you can see more of that story on our world this saturday and sunday at 9.30pm on the bbc news channel and on iplayer. the leaders of finland have said the country should apply apply to join the defence alliance nato without delay, abandoning its traditionally neutral stance. finland shares an 800 mile border with russia and has seen a growth in public support forjoining nato since the invasion of the ukraine. our europe editor katya adler is in helsinki. just how big a change is this? it isa it is a massive change. up until now finland has preferred to work alongside rather than inside nato. it shares an 800 mile long border with russia, which has been very clear that it preferred finland not to join nato, clear that it preferred finland not tojoin nato, so for good neighbourly relations it really wasn t an issue here until russia
january our businesses were telling us that despite increasing costs their order books were strong. in their order books were strong. in the last month they have seen those order books decline and that is what we are worried about, we are worried that we are at a tipping point in going into recession and that is why we need to see the government act now with three key measures, reversing national insurance increases, decreasing vat on energy and bring in free covid testing for businesses. and bring in free covid testing for businesses- businesses. today the bbc s economics businesses. today the bbc s economics editor businesses. today the bbc s economics editor asked - businesses. today the bbc s economics editor asked the l economics editor asked the chancellor why he wasn t doing more in treating this as an emergency. what i would say is i am completely aware of what the challenge is that people are facing are. stare aware of what the challenge is that people are facing are. pe
moment and that will be a relief, i think for number ten, but this process goes on. there are more events being looked at as the potential of more fines to come and there is that second sue gray report which is widely expected to be highly critical of what was going on in downing street. it is extremely uncomfortable still for the prime minister. what is also uncomfortable is the pressure the prime minister is the pressure the prime minister is under to come up with more answers on the cost of living. the cabinet is discussing how to ease the burden, they want to do things like remove red tape and loosen some rules to try and get rid of some costs that families and households are facing, but they are under huge pressure to do more. windfall taxes are something that is not being ruled out by the government, it is something senior ministers do not want to do because they would rather persuade energy companies to invest more money but they know the pressure is such on this issue that they