you can see more of that story on our world this saturday and sunday at 9.30pm on the bbc news channel and on iplayer. the leaders of finland have said the country should apply apply to join the defence alliance nato without delay, abandoning its traditionally neutral stance. finland shares an 800 mile border with russia and has seen a growth in public support forjoining nato since the invasion of the ukraine. our europe editor katya adler is in helsinki. just how big a change is this? it isa it is a massive change. up until now finland has preferred to work alongside rather than inside nato. it shares an 800 mile long border with russia, which has been very clear that it preferred finland not to join nato, clear that it preferred finland not tojoin nato, so for good neighbourly relations it really wasn t an issue here until russia
today at one. warnings that higher prices are really beginning to bite as the economy shrank in march. people are spending less as the cost of living rises, but the chancellor says the economy is still resilient and there may be more help for those stuggling. but, look, this is really important. i have always said i stand ready to do more as we learn more about the situation. i m out every single week, talking to people across the country. in our other main story today police issue around 50 more fines for lockdown breaking parties in downing street and whitehall. also in the programme. doctors and paramedics tell the bbc long waits for ambulances are having a dangerous impact on patient safety. cambodia calls on the british government to return statues that it says were stolen from its temples.
moment and that will be a relief, i think for number ten, but this process goes on. there are more events being looked at as the potential of more fines to come and there is that second sue gray report which is widely expected to be highly critical of what was going on in downing street. it is extremely uncomfortable still for the prime minister. what is also uncomfortable is the pressure the prime minister is the pressure the prime minister is under to come up with more answers on the cost of living. the cabinet is discussing how to ease the burden, they want to do things like remove red tape and loosen some rules to try and get rid of some costs that families and households are facing, but they are under huge pressure to do more. windfall taxes are something that is not being ruled out by the government, it is something senior ministers do not want to do because they would rather persuade energy companies to invest more money but they know the pressure is such on this issue that they
labour wants to keep the pressure on him. , . .. him. they have reached the distinction him. they have reached the distinction of him. they have reached the distinction of racking - him. they have reached the distinction of racking up - him. they have reached the l distinction of racking up more him. they have reached the - distinction of racking up more fines than any other location in britain yet he is refusing to do the decent thing. i think that is quite extraordinary considering he made the rules, then broke the rules on a record scale. flit the rules, then broke the rules on a record scale- record scale. of course a labour event is also record scale. of course a labour event is also being record scale. of course a labour event is also being investigated | record scale. of course a labour i event is also being investigated by durham police and the party s leader has said he will resign if he receives a fixed penalty notice. unlike the prime minister who has swatted away
that it would be finished by the end of this month at one point and it may be that we are getting there, but in the end, the only solid thing we know it s more than 100 people who attended events in downing street and the cabinet office have now been signed. our political correspondenet nick eardley is in stoke on trent where the prime minister held his cabinet meeting this morning. bad news on the economy today and now the announcement of these fines tricky times for the government? that cabinet meeting is actually running quite late and just getting under way now. but this issue of fines just throws back into the spotlight something that has been really uncomfortable for downing street for months. yes, the prime minister and his wife are not among those being fined again at the