so mortgage costs rise, too, and there s a return of the 100% house loan. recession s probably off the table, but making ends meet is tough. people come in and sometimes they mention they ve only got so much to spend so, you know, you try and give them the best deal you can. so we have one big question this morning. will it be hard for the country to make a living for years to come? sky high gas and electriticy prices are part of the problem the energy secretary, grant shapps, is here. what would labour do differently? johnny reynolds shadow business secretaryjoins us too. and maybe the economy will be turned upside down by robots anyway tech boss emad mostaque has stopped by. i think this will be a bigger economic impact than the pandemic. it s up to us to decide the direction. and food prices are part of the pressure. the boss of world food programme cindy mccain on why it s a much bigger problem than at our checkouts. we are asking everybody to please support us be
You from downing street. The battle for your votes and the keys to number ten has begun. The general election is exactly six weeks today on the 4th ofjuly. Politicians are wasting no time in launching their Election Campaign. Rishi sunak started a tour of all four nations, he began that in derbyshire. Sir keir starmer began his campaign in gillingham in kent. In the last hour the Prime Minister was at his first major event of the day, laying out his pitch to voters. Lets have a listen to what he had to say. Eaten listen to what he had to say. Even thou h listen to what he had to say. Even though there listen to what he had to say. Even though there is listen to what he had to say. Even though there is more listen to what he had to say. Even though there is more work listen to what he had to say. Even though there is more work to do and it will take time to see the bennis benefits of that, the time the plan is working and we will have the economic stability back. But with that economic
Warm in scotland, 9 degrees in aberdeen, compared with 2a or 25 across parts of south east england. And then as we head through saturday night, the rain band will slowly shift its way northwards, so, for there of central parts of scotland it will turn just a little bit drier. On sunday the heaviest rain will be across the north of scotland into orkney, elsewhere, some spells of sunshine, maybe not quite as warm on sunday but still pretty remarkable for october, 2a degrees in the south east, little bit less cool in northern parts of scotland. Extra week starts off warm in the south, only slowly will it start to feel more like we would expect in october. Astonishing. Ben rich, thank you. Thats it. More analysis is on newsnight with faisal islam, over on bbc two. But the news continues here on bbc one, with cheering a 20 swing by election and suddenly those 44 Snp Westminster seats look a bit shaky. Does this Remove A Key Roadblock for the opposition in place for nearly nine years or will
While theres no sign of that happening at this point, a video showing two hostages, including an american was released on saturday by hamas. In other diplomatic moves, the us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken is due in saudi arabia for talks with regional leaders. He and other key players are expected to meet on the sidelines of the World Economic forum to discuss the war. And its reported a hamas delegation will visit cairo on monday for Gaza Ceasefire talks. So how likely is it that hamas will release hostages . Ive been speaking to Ahron Bregman from the Department Of War Studies at Kings College london about those hostage videos. Well, first of all, very good news for the families because they can see that their loved ones are still alive. And the message of hamas is basically here, you have the hostages, and you, the Israeli Government, should compromise. It is also a message to the American Administration because one of the hostages has got american nationality. So hamas pressure