Trump has pledged to donate at this will experts have raised concerns about a potential u. S. Constitution violations. Angela merkel rallied her party today with the centerleft social democrats. She received overwhelming support for delegates to coalitions see say speak directly to core themes of family security and economic growth. Only 27 voted against the agreement. Global news 24 hours global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. Live from bloomberg headquarters. We are 30 minutes monday close of trading here in. Levelp 500 at its highest since dozens of concerns brought on by the tax cuts and accelerating inflation. It is go big or go home for apple. Planning to release three new smartphones this year, including the largest ev