we begin in china where we ve just had a slew of data that shows how deep the impact of both the pandemic and its demographics is having on society and the economy. data from the national bureau of statistics shows china s economy grew by 2.9% year on year for the last three months of 2022. that beat expectations reuters expected the economy to grow byjust1.8%. for the full year growth came in at 3% far below china s official target of 5.5%. excluding the year covid hit in 2020, this is china s worst showing in nearly 50 years. also today, the news that china s population has shrunk for the first time in more than 60 years a change that is expected to have deep economic, social and political implications for china. for more on that let s go to katie silver in our asia business hub. tell us more. that s right. the bi . tell us more. that s right. the big figure tell us more. that s right. the big figure that tell us more. that s right. the big figure that we ve tel
and misconduct. the mayor of kyiv says that russian strikes on the city this morning have killed one person and wounded three others. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the uk s new chancellorjeremy hunt is to deliver an emergency statement on the british economyjust after 11 o clock this morning, bringing forward measures a fortnight earlier than expected. it s expected there ll be a delay in the plan to cut the basic rate of income tax from 20p to 19p, that would be yet another u turn from the mini budget that caused such turmoil on financial markets. with me now as our chief political correspondent. he is waiting in the wings to talk to me. let me round up, because an hour or so we are expecting to hear from the chancellor, he is going to be making that statement and we are expecting pretty much everything in the mini budgets to be pulled back, except for the national insurance increase, the national insurance cut because that has already been legislated for, obviously
we start here in the uk where a final battle to become the next prime minister is taking place as the country faces the worst cost of living crisis in a generation. as you ve been hearing, formerfinance minister, rishi sunak, and the foreign secretary, liz truss are the last remaining candidates. they will now face a vote by conservative party members around the uk with a result expected in september. whoever wins could mean a very different approach to the economy. truss says you cannot tax your way to growth she is proposing more than 30 million pounds in immediate tax cuts. sunak wants to delay the tax cuts until inflation is under control. borrowing your way out of inflation , he says, isn t a plan, it s a fairytale . the economic challenges facing the next prime minister are huge. last month, the rate of inflation hit 9.4% the highest rate for a0 years driven by a leap in the price of fuel, and also of basic foods like milk, cheese and eggs. our economics edi
so let s get started, and we begin with the latest meeting of the world s major oil producing nations - 0pec+. world leaders, including president biden and the uk prime minister, are hoping the group will agree to pump more oil and ease energy prices that is fuelling inflation. in a bid to increase pressure, joe biden is headed to saudi arabia next month for meetings. but so far the signs are the oil producers group, which includes russia, is unwilling to budge. opec nations produce around 30% of the world s crude oil, about 28 million barrels a day. let s talk this through with spencer welch oil analyst with s&p global. good morning to you. in the last month they had agreed to increase production a teeny tiny bit. but what is their argument for not increasing it more now? more now? good morning, actually more now? good morning, actually they more now? good morning, actually they have - more now? good morning, actually they have been - actually they have been increasin
let s start here in the uk, where prime minister borisjohnson has won the backing of a majority of tory mps in a confidence vote despite a significant revolt against his leadership. mrjohnson won 59% of the vote, meaning he is now immune from a conservative leadership challenge for a year. in total, 211 tory mps voted they had confidence in the prime minister s leadership, while11i8 voted against him. mrjohnson described his confidence vote win as decisive . i think this is a very good result for politics in the country. i think it is a convincing result and a decisive result, and what it means is that as a government, we can move on and focus on the stuff that really matters to people. joining me now is giles coghlan, who s the chief currency analyst at hycm. has it caused concern? perhaps surprisingly. has it caused concern? perhaps surprisingly. it has it caused concern? perhaps surprisingly, it hasn t. - has it caused concern? perhaps surprisingly, it hasn t. the - s