lot about omicron. we don t know a lot about omicron. we don t know a lot about omicron. we don t know a lot about it at the moment, but i would say this, it certainly does have an effect on activity in the economy. we are seeing impacts on mobility, footfall in retail outlets, restaurant bookings and so on. it is not clear whether it will cause inflation pressure to come down or even go up, and that is a very important factor for us. with me now is yael selfin, chief economist at kpmg uk. thank you forjoining us. we said in the introduction that the bank of england had been widely expected to raise interest rates following those inflation figures yesterday, but that rice was not expected to come, most thought, until the new year. why have they done it now? to
degrees. through the weekend drifting up towards iceland through sunday and that will allow some cold air to move down from the north east. friday a similar story, a lot of grey and misty and murky weather around, the best of any of the brightness around the north east of the uk, temperatures in single digits, but for most, particularly in the south and west, we are looking at ten and 11 degrees. at the weekend it will be drier, but cloudy for most entertaining caller as well.
the chances of passing it on. getting boosterjabs into as many arms as possible remains the government s main tactic for tackling the new wave. this vaccination centre in kent has seen the number ofjabs being delivered increased fourfold. the prime minister denied there was any confusion between the message from health experts and ministers. there is a lot of omicron around, be careful, exercise caution if you want to avoid isolation, getting unwell over christmas. implement plan b, but get boosted now as the fastest route back to normality, because the booster does give you an excellent level of protection. in scotland, it expected that omicron will be the dominant strain of coronavirus by tomorrow. nicola sturgeon has confirmed restrictions designed to curb the spread of coronavirus, which will affect shops and hospitality venues in scotland, will come into force tomorrow. rules on physical distancing and the management of queueing in shops will be reintroduced.
this is bbc news. i m annita mcveigh. the headlines: the country s chief medical officer says the uk could surpass previous records of people admitted to hospital with covid 19 and warns of major challenges in the days ahead. a lot of people simultaneously fall ill and be unwell, isolating or caring for others at the same time across the whole economy. so that side of things, i also do think we need to take quite seriously. the chancellor will hold talks with representatives of the hospitality sector, who are asking for further government support to cope with the challenges of the omicron variant. the queen has cancelled her traditional pre christmas family party next week. sources suggest it could have put too many people s christmas arrangements at risk. coming up at 2:30pm,
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