In four years. The bbc has been told that Sir Keir Starmer s Chief Of Staff received a Pay Rise after the election which means she is now paid more than the Prime Minister. Sue gray asked for and was given a salary of £170,000 £3,000 more than the pm and more than any cabinet minister. 0ur political correspondent, henry zeffman, has more. I knew that there were tensions at the top of government and this Storys Existence in some way from Chris Mason and me attests to those, but my phone has practically blown up in the hours since we published this story yesterday, with people across Whitehall And Westminster who are furious at Sue Gray, keir starmer s Chief Of Staff. And let me explain why. It is not necessarily about her salary in absolute terms. There will be people out there who think that not only Sue Gray as prime Ministers Chief of staff, but the Prime Minister himself ought to be paid a lot more. Im sure they could earn lots more in the private sector or certainly in parts of t
Polling with just 47 days ago, a new snapshot or snapshots of the state of the president ial race. In the battlegrounds . First pager is now a new round of exploding devices, targets a terror group. How israel is pulling off these brazen attacks and the Twoweek Manhunt for the gunman who shot five people on a busy interstate. It finally comes to an end who foundand Half Sarah Sidner is out. Im John Berman with Kate Baldwin Cnn new central starts now a new read on the 2024 race postdebate polling from the New York Times and Sienna College showing Harris And Donald trump, in a dead heat nationally, four to seven 47, among likely voters, i have no idea what voice that was. Just go with him. But then if you take a closer look at pennsylvania, it offers this snapshot putting harris ahead of trump with a fourpoint leave. Now, today, harris is focusing in on battleground michigan. Bring it the big guns with oprah and a huge Zoom Event with more than 90,000 people expected to tune in. Its been
Were hundreds of deaths from what was then called septic abortion, propublica is very interested in hearing from Family Members of Loved Ones we have died while pregnant, may be unable to access care. They may have had chronic conditions like Candi Miller who had lupus were very interested in looking at these cases doing what we can to uncover the real causes. We think there needs to be more transparency among state maternal mortality boards which operates two years behind. So who knows how many cases are out there we would like to know no matter the decision, the political decisions made at those at the state level, the transparency of what is happening within the state is important for everyone when theyre making decisions on this thank you so much, eva, and your teams great reporting. It is deserving for everyone to read both of these articles. And im sure therell be more to come to get a feel of this. Thank you very much. A new hour of Cnn News central starts now just called the be
We have continuing coverage of the story on bbc news. Countdown serve the fed, the us Central Bank is expected to cut Interest Rates in the next couple of hours. The question is by how much. Also ahead, Uk Inflation hold steady in august but as the Bank Of England finally slaying the dragon . And The Party is over for tupperware as the 78 year old firm filed for bankruptcy. We lift the lid on what went wrong. Welcome to business today. We start in the us where the federal reserve is poised to cut the cost of borrowing for the first time in four years. That decision comes in less that three hours. It will come at two oclock eastern time. Americas Central Bank cranked up Interest Rates for the highest in two decades to get soaring inflation under control. Lets take you live to New York and talk to our North America Business correspondent. Investors are betting on a cat but the Big Question is how deep that cut will be. Indeed. Thats the deep that cut will be. Indeed. Thats the interestin