Asks of you, as well, to accept short term pain for long term good, the difficult trade off for the genuine solution. And i know that after all that you have been through, that is a really big ask and really difficult to hear. That is not the position we should be in. Its not the position i want to be in, but we have to end the politics of the easy answer that solves nothing. Lets speak to our political correspondent, nick eardley, at westminster. What big asks is he talking about . That is the million question, and i think what was pretty clear from keir starmer is that the next few months are not going to be that much fun actually when it comes to government announcements. The most striking bit for me was when he said the budget is coming in october and it will be painful, those with the broadest shoulders will face the heaviest burden. Absolutely clear there will be some really unpopular announcements in that budget, perhaps around attacks, perhaps focus more on people with higher i
The american makers of the novavax Coronavirus Vaccine have reported promising findings from a large scale trial in britain, raising hopes the jab could be rolled out in a matter of months, boosting global supplies. A study was Strong Enough to protect against a highly transmissible british variant of the virus. Heresjon donnison. Another scientific breakthrough in the fight against coronavirus. This time, from the us firm novavax. Results of the us firm novavax. Results of the Companies British Trial showed the first proven efficacy against the new more contagious uk variant. There were more than 15,000 volunteers on the trial throughout the uk. 0ver volunteers on the trial throughout the uk. Over half the cases of covid 19 recorded came from the new variant. It is very significant because we were able to show that the vaccine works well against both the old, the original strain and the new strain, that had 96 efficacy against the original covid 19 strain and yet still had 86 efficacy
We start with an Epic Battle Raging On Wall Street that has seen small time Amateur Investors take on the titans of the hedge fund industry. Its all centred around this company the struggling us computer Game Retailer gamestop. It shares have soared at much as 1700 after a group of private investors used online forums to drive up their price. And that has raised serious questions about how Financial Markets operate in the era of social media, as paul hawkins reports. This is a story of david versus goliath, of the amateur online investor beating the Big Traditional Wall Street traders. At the centre of it, gamestop, a struggling American Retailer Selling dvds and video games. A number of the Wall Street Traders picked up on its problems and bet money that its share price would fall, known in the business as shorting a stock. Only for this particular stock, Amateur Investors swapping tips on the social media site reddit saw it as an opportunity. They bought shares, which actually drove
Now on bbc news, Monday In Parliament. Hello again and welcome to Monday In Parliament, as mps call for more help for those living in flats with Inflammable Cladding. Theyre locked into an absolute nightmare, in unsafe homes, unable to sell, unable to remortgage and facing mounting bills. The Housing Minister says the government is on the case. It is vital that dangerous cladding is removed as fast as possible, and the government will not tolerate unnecessary delays. Also in this programme, a message for those unsure about the covid jab. This is a safe vaccine. Everyone who qualifies should take it and you should trust i the government and the nhs in order to supply it. But first, ministers have come under pressure from mps including many on their own side to do more to help People Living in homes with dangerous cladding. Three and a half years after the Grenfell Tower disaster, in which 72 people died, thousands of leaseholders are facing large bills to remove Inflammable Cladding and