As they warn of a significant cost to the economy. Non League Sutton united face arsenal in the fifth round of the fa cup. Good morning. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Dozens of local authorities in england are Planning Council tax rises of almost 5 , according to their umbrella body, the local Government Association. The money is needed to pay for the rising costs of social care, but the lga says that Many Councils will still be forced to make cuts to services as the extra money will not be enough. Heres our social Affairs Correspondent alison holt. This is social care in action. After several falls, Maureen Edwards is getting support in social care is immediate now. The funding for local government needs to be resolved immediately. The government says extra money is being put into social care and authorities will soon be able to keep all the money they raise from council tax and business rates. Alison holt, bbc news. We just heard a report from izzy secombe, chairman joining me from o
times. with the money coming in from the imf and result boosting, the government getting betterfunds boosting, the government getting better funds to boosting, the government getting betterfunds to import essentials, at least the shortages would be eased out and maybe over the next few months inflation will come under control. interest rates have also been raised by the central bank to control inflation and that has also affected business to not be able to go ahead, with their normal operations. a few of these things will start coming back on track. the large scale reforms will certainly have a bearing on conditional burden on the citizens that are struggling with the economic crisis. ., ~ , ., let s get some of the day s other news. the online retail giant amazon has announced plans to cut a further 9,000 jobs to save costs. the firm said the cuts would fall mainly in areas including cloud computing and advertising. it already closed 18,000 posts in january. the ceo andy jassy said i
of nursing have voted to accept a new pay offer from the scottish government. the union had recommended its members back the deal which would see a 6.5% increase from april, coupled with a promise of other changes. a narrow majority voted for the proposal, which ends the immediate threat of strike action. the online retail giant amazon has announced plans to cut another 9,000 jobs to save costs. the firm, which employs 1.5 million people worldwide, said the cuts would fall mainly in areas including cloud computing and advertising. it hasn t specified which countries would be affected, but says positions will be closed in the next few weeks. the firm already axed 8,000 jobs injanuary. almost 400 hotels most of them in england are being used by the government to house more than 50,000 asylum seekers. seaside resorts, airports and even retirement villages are among the locations being used, as part of a home office scheme. it is costing more than £6 million every day. our home affair
the funeral has taken place of elle edwards, the 26 year old woman shot dead on christmas eve in a pub in wallasey on merseyside. police say elle wasn t the intended target of the gunman. connor chapman, who s 22, has been charged with murder and is due to stand trial injune. staff at the online retail giant amazon are staging theirfirst ever strike in the uk, in a dispute about pay. around 300 members of the gmb union have taken action at amazon s warehouse in coventry after they were given what they call a derisory 5% rise last august. the company, which doesn t recognise trade unions in the uk, says it offers competitive pay. our employment correspondent zoe conway has that story. it s one of the biggest retailers in the world, one of the biggest private sector employers in the uk.
cyber monday, the numbers don t lie. lots of you like to wait. according to the national retail federation, 56%, so more than half of americans consumers just knocked out there shopping this past weekend. 4%, they were going to wait until christmas was over. retailers don t care when you spend the money so long as you spend it, and consumers are and 2018 the nrf says overall spending is up from 5% last year and in all areas. interestingly, self gifting is up 13% this year so, people can feel confident enough to spend more money on themselves. that also translates into some of the sales numbers that we have seen so far this holiday. online retail giant amazon at its busiest shopping day ever back on cyber monday, selling nearly $8 billion in one day