those numbers from the office of national statistics. live now to jay lindop, director of migration statistics, at the office for national statistics. thank you very much a being with us. what do the numbers show? figs thank you very much a being with us. what do the numbers show?- what do the numbers show? as you sa , the what do the numbers show? as you say. the latest what do the numbers show? as you say, the latest figures what do the numbers show? as you say, the latest figures for what do the numbers show? as you say, the latest figures forjune - what do the numbers show? as you say, the latest figures forjune 23, l say, the latest figures forjune 23, r 672,000, the highest levels we have seen recently. so those numbers have seen recently. so those numbers have gone up since last year, june 2022, but they are actually lower than the december 22 estimate. it s really important to understand the context of the numbers. before the pandemic, migration patterns were r
record high, and the office for budget responsibility says it would represent the largest fall in living standards since the 19505. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. these reforms will save around two million self employed people an average of £350 a yearfrom april. better than nothing. tuning into the autumn statement at walthamstow market. a good place to test the mood. pensioners seemed happy. him increasing pension, that s good for me. and young workers like the rise in the minimum wage too. 10% more i m going to win i m going to earn. yeah. who wouldn t like it? but other workers said the cut to national insurance isn t enough. not with the way things are at the moment. the cost of living is too expensive. £450, divide that by 12, divide it by the family that you ve got. is it enough? i don t think so. here are the key details. first, that national insurance cut. it s going from 12% to ten for all employees from january. the self employed will see a
i want to start at the beginning, because it s important to establish what we re talking about. can you explain the difference between legal and illegal migration? legal migration the government has a lot of power and influence or affect, doesn t it? doesn t it? legal migration is essentially doesn t it? legal migration is essentially government - doesn t it? legal migration is| essentially government knows doesn t it? legal migration is - essentially government knows that that person is in the country, either because they have it with valid visa, or because of some agreement with that country, for example when the uk was in the eu, people from the eu could come to the uk without a visa, this is different to illegal migration where the government doesn t know that that person is in the country, but an important decision to be made is thatjust because somebody enters a country illegally, like crossing the channel on a small boat, it does not mean they are and illegal migrant
you re paying attention to the price at the x, if you give the good economic news of an ugly christmas sweater? possibly, that s interesting. i did not think you are going there. i did not know where that sentence was going to end. i have never seen chris hayes with and over the shoulder monitor that says, this is the season. and i am telling you, the holiday cheer, people want to see you in the santa hat. mark it, i will be in an ugly christmas sweater, doing this thorough before the holiday season is. out whatever it takes to get people to pay attention to the good news, and it may take you in a santa hat and a large white beard, america, you are owed that. let s do it. thank you, my friend. for doing the humans work at this economy. thank you to you at home for joining us this hour. we are beginning with breaking news this evening. the israeli government as voted to accept a deal that would free 50 hostages currently being out by the terrace group hamas. th
in the end, a win would not have been enough because croatia managed to get the victory they needed to progress through to the finals. for the fans, deep disappointment but all hope is not lost. they still have the play offs to look forward to. i was a bit disappointed. i think we deserved it. i really think we deserved it. but, oh well. how hopeful are you wales can reach another major tournament via the play offs? very hopeful. got ourselves to blame. we could have qualified earlier in the competition. we didn t. relied on this result which did not go our way. really disappointing, really disappointing. | but i think they played well . but they had a lot of chances. unfortunately it did not turn out very well for them - in the end. but here we are. wales could not have dreamt of a better start. nico williams gave wales the lead in the opening few minutes. cardiff city stadium buzzing. that noise dampened down a little bit while news filtered through of croatia taking the le