and desperate ways. the sacked boss of the business lobbying group the confrederation of british industry has told the bbc that he s been made the fall guy for the crisis at the organisation. tony danker said his reputation had been destroyed as the public had wrongly connected allegations of sexual harassment against him with separate accusations of serious misconduct at the cbi before hejoined. i want to apologise to anybody at the cbi that i upset and made uncomfortable. that is on me, that s on me. but i have had a week of coverage saying tony danc are sacked in rape scandal. these stories have been about rape and sexual assault and cocaine and bullying. none of that was anything to do with me and
much as expected. soaring prices for bread, cerealand much as expected. soaring prices for bread, cereal and chocolate meant the cost of living rose, seeing free prices increase at their fastest rate in 45 years. inflation now stands at 10.1%, down from 10.4% last month. the sacked boss of cbi says his reputation has been totally destroyed stop tony danker has told the bbc his name had been wrongly associated with separate claims, including rape, that allegedly occurred at the business group before hejoined. president of the cbi brian mcbride says he s very disappointed for mr danker and the way it ended but has defended his removal. fox news has agreed to pay the equivalent of more than £600 million to settle a defamation case related to its coverage of the 2020 presidential election. the voting machine company dominion accused the network owned by rupert murdoch of spreading false claims its equipment had been rigged against donald trump. and rishi sunak is expecte
today s higher than expected inflation rate will embolden those on the bank of england monetary policy committee who want to raise interest rates for the 12th time in a row to head off inflation. others, though, think interest rate rises have already gone too far. the sacked boss of the cbi has been told he s been made the. the fall guy for the crisis engulfing the business lobbying group. tony danker apologised to anyone at the organisation that he had upset or made uncomfortable, but said his reputation has been destroyed as the public have wrongly connected allegations against him of sexual harassment with separate charges of serious misconduct that occurred before he joined the cbi. he has been talking to our business editor simonjack well, love, simon, iwant to apologise to anybody at the cbi that i upset, that i made him comfortable. that s on me. that s on me. but i have had a week of
all eyes on belfast this evening, where the architects of the good friday agreement are toasting 25 years of peace. there s a concluding dinner at hillsborough castle tonight, which we will dip into. no prospects of peace in ukraine. we are going to discuss a new report from denmark today which suggests russian assault ships, disguised as fishing trawlers and research vessels, that are threatening infrastructure in the north sea. we will talk more generally about bullying within the workplace and how we now define it. the sacked boss of the cbi has told the bbc his reputation has been totally destroyed by the allegation he is facing. and no let up in the cost of living. inflation is still a problem for all the advanced economies, a problem exacerbated here in the uk by the weak pound, which makes imports much more expensive. all that to come. but we start in belfast rishi sunak, is attending a gala dinner tonight, the final event in a week of commemorations marking 25 years