decisions on interest rates and they put up interest rates again by 0.25%. the last time they were there was middle of they were there was middle of the financial crisis in 2008. they also say they will stay for that level for quite some time so this idea of high interest rates to say is here to stay. interest rates to say is here to sta . f , interest rates to say is here to sta . j , , . to stay. they re big picture message to stay. they re big picture message is to stay. they re big picture message is not to stay. they re big picture message is not great, - to stay. they re big picture message is not great, it i to stay. they re big picture message is not great, it is| message is not great, it is pretty bleak. they are saying things may not be as bad as had been predicted. been predicted. that s where the graphs been predicted. that s where the graphs come been predicted. that s where the graphs come in been predicted. that s where the graphs come in and - bee
Of their chaampionship play off semifinal. The first leg at carrow road finished goalless, but leeds have the advantage, 2 0 they lead in the first half, thanks to an ilia gruev free kick and joel perus header. Southampton play west brom in the other second leg semi on friday. Manchester citys goalkeeper ederson will miss Sundays Premier League Title Decider at home to west ham and next weeks Manchester Derby fa cup final. The brazilian was forced off with an eye injury during citys 2 0 win at tottenham on tuesday that left pep guardiolas side on the brink of their fourth consecutive title. Scans have confirmed ederson suffered a small fracture to his right eye socket following a collision with cristian romero. Now as we were telling you this time on wednesday, Wolverhampton Wanderers want var scrapped next season and forcing a vote at next months English Premier League agm. Theyll need the support of 13 other clubs if theyre to succeed. We heard from Manchester Uniteds erik ten hag an
First, the latest headlines. A man has been charged with the Attempted Murder of the slovak Prime Minister, robert fico. The politician is now able to speak, officials have said, but is still in a very serious condition after being shot several times yesterday. Slovakias Interior Minister described the suspect as a lone wolf who opposed the government. China and russia have put on a display of unity and mutual support during a meeting of their two leaders in beijing. Xijinping and the Vladimir Putin signed a statement that promised to deepen their countries relationship. Trade between china and russia has surged since moscows invasion of ukraine. South africa has asked the United Nations highest court to order an immediate halt to israels Offensive On Rafah in southern gaza. Todays hearing in the hague is part of a case accusing israel of carrying out genocide. Israel has dismissed the allegation as baseless. The European Union has begun a formal investigation into the Social Media Fir
Minister Fumio Kishida and a range of other topics in boston, democratic strategist mary anne marsh. And from london, former conservative mpjustine greening. First the latest headlines. Israel has confirmed its killed three adult sons of the hamas leader, ismail haniyeh, with an air strike in gaza. It described them as military operatives on their way to carry out terrorist activities. Mr haniyeh, whos based in qatar, said his Family Gathering for the final day of ramadan. Israel has confirmed its killed three adult sons the European Parliament has approved a contentious reform of its migration and asylum rules. It will speed up requests from irregular migrants, and repatriation if their deemed inadmissible. Poland says it wontjoin the mechanism to share hosting of migrants. The worst flooding in almost a hundred years has hit russia and kaza kstan. More than 100,000 people have been evacuated. In the russian city of 0renburg home to half a Million People the water has reached dangerou
from the bank of england, you get to 2026 before the economy is back to where it was before the pandemic, so just that sense of flat lining, no sense of economic growth, and what that means, obviously, for businesses, households, the tax take. so even though some of this stuff isn t as bleak as others have predicted, or indeed has been predicted in the past, yes, it is still pretty grim, really. let s talk about some of the stuff that our first guest on this episode, former conservative mpjustine greening. hello. hello, adam, how are you? i havejust been making my list of all the jobs you did in government. former education secretary, former minister for women and equalities, international development, transport secretary, and economic secretary to the treasury. i know, quite a lot! literally everything that is happening in the country right now!