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the cost of living hit a new high last month as energy, fuel and food costs continue to soar, prices surged by 5.5% in 12 months to january. inflation is now rising faster than wages and is expected to climb above 7% this year. our business editor simonjack explains what it all means for the pound in your pocket. getting food to market takes time and money. at this wholesale market in bristol, the effects of a 50% rise in oil prices in the last 12 months is showing up in the price of fruit and veg. things are just going up. certainly transport, packaging, wages. all three. nothing coming down, nothing coming down. this time last year a lorry from spain cost £2200 to get to bristol market. now we are paying £3600. it can t be absorbed any more, we are at a point where we cannot absorb any more.
british business, power abroad and so forth, obviously there will always be some debate on that. but equally in 1760 when george iii crossed the lands, this meant subsequent money that the state gave to the monarchy became reassessed in recent times, and it s always been a subject of debate. is it worth it? i believe it is, there are those who question it, as you say, the amount of money being given to the virginia giuffre, well below raises the question again, and it s a very difficult period for the royal family, there s no denying that. richard, thanks so much, and thank you for your mastery of the numbers they are, that was a lot of detail, i m grateful to you for that. pleasure. i m grateful to you for that. pleasure-
the whole population. because there is always a trade off, you have got to think about, where is the best way to spend the money? and we also must invest in social infrastructure, in housing and education and health care and care for the elderly, transport, things like that, because that is what makes life possible. for all of us. so it is a good idea. they can call it a basic income if they like. but it a basic income if they like. but it is not quite it a basic income if they like. but it is not quite what people who have debated this topic would describe. let s broaden it out. you have given some of the arguments why it may be good to give help to this particular group, we will not know why delhi whether it is the best way of doing it until the trial is conducted, we will not know whether it is the best way of doing it until the trial is conducted. there are those who say we should target taxpayer money to those who most needed and those
will come, on that buckingham palace is absolutely resolute and saying absolutely nothing at all. joining us now is richard fitz williams. let s discuss some of the offers for prince andrew. we know he s put a property up for sale that he s put a property up for sale that he co owns, that presumably will generate a few million, this chalet but what are the other prospects of him actually being able to pay off the money he has to pay virginia giuffre? because we don t know how much money that is. much money that is. exactly, is a substantial much money that is. exactly, is a substantial sum much money that is. exactly, is a substantial sum and much money that is. exactly, is a substantial sum and there - much money that is. exactly, is a substantial sum and there are - much money that is. exactly, is a l substantial sum and there are legal fees. there is no question this was a very large sum of money. now he s got a small pension for some £20,000 a yearfrom his naval service.