ConsUmer confIdence has slUmped. Is the Doom And Gloom laboUr Is sellIng sappIng all enthUsIasm for the brItIsh economy . The governments crItIcs say, It Is tIme for a new message . Reform say they wIll transform the party to pUt NIgel Farage In nUmber 10. Its a bIg pledge for a party wIth fIve mps. How are they goIng to do It . Good EvenIng And Welcome to newsnIght the home of InsIght and IntevIews. On oUr panel tonIght, The PromInent LaboUr Donor and champIon of Green Energy dale vInce, the former BrexIt Party mep, now talk presenter, alex phIllIps. And the Uk DIrector of more In common lUke tryl. For weeks now the government has been tellIng Us the coUntrys fInances are In a rIght old mess. Prepare yoUrself for some paIn, saId the PrIme MInIster. Well, It seems the coUntry has taken hIm at hIs word. ConsUmer sentIment, whIch powers the economy, has dropped lIke a stone In september. We are less wIllIng to spend, whIch means small and medIUm sIzed bUsInesses are not InvestIng eIther.
Live from london this live from london this is business todAy. Is business todAy. We stArt in the Red SeA where irAn bAcked Yemeni Houthi rebels AttAcked two more Crude Oil TAnkers with missiles And drones on mondAy in whAt us CentrAl CommAnd cAlled Reckless Acts of terrorism. LAte lAst week the group releAsed these pictures of Another AttAck on the greek flAgged tAnker sounion. Since the houthis begAn tArgeting ships in support of the pAlestiniAns over the GAzA WAr bAck in november they hAve lAunched more thAn 70 AttAcks, sinking two vessels, Seizing Another And killling At leAst three seAfArers. The economic impAct hAs been felt fAr beyond the region with ships forced to divert on A long And costly detour Around the horn of AfricA. West coAst soAred 389 Betwen December And july. From AsiA to europe its been even more expensive up 469 over the sAme period. Those prices hAve eAsed A little since but Are still mAssively higher thAn when the houthis begAn their AttAcks. Peter sAnd is Chi
and the japanese authorities say a coastguard aircraft involved in yesterday s fatal collision at tokyo s haneda airport wasn t cleared for take off. the smaller aeroplane collided with a japan airlines passengerjet on the runway, leading to a fireball and the deaths of five people. russia and ukraine have agreed to exchange hundreds of prisoners of war, after what moscow described as difficult negotiations. this programme continues on bbc one. today, two other parties are out of the starting blocks. on the eve of big speeches from the labour and conservative leaders, today we had a farage free reform uk press conference. and a lib dem stunt. richard tice, the reform leader, and daisy cooper, deputy leader of the lib dems, are here. all politicians are up against some grim economic warnings. i think it s more likely than not we will see the uk entering recession over the course of 202a. it is a coin toss if you look at economic forecasts. so how will the economy play into t