Also in the programme who will be the next governor of the bank of england . Andrew bailey has emerged as the favourite. And legislators in the us have approved a new trade agreement with mexico and canada to replace the north america Free Trade Agreement. And working with businesses to confront stereotyping at work and in society. How one man is challenging the narrative surrounding black men, through his photography. And you can get in touch with us about anything on the programme. Let us know what you think just use the hashtag bbcworklife. A warm welcome to our new business show. We start with brexit, because today a crucial period for british and european businesses begins as the uk takes a major step towards leaving the eu. The Withdrawal Agreement negotiated between borisjohnsons government and brussels goes before parliament with a vote expected later. And given his large majority, its expected to get through without many changes. Under the agreement, britain is due to formally
have voted to maintain bank rates at 5.25%. monetary policy remains restrictive. let me be clear, there is absolutely no room for complacency. inflation is still too high. we will keep interest rates high. we will keep interest rates high enough for long enough to make sure we get inflation all the way back to the 2% target. we will be watching closely to see if further increases are needed but even if they are not it is much too early to think about rate cuts. i m going to talk about inflation over the coming months and that i will turn to the outlook for the economy further ahead. and means for monetary policy. to start with the near term outlook for inflation. chart one from the report shows consumer price inflation and its components since 2019. it shows how inflation has continued to fall since the previous report in august. watch as we expected. inflation took a step down in the data forjuly published two weeks after the august report. as you can see in our near term pe
All right, where do you want me . Bouncing on my knee where do you think i want you . And David Beckham makes his Big Screen Debut in king arthur but his cameo gets mixed reviews. Good morning. Its thursday 11th may. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. A draft of labours 51 page General Election manifesto has been leaked and seen by the bbc and a number of other news organisation. The leak came as the document was due to be formally signed off today. The document contains a number of eye catching policies including bringing the railways back into Public Ownership as franchises expire and repealing the 1993 railways act which privatised the network. Plans to reverse the privatisation of royal mail at the earliest opportunity. The reintroduction of Maintenance Grants for University Students and a pledge to abolish University Tuition fees. 0n energy the document includes a policy of creating at least one publicly owned Energy Company in every region of the uk, with public con
Snowdonia. Figures today show the number of people being rescued in the mountains is up on last year. Later in the programme we will find out why. Ten years ago today, the first iphone went on sale sparking a smartphone revolution. But how have they changed the way we live . Ill be finding out. Weve come to sheffield to hear about a multi Million Pound plan by the Lawn Tennis Association to revamp grassroots tennis and were also launching our Breakfast Summer Challenge with world number one andy murray the first to take it on. And sarah has the weather. Good morning. Weve got a lot of cloud across the skies today bringing heavy rain for northern and western parts. I will have a full forecast in 15 minutes. Good morning, first our main story. A retired court of appealjudge, sir Martin Moore Bick, is today expected to be appointed to lead the Public Inquiry into the Grenfell Tower disaster. The news comes as police say at least 80 people are believed to have died in the fire, but they do
It is 3 00 a. M. In london. 10 00 p. M. Here on the east coast. As we await the results of the historic vote in britain, you can be assured of one thing, it is very close. There are a lot of similarities over last year what is happening right now in the uk and what is happening right now in american politics, on both sides of the pond people are fed up. Theyre fed up with the establishment. Theyre fed up with the status quo. Theyre fed up with bureaucrats telling them what to do. This is the kind of uprising youre seeing happen not just here in the u. S. But also right now in the uk. I want to head straight over to london as we continue watching futures market. Investors very rattled here in the u. S. , with the dow off more than 200 points. Ashley webster live for us in london. Ashley, give us the latest. Reporter you know, trish, i was looking at these latest numbers, the leave now just slightly ahead of the remain. I mean it is absolutely on a knifes edge, 50. 1 to leave. 49. 9 to s