welcome to the programme. it was budget day here in britain today. a big set piece annual event in which the chancellor stairs into the crystal ball, and tries to predict the future and how best to steer the uk economy through it. the obstacles in his way are common to europe and the united states. high inflation, higher interest rates, and since the pandemic, an intractably acute labour shortage. this graph trackjob vacancies across europe since august 2022, historically high after the pandemic, but you will see the uk, the red line at the very top, is struggling more than most. with 1.1 million vacancies. if more people are employed, more people are paying tax. the good news for the chancellor is that the uk will swerve recession this year thanks to growth returning by the summer. but the economy will still contract by 0.2%. and any brighter news, is tempered by slower growth over the long term. mr hunt said the uk would only grow by 1.8% next year and byjust 2.5% in 2025
factory in china will significantly affect production of the phones and increase wait times ahead of the busy christmas holiday season. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are rachel cunliffe, the senior associate editor at the new statesman, and ali miraj, who s a columnist for the article. the metro leads on rishi sunak s debut on the world stage at the climate conference in egypt where he made a short speech, and features a photo of a warm embrace between the prime minister and french president, emmanuel macron. the guardian has a powerful lead story from cop with the prime minister of barbados mia mottley condemning richer countries for failing the developing world. also leading on cop, the i reports on the un and exploitation of resources, now, and refusing to cough up the money or helping those poor countries who feel the effects most or helping those poor countries who feel the effects most directly. also l
the polling company. welcome to the programme. prime minister rishi sunak has changed his mind and will now attend the comp 27 climate summit in egypt. the u turn comes in the wake of widespread criticism, including from conservative mps after rishi sunak said he was too busy dealing with the economy. his change of heart comes from the un report of changes in europe of more than twice the global average in the past 30 years in the highest in any continent and when given reason is that a higher northern areas of the globe are the fastest morning. we are joined northern areas of the globe are the fastest morning. we arejoined by northern areas of the globe are the fastest morning. we are joined by a former un special representative on sustainability and a former adviser to the uk government for comp 26. she is at the university and welcome to the context and i noticed you are one of the people who signed a letter saying that rishi sunak should be there. what does it make such a
Front pages, including the mail, which claims people are wasting their time recycling christmas waste, which will likely end up in landfill. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. President elect donald trump has gone head to head with the outgoing Us Government over its treatment of israel. Mr trump tweeted that israel was being treated with Total Disdain and disrespect. And the israeli Prime Minister has reacted with anger to a speech by the us secretary of Statejohn Kerry warning that settlement building by israelis in the west bank threatens hopes for peace. Our middle east correspondent Yolande Knell Reports from jerusalem. Tonight, another angry intervention by President Elect donald trump, this time over middle east peace. He came to the us was treating israel with Total Disdain and disrespect. He told it to stay strong until the 20th Of January when he takes office. The speech by us secretary of Statejohn Kerry brought on the row. He criticised israel, accusing its government of
Front pages, including the mail, which claims people are wasting their time recycling christmas waste, which will likely end up in landfill. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. President elect donald trump has gone head to head with the outgoing Us Government over its treatment of israel. Mr trump tweeted that israel was being treated with Total Disdain and disrespect. And the israeli Prime Minister has reacted with anger to a speech by the us secretary of Statejohn Kerry warning that settlement building by israelis in the west bank threatens hopes for peace. Our middle east correspondent Yolande Knell Reports from jerusalem. Tonight, another angry intervention by President Elect donald trump, this time over middle east peace. He came to the us was treating israel with Total Disdain and disrespect. He told it to stay strong until the 20th Of January when he takes office. The speech by us secretary of Statejohn Kerry brought on the row. He criticised israel, accusing its government of