it is unfairto last 40 years and i don t think it is unfair to say that this is all evidence that a joe biden economic plan is actually working. it biden economic plan is actually workinu. , ., ~ working. it is working. yet that performance - working. it is working. yet that performance is - working. it is working. yet i that performance is unlikely working. it is working. yet - that performance is unlikely to be repeated this year. that is after the federal reserve, america s central bank, raised a key rate in an effort to tame the most inflation in 40 years. he was housing market is already showing signs of strain from the rising interest rates. higher borrowing cost, slowing inflation by reduce consumer spending and business investment but they can also lead to recession. steven blitz is chief us economist at ts lombard what s your outlook for the states? i think the numberfor the fourth quarter overstates the growth rate a little bit. these are averages. 0ctober are averages. o
the teacher s union, the nasuwt, have announced that 9 out of 10 members voted to supported strike action over teachers pay in a recent ballot.but the union says turnout in england and wales was 42% and doesn t meet the legal threshold. joining my now is our education editor branwenjeffreys. they have to get the minimum threshold to vote on any ballot, and then they have to get the minimum numberfor then they have to get the minimum number for legal action. what the unit have done is get a strong response between their members, between eight and nine out of ten who voted in favour of taking either action short of a strike or a strike, and remember these are classroom teachers, but only 42% of them, so below the 50% threshold who were eligible to vote turned out, and that means this is not valid, they do not have the legal right to go ahead and call any strikes. what go ahead and call any strikes. what does that mean go ahead and call any strikes. what does that mean for go ahead a
voting numbers. there early foot was compressed into five days here. even so more than 1.8 million people turned out in that time. our own 56% of those were women. they tend to break for rafael warner. i of those were women. they tend to breakfor rafael warner. i run of those were women. they tend to break for rafael warner. i run a third were black vultures. that is a good numberfor third were black vultures. that is a good number for democrats as well. as well as a fairly sizeable percentage of young people. that has given democrats after your tailwind if you like. if you add to that the poor weather we had today. i think republicans will be more worried. there were looking at trying to get a pulling the turnout of around 60% break in for herschel walker. and he only got 50% less time around. and then he was travelling on the coat tails of other democrats on the ballot. it will be tougher herschel walker. there is only 37,000 votes between them in the first election for some it will
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foremost, there are around 20,000 covid patients in hospital, the highest numberfor about covid patients in hospital, the highest number for about a year. half of them, more than half, were admitted with something else. people are not tending to need intensive care, treatments have improved, but there are around 1300 covid related deaths a year, which is why vaccines remain crucial. more than 7 million over 75s are eligible for a spring booster which will top up any waning immunity. booster which will top up any waning immuni . , ., , booster which will top up any waning immuni . , . , ., disruption at airports and at the port of dover is continuing the snp says next month s elections in scotland are a chance to send a message to boris johnson . at the launch of her party s campaign, nicola sturgeon said the vote came amid what she called a tory made cost of living crisis . she promised her councillors would focus on the issue if elected. we need to see borisjohnson and rishi sunak w