Slight fall in inflation yesterday. The governor of the bank said he expects that trend to continue but cautioned that hes watching to see whether further rises may be needed in the future. With all the details, heres our economics correspondent andrew verity. At this shared workspace in brixton in south london, what higher Interest Rates mean for students like paige is fewer landlords entering the Rental Market and more selling up as their Mortgage Costs jump and rents rise rapidly. After her landlord sold, shes given up finding a decent home to rent and moved back in with her parents. With the competition out there and what you get for your money in london, it just wasnt worth it. You would see a Shoe Box Room or a double mattress literally in a room with no floor space for upwards of, like, £800. Gerald, who runs the workspace, is also a landlord who said he had more than 80 applicants when he tried to let out a local flat for £1500 a month. The trouble for him was the Mortgage Pa
Good afternoon. The government is facing anger from the car industry about the plans being considered by the Prime Minister to delay a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars. Rishi sunak spoke to the cabinet this morning, and is to make a speech in Downing Street later this afternoon. The Carmaker Ford Has said the proposal would undermine the governments ambition, commitment and consistency. one option seen by bbc news is for the 2030 ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars to be moved to 2035 in line with the eus timetable. Another measure being considered is weakening a commitment to phase out all gas boilers within 12 years. Heres our Political Correspondent helen catt. Commitment to the movement of emissions to zero by 2050 is set in law, and by then the country will only be able to put as many pollutants into the atmosphere as it can take out but rishi sunak is about to make a significant gear shift in how the government plans to get there. Ministers insist it is j
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of horror every day, including hospitals underfire and an entire population deprived of the basic means of survival. as soon as the news conference starts, we will return to it. time for a look at the business news now with ben thompson. we begin in the us, where world leaders have been arriving in san francisco for the ongoing summit of the asia pacific economic co operation, orapec. but all eyes will be on the high stakes meeting between us presidentjoe biden and his chinese counterpart, xijinping. the leaders of the world s two biggest economies have a lot to discuss including their ongoing disputes over trade, technology, taiwan and the drug fentanyl. for more on this joining me now is drjie yu, senior research fellow on china at the think tank chatham house. thanks for being with us on the programme, and i m looking up the agenda and there are just four hours set aside for the meeting of the two world leaders. the white house already playing down expectations of what t