this man does the sums that tell the government how much money they have to spend. but why do they sometimes get it wrong? we ll ask the boss of indepent organisation the obr, richard hughes. it s michael gove s job to make sure the chance of a good life is spread fairly across the land, but can he level the country up when living standards are going down? labour s lucy powell has big plans for the bbc what s the problem she s trying to fix? and remember this act of courage? marina ovsyannikova famously interrupted live tv in russia to protest against the war in ukraine. she ll tell us about her astonishing escape. translation: i was thinking it was better for me translation: i was thinking it was better for me to translation: i was thinking it was better for me to go translation: i was thinking it was better for me to go back translation: i was thinking it was better for me to go back to - translation: i was thinking it was better for me to go back to russia, | bet
inflation you guessed it that s going up, too. we ve seen signs of inflation really peaking now. but of course, it s far too high. the opposite to what the prime minister claims to you. we re halving inflation by paying 50% of people s energy bills and freezing fuel duty. not yet, he s not. there s price pressure on everyone just as the extent of sunak and starmer s income is revealed. mega wealth for one, doing rather well for the other one as official figures for the first time reveal very different numbers. more than two million people using foodbanks just to get by. a lot of the time, it means either starving or getting something to eat. so we have one big question this morning when will everyone start to feel better off?