And events costs are set to climb higher through the remainder of 2023 and into 2024, due to inflationary pressures. Joining me now is suzanne neufang, whos the ceo of the Global Business travel association. Welcome, good morning. Is this a surprise . Its been awhile since pandemic now. I a surprise . Its been awhile since pandemic now. A surprise . Its been awhile since pandemic now. I wish it were. Since pandemic now. I wish it were but since pandemic now. I wish it were. But in since pandemic now. I wish it were. But in shortterm since pandemic now. I wish it were. But in shortterm memory, were. But in short term memory, just a year ago we were still really from omicron variant s. So we did expect last year that it would be a slower recovery so we were delighted at this time time last a great deal of this you will show another 32 . We added last year at about a trillion us dollars and we should get about 1. 4 trillion as you say by the end of 2024. Are there any areas in particular
also this lunchtime. lower energy bills for many households after the regulator brings in a new price cap. the chief constable of police scotland the uk s second biggest force admits it is institutionally racist and sexist. and by public demand, a fitting farewell for an raf hero who fought in the second world war. and coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news: history for brighton, their highest finish in the premier league and a first european campaign to look forward to next season. good afternoon. net migration to the uk has hit a record high, despite the government s promise to reduce it. the office for national statistics say that last year 606,000 more people moved to the united kingdom than left it. that s up around 118,000 on the previous year s figure. the rise is driven by people from outside the eu, including ukraine and hong kong. the prime minister says the figures are too high labour claim they show the government has lost control of immigratio
programme is proving a big hit, we ll explain why. more now on the controversial move from the uk government to change key elements of the so called northern ireland protocol, the post brexit trade agreement reached with the eu in 2019. the european union is threatening legal action against the uk warning it would undermine trust and make it harder to negotiate a way out of the impasse. the eu trade commissioner, valdis dombrovskis, says the uk must still cooperate with the eu to make the northern ireland protocol it negotiated work, he was speaking to our global trade correspondent, dharshini david. regard northern ireland protocol we clearly expect uk to respect the agreement which it has negotiated. we know there are issues related to the practical implementation of northern ireland protocol but we have come also with a number of proposals including bespoke arrangements, others practical concerns can be addressed. we know from concerns can be addressed. we know from our
an emergency meeting in paris as the uk calls for an investigation into the treatment of liverpool fans at saturday s champions league final. new data will show how much food and drink prices have been rising as the cost of living crisis grows. we ll have all the details as those findings are released. president biden meets grieving families in texas amid anger at the slow police response to last week s school shooting in which 19 children and 2 teachers were killed. russia insists the liberation of eastern ukraine s donbas region is its unconditional priority as it continues its invasion of the country. that, as eu leaders gather to try to agree a ban on russian oil imports. and.we get a tour of the queen s floating palace the royal yacht britannia ahead of platinum jubilee celebrations this weekend. a bbc news investigation has learned that police forces are taking longer to respond to serious incidents in england and wales. information requests indicate that office