Of the United States. Its kind of our way, or the highway. Mississippi senator roger wicker on all of that very shortly, In The Meantime, to Mark Meredith on how this is all going down, fueled by not only the president stating that this is the only way to do it, republicans, at a jobs report which might have helped his argument. Mark . Reporter neil, good morning to you right that jobs report is having an impact on the discussions. President biden counting on house and Senate Democrats to pass his 1. 9 trillion Stimulus Package. Republicans want the president to reign in spending but the president made it clear yesterday that hes willing to do this on a Party Line Vote if necessary to fund a few priorit ies like the 1,400 round of stimulus checks that he wants to see go out, more money for Food Assistance programs, as well as extending those enhanced federal Unemployment Benefits. The president making it directly in a speech on friday. Others think that things are Getting Better and we
In the year tojuly. Competition among renters is pushing the prices up with as many as 20 requests to view each available property, up from six in 2019. Data shows there was a 5. 5 increase in rents in london this was the sharpest increase in rent since 2006, and thats despite london being the only region where house prices had fallen. In scotland the average rent was up 5. 7 ina year. And there was an even bigger rise for tenants in wales up 6. 5 . Ben twomey, the chief executive of generation rent, hejoins me now from london. Thank you for coming on the programme. What do you make of those numbers . , ,. ,. , numbers . Sadly, its not a huge Surrise Numbers . Sadly, its not a huge surprise that numbers . Sadly, its not a huge surprise that we numbers . Sadly, its not a huge surprise that we are numbers . Sadly, its not a huge surprise that we are seeing numbers . Sadly, its not a huge| surprise that we are seeing rents going up. Forso surprise that we are seeing rents going up. For s
But hopes to be fit for next weeks game against finland in cardiff. Good afternoon. The Prime Minister has told the commons that alleged comments made by Tory Party Donor frank hester were wrong and racist. Mr hester is reported to have said the mp diane abbott made him want to hate all black women, and should be shot. At Prime Ministers questions in the last hour, The Labour Leader sir keir starmer asked rishi sunak if he was proud to be bankrolled by a someone using racist and mysoginist language. Heres our Political Correspondent damian grammaticus. Will correspondent damian grammaticus. You give the minister . Will you give the money back, Prime Minister . Iii} will you give the money back, Prime Minister . . ,. , minister . £10 million, is a huge amount of minister . £10 million, is a huge amount of money minister . £10 million, is a huge amount of money and minister . £10 million, is a huge amount of money and a minister . £10 million, is a hugei amount of money and a politi
Worth over £85 million. Its now down to kane to decide whether to leave. Hello and welcome to the bbc news at one. At least 36 people are known to have been killed by wildfires sweeping across hawaii. Large parts of the Tourist Town Of Lahaina on the Island Of Maui have been burned to the ground. This was the scene overnight, when flames spread rapidly, forcing some people to jump into the sea to escape. Daylight revealed devastation, with multiple areas burnt to the ground and the western side of the island almost cut off. Officials say the Hospital System is overwhelmed, with many people suffering burns and smoke inhalation. 0ur correspondent Richard Galpin has this report. Is anybody still out here . If anybody is still out here, its time to go. Anybody is still out here, its time to no. ,. ,. , anybody is still out here, its time toao. ,. ,. , to go. These are the desperate calls for eole to go. These are the desperate calls for peeple still to go. These are the desperate calls fo
For a while yet if in the future at all, pointing to an unstable global Food Supply Pressurised by the war in ukraine. Now the price of food in the uk rose by nearly 17. 5 in the year tojune, which was actually a fall from a high of just over 19 in the year to march, following an overall drop in the wholesale price of food which you can see here peaking when russia invaded ukraine last year. It has been trending downwards. But prices are still much higher than before the war and have started creeping up again. Lets discuss this with Kona Haque Head of reserach at commodities house ed and f man holdings. Good to have you on the programme. Do you agree with the Chief Economist at the Bank Of England that actually high food prices are here to stay . I think at least for the sure term we still have got some pressures that will keep prices elevated. The factors globally, the stocks, global stocks of the stocks, global stocks of the grains, the staples such as grains and oils, and sugar, the