Our thoughts are with them and their families , and id like and their families, and id like to pay tribute to figen murray, who joins us in the gallery for her courage and her bravery of her courage and her bravery of her campaigning in her son martins memory. And i look forward to meeting her later today , too. Mr speaker, can today, too. Mr speaker, can i also add my personal welcome back to parliament to my friend and colleague, the honourable member for south thanet. No one who watched his interview last night could have failed to have beenin night could have failed to have been in awe of his incredible resilience. Mr speaker, this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. In addition to my duties in this house. I shall have further such meetings later today, jenkinson thank you, mr speaken i speaken i too welcome the honourable member for south thanet back to his to the house and wish him well in his duties. Can i also associate my remarks with the Prime Minis
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, i only had one. Yeah, i only had one. Yeah. I think you could mix it with something else. Yeah, yeah. That snakebite and black or is that something else. Something like something else. Yeah. Well wed love to hear what you think. As ever, send your views and post your comments using gbnews. Com yoursay say, but first, heres your latest news with tatiana sanchez. Nana, thank you very much. Good to see you. And good morning. These are the top stories from the gb newsroom. The bank of england is expected to leave its base Interest Rate unchanged at 5. 25 for a sixth time, as economists wait for inflation to come under control. The decision to be announced today comes as inflation remains at 3. 2 above the banks 2 target. It would mean a longer penod target. It would mean a longer period of higher borrowing costs, which have squeezed households since Interest Rates started rising at the end of 2021. Both Major Political parties have made Economic Growth a key part of their
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