welcome to the programme. a smaller workforce represents a serious economic challenge. it makes it harder for employers to filljobs. it adds to wage pressures that drive inflation. it holds back growth. it reduces the tax revenues available to fund public services. there is an imperative in helping people back to work. the trouble is many parents in this country can t afford to because many would see their take home pay wiped out by the £15,000 average annual cost of full time childcare for a two year old. right now, uk childcare costs are double the 0ecd average. the only two countries where parents spend a higher percentage on childcare are switzerland and new zealand. when i had my daughter, who s five, i had to quit myjob because we couldn t afford childcare. i look forward to going back to nursing. my plan is to go back to nursing. if there d been more options and if childcare had been either cheaper or there was more flexibility, that would ve definitely been something
hello and welcome. we will concentrate on the stories dominating the headlines here in the uk. some breaking news here in the uk an inquiry fails to determine whether or not a british mp told a minister that her muslim faith was a factor in her sacking but finds mark spencer did not break ministerial rules. nusrat ghani claimed she was told her muslimness was raised as an issue when she lost herjob as transport minister in february 2020. our political correspondent jonathan blake gave details on the background to this investigation. this investigation began in february of last year when borisjohnson was prime minister. he asked his ethics adviser at the time to look into the claims by nusrat ghani, a conservative mp who claims that when she had been sacked as transport minister in 2020, she was told that her muslimness had been raised as an issue. subsequently, she raised concerns about those comments which were made. it was later revealed by the chief whip at the time, m
of the united states. there ve been powerful tornadoes in the southern state of arkansas, killing three people and injuring twenty others. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. city s best ever performance under pep according to guardiola after a 4 1win against rivals liverpool. whatever city do arsenal seem equal to, with striker gabrieljesus back among the scorers. it s heartbreak for harlequins as they leave their comeback too late against stormers in rugby union s champions cup. also coming up on sportsday. after a difficult start to the formula one season, british drivers george russell and lewis hamilton are on the up down under. and it s all on the line for anthonyjoshua win or bust for him againstjermaine franklin at the 02 tonight. welcome to sportsday. it s been packed day back in the premier league today with plenty of goals to savour as the action resumed after the international break. manch
russia. but we are on the edge of high pressure and the front affecting person parts of uk during the course of sunday and that big temperature contrast. so pushing 10 degrees around the western fringes of country. but further to the east, three degrees and there could be some fog around in the morning as well. so it may not be three, but closer to zero through the course of the afternoon on sunday. so a raw sunday for some of us. the high pressure still with us on monday. but fronts close by to the north of the uk. i think the temperatures will slowly start to creep up as we go through the course of the week next week. the weather will be variable. generally it is going to be bright. so a nippy weekend for most of us this weekend. warming up next week a most of us this weekend. warming up next week a bit. most of us this weekend. warming up next week a bit. thanks. that s all from the bbc news at six, so it s goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc s news tea
Nathalie tocci, former eu Foreign Policy advisor. The longtime capitol hill correspondent, and now Washington Post live anchor, leigh ann caldwell, and christopher steele, formerly head of the russia desk at mi6. Hello, welcome to the progamme. The photographs speak for themselves. Red tabs, yellow tabs, top secret documents, some of them marked hcs human Confidential Sources which the Us Government believe the former President Donald Trump was attempting to conceal. The fbi seized 33 boxes from mar a lago earlier this month, more than 100 classified documents, three of which were found mixed with other papers in his desk and not in locked storage as where they were supposed to be. In a 36 page filing to a federal judge, prosecutors said that at a june meeting the trump team had certified in writing that all remaining documents were contained in a single sealed envelope that was handed over. But in august and in a matter of hours the fbi had recovered twice as many documents with class