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figures. yes, the economy grew overall in the first three months, but in march, its rank and with the war in ukraine and prices continuing to rise the short term picture looks pretty bleak so that government ambition of a high wage, high growth economy, is not going to be realised at any time soon which is why there s so much pressure to do more now to help families that are really struggling. the question is, what? the chancellor doesn t like the idea of a windfall tax on energy companies but he hasn t ruled it out. some conservative mps want tax cuts brought forward. some suggest there should be an intervention on there should be an intervention on the scale of what there was during the scale of what there was during the covid pandemic but that is not when number ten s mind is at the moment. the prime minister told his cabinet today it s on his mind, he urged his ministers come up with options that might help, like cutting the cost of passports for families, shrinking the size of the
in cheshire, the small town of middlewich squeezed middlewich right now. costs are only going one way. at the local cafe, new menus arrive, reprinted with rising prices, reflecting rising costs. like the economy generally, they had been recovering strongly out of the depths of covid, but now the clouds of inflation loom. it is part of a growing economy, but at the moment, it feels like absolutely everything is going up. like, there s no relief. and a big amount, rapidly. i m sure before, you d never really notice the jump, jump, jump, but now it seems to be this, this week, it s something else the week after. that reflects this morning s economic data, showing the good news that the economy grew over the first quarter of the year, finally making up all the lost economic ground during the pandemic. but dig down into the start of this year, and all that growth
for champions league qualification. good evening. police have issued at least 50 more fines, after parties in downing street and other government buildings breached coronavirus rules at the height of lockdown. it s thought at least some of the latest fines relate to a christmas party which borisjohnson did not attend. more than 100 fines have now been issued in total, including to the prime minister and the chancellor. the metropolitan police says their inquiries are continuing. labour says it s evidence of industrial scale partying at number ten. here s our political editor, chris mason. it s long been suspected. today, further confirmation. covid lawbreaking was happening, involving loads of people, for months on end, right at the heart of the government led by boris johnson. the police offered few words,
in the uk, police have issued 50 more fines after parties at downing street and other government buildings were found to have broken the rules on gatherings during the covid lockdown. neither prime minister boris johnson, nor the chancellor rishi sunak were involved although both have already been fined for other gatherings. the main oppositon party, labour, says there is evidence of partying at the heart of government on an industrial scale. here s our political editor chris mason. it s long been suspected. today, further confirmation. covid lawbreaking was happening, involving loads of people, for months on end, right at the heart of the government led by boris johnson. the police offered few words, but they did have a big number more than 100 fines. and they re not finished yet. the prime minister s been in staffordshire happy to pose for pictures, less keen to talk about covid partying.