welcome to the programme. it was budget day here in britain today. a big set piece annual event in which the chancellor stairs into the crystal ball, and tries to predict the future and how best to steer the uk economy through it. the obstacles in his way are common to europe and the united states. high inflation, higher interest rates, and since the pandemic, an intractably acute labour shortage. this graph trackjob vacancies across europe since august 2022, historically high after the pandemic, but you will see the uk, the red line at the very top, is struggling more than most. with 1.1 million vacancies. if more people are employed, more people are paying tax. the good news for the chancellor is that the uk will swerve recession this year thanks to growth returning by the summer. but the economy will still contract by 0.2%. and any brighter news, is tempered by slower growth over the long term. mr hunt said the uk would only grow by 1.8% next year and byjust 2.5% in 2025
There is improvement this morning so again, literally, today we may get that in. Felt will be wet. We are coming off 2 inches of rain for the philadelphia airport, over an inch and a half in wilmington, dover, delaware. 87 is he far, mount holly over a half inch of rain, and lesser toward Lehigh Valley as expect. Only a quarter inch. But we will add to those, tallies today, and still coming down a little bit. Today mostly cloudy skies. We could get a peak of sun, still a few scattered showers around. Overall rainfall amount much lighter around a tenth of an inch or less. Temperatures on the cool side in the 60s. Lower 50s for will allentown, philadelphia. Fiftytwo as well in trenton, 46 in the poconos. The heres your forecast for today. Mostly cloudy, mid 60s at the shore, lower 60s in the poconos. We mentioned that improving forecast but we have more rain, we will break it down in a few minutes, rahel, back to you. Not done just yet, thank you. Tragedy in chester. One teen shot and ki
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