As President Biden says hed think about how close are we to full blown regional war . That on of the day when the government commits billions to green energy, Car Manufacturers warn demand is waning. Is keir starmer s green Growth Push leaving the public behind . Welcome to newsnight, home to the best insight, analysis and interviews From home and abroad. Well come later to the governments green Growth Agenda and where public opinion lies, and were following up on Last Nights lively discussion about the Chagos Islands with a chagossian. But first, as thejewish holiday of rosh hashanah ends, the choices made by israeli Pm Benjamin Netanhayu on the nature of Israels Response to Irans Missile Barrage will start to become clear. We want to take stock of where this middle East Conflict is heading as we enter the weekend. On newsnight tonight, gabriel gatehouse, the award winning host of the coming storm podcast, afsin shahi, middle East Expert From the university of keele, and laura trevely
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Thats down from 3. 9 in the three months to november. It marked the lowest level seen since the November 2022 to january 2023 period. Wage growth slowed again in the britishjobs market. But and this is key it is still outpacing price rises, according to the office for national statistics. Lets hear now from michael stull, director at manpowergroup uk. Michael, what are you expecting to see a little later on . Im always very excited for when the numbers come out. Im expecting a couple of things, one is i do think unemployment will take up a little bit, as you mentioned wage growth is going to slow. We will see vacancies down and underlying all of that in the Labour Market we have two bosses, a cold and hot going on. On the cold and hot going on. On the cold side we have sent a dropping, weve seen hiring slowing down and we are not out of the woods. We are blue business and consumer confidence. Manufacturing pmi is a very low, big into caters. 0n the hot side we see a lot of hiring going
A month in repayments. Somehow, were supposed to spend less and find £750 extra a month to pay for that. So, you know, for many families, it is a terrifying situation. You know, if you have young families like ourselves who have been swayed into the Housing Market by government, whos advertised help to buy as an affordable scheme, right . When things become unaffordable, you cant simply turn around and say, thats your problem. A rise of 0. 25 Percentage Points would take the Bank Of Englands base rate to 5. 25 the highest since april 2008. For someone with an average Tracker Mortgage of £200,000, that would mean a rise of more than £23 a month. And for around 800,000 homeowners due to renegotiate their fixed deal in the second half of this year, it could mean an even bigger increase in their monthly repayments. Whites, good afternoon. But at this estate agent in salisbury, they say there are still more people wanting houses than there are properties available. A supply and demand is
Pain it also causes. The background to this is high inflation, we have a sequencing that Around The World, particularly sticky, or at least has been here in the uk. That is why the bank has been increasing Interest Rates to try and curb the spending and get that Inflation Rate down. Should they continue to do that today, on the one hand, we have an Inflation Rate in the uk that has been easing a little, and when you dig into some of the details, to look at Producer Price inflation, thatis look at Producer Price inflation, that is further down the supply chain, that is the price is that manufacturers and factories might be paying, suggestions are it could be coming down quite significantly now. On the other hand, headline inflation, 7. 9 , still four times the Bank Of Englands 2 target. When you strip out energy and food, which can be equally volatile core inflation, they are still not falling by enough, wage growth remains quite high as well, and then there are wage comparisons, and in