a bit more persistent. so, in general the market s expecting maybe one or two more interest rate rises, up to about 5%. the fact we are not in recession probably doesn t change that thinking. the man in charge of the uk s economy has welcomed the rise. here s chancellor of the exchequer, jeremy hunt. these are much better figures than anyone would possibly have predicted even three months ago. that is partly because what the governor of the bank of england said yesterday. measures in the budget that are helping to help companies to recruit and tackle some of the underlying problems in the economy. but there is still much work to do. we still have inflation that is much too high, that is causing a lot of pressure forfamilies up and down the country. that is why we have to stick to our plan to get inflation down, to get growth up, and to get the economy motoring in the way that we all want. the uk remains the only g7 country in which the quarterly measure of gdp has not recover
Leadership. Next week comes after the collapse of the snps power sharing deal with the greens last thursday, and finally, a gold pocket watch recovered from the body of the richest man on the titanic, has been sold at auction for a record breaking £1,175,000. Now it had been expected to fetch only around 150 k. Previous amount. The only around 150 k. Previous amount. The highest amount ever paid for a titanic artefact was 1. 1 million for a violin, which was played as the ship sank. Businessman John Jacob Astor was 47 when he went down with the ship in 1912. After seeing his wife madeleine safely onto a lifeboat. Now, rather than attempt to get on one himself, the businessman was last seen smoking a cigarette and chatting with a fellow passenger. They with a fellow passenger. They dont make them like that anymore. Well, for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. Common shirts back now to. Mark. Common shirts back now to.
Hour, ill be dealing with andrew neil, my former colleague. Its bad blood. You wont want to miss it. Thats at ten. So two hours of big opinion, big debate and big entertainment. Mark dolan, tonight is your perfect saturday night in. Lets start with mr saturday night himself. The start with mr saturday night himself. The one and only ray addison. Addison. Thanks, mark. Just after nine our top stories conservative mp doctor Daniel Poulter has defected to labour, saying the tories are now a nationalist party of the right. Announcing his decision in the observer newspaper, the former Health Minister said it is abundantly clear that the labour party alone has the will and the trust to restore and reform the nhs. To restore and reform the nhs. He urged rishi sunak to call a general election as soon as possible. A tory party possible. A tory Party Spokesperson has described the news as disappointing , but news as disappointing, but labour leader sir keir starmer called it fantastic. Doctor ca