won the membership, that would probably be the best scenario for his own authority. but very few people thought that would happen. going to the membership can help. but at the same time i think the state things are in, i think mps, at the moment, are more of the few we just need to have the right candidate and do this quickly. we had a long contest over the summer and now it is time to get to work and now it is time to get to work and see if they can unite. you can also you want to unite around a candidate, but when you start making tricky spending decisions, with factions emerging once again in this very bruised party. factions emerging once again in this very bruised party- very bruised party. thank you for “oininu us very bruised party. thank you for joining us earlv very bruised party. thank you for joining us early this very bruised party. thank you for joining us early this morning. i very bruised party. thank you for joining us early this morning. a l joining us early thi
ministers, what they can and cannot do around picket lines, i mean, so far labour has not come out to back inflationary pay rises. but said there should be fair pay rises. in recent weeks, the focus has been on other cost measures, in particular the big flagship policy put forward about freezing energy prices. that is where labour is having the space if you like to put forward that sort of policy and look like they are taking the lead on this at the moment because the conservative leadership contest is still rolling on, another two weeks, the government has said it is not going to make big spending decisions or policy decisions until a new prime minister is in. that is leaving a vacuum until that point as to what exactly can be done to tackle this. helen kat, thank you very much.
now the white house downplaying recession fears. what exactly will the reports show or tell us? let s go by some of the big ones. tomorrow, we re going to get consumer confidence. essentially, how are people feeling, both right now and their outlook for the next six months or the months to come, in terms of their personal financial situation, in terms of the jobs market, and how might that impact really big spending decisions, purchasing decisions? that number has been trailing lower the last few months, so the direction is really important. also, it is at a level not seen in the last ten years. we talk about it a lot on your show, americans are feeling quite grim about the economy. they cite inflation as a big reason why. all right. rahel, stand by. mj, thank you. i want to add to the conversation cnn economics and political commentator. catherine, this is described as an economic hurricane set to strike this week. what is approaching, a cat 1 or cat 5 storm? i wish i knew.
colletta smith, bbc news, in cleckheaton. as we said, the rise in national insurance is expected to bring in at least 11 billion pounds for the government this year and over the next three years spending on health and social care is estimated to go up by £39 billion. but there s heated debate already about the precise way in which this extra revenue is going to be spent and how much will go to the troubled social care sector across the uk as our health editor hugh pym explains. ministers have unveiled a plan for england, new revenues used for higher nhs and social care funding, with scotland, wales and northern ireland making their own spending decisions. every penny of this new levy is going towards that. it will help the nhs with its biggest catch up programme in history, taking activity levels to some
devolution that they are seeking to progress as part of the levelling up agenda? t m progress as part of the levelling up atenda? , , agenda? i m guessing the government will art ue agenda? i m guessing the government will argue that agenda? i m guessing the government will argue that it agenda? i m guessing the government will argue that it is listening will argue that it is listening carefully to what different parts of the uk need. do you think that listening process has happened? well, we have seen the delayed paper today, there is more detail to come, we ve had no meaningful engagement or consultation over that period. so we have been waiting, for example, the replacement of eu structural funding, but scotland has benefited considerably over the last few years from eu structuralfunding, we are still awaiting detail about what will replace it in the form of the shared prosperity funding or otherwise. and just a few months ago we saw the uk government making decisions, spend