it s seven in the morning in singapore, and midnight in london, i m monica miller borisjohnson has been referred to the police by the cabinet office, over new claims he may have broken lockdown rules during the pandemic. the allegations have come to light during preparations for the covid public investigation. mrjohnson has replied to the allegations in a statement. in the statement, mrjohnson s team says the assertion by the cabinet office that there have been further covid rule breaches is totally untrue . and says, many will conclude that this has all the hallmarks of yet another politically motivated stitch up. our political correspondent jonathan blake has more on the story. there is no investigation yet to what happened here is the lawyers going to boris johnson s a ministerial diary during the time of the pandemic in the process of preparing evidence for forthcoming public inquiry which will examine the uk s response to the pandemic came across diary entries which w
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a very warm welcome to the programme. i m sally bundock. we start here in the uk. allies of the former uk prime minister, borisjohnson, have condemned the cabinet office for releasing details about possible covid lockdown breaches to scotland yard and thames valley police. lawyers preparing the government s case ahead of the public inquiry into the handling of the pandemic have sent the police information about meetings held at downing street and the prime minister s country retreat, chequers. the allegations have come to light during preparations for the covid public investigation. mrjohnson has replied to the allegations in a statement. his team says. 0ur political correspondent, jonathan blake, has more details. there is no investigation. what has happened here is that the lawyer through borisjohnson lawyer through boris johnson cosmic ministerial diary from the time of the pandemic in the process of preparing evidence for a forthcoming public enquiry which will examine th
i m sally bundock and we start here in the uk where in the next few hours the latest inflation numbers will be released and its widely anticipated the news will be good with prices coming down. the bank of england says it expects inflation to fall sharply in april . this follows an upgrade from the international monetary fund for the uk economy. it says we should avoid a recession this year but the imf is warning inflation remains stubbornly high and higher interest rates will need to remain in place if it is to be brought down. so where are we at? if we look at february inflation measured as consumer prices stood at 10.4%. the soaring cost of food and energy being the key drivers. it then fell slightly to 10.1% in march. this was a surprise as a much biggerfall was predicted and rang alarms bells with concerns of sticky inflation that proves difficult to reduce. bells with concerns inflation is proving very sticky. difficult to bring down. and helps low prices with th
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