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jeremy corbyn has told the bbc he doesn t believe that immigration in the uk is too high. in a major speech, he is expected to suggest that labour is no longer wedded to the principle of freedom of movement. when asked if he had changed his mind about the numbers coming to the uk this morning, he said no. he also addressed the issue of pay, saying he wanted to put a cap on the maximum amount people can earn in the uk, to create a more equal society. our political correspondent reports. he has criticised the prime minister for not having a plan for brexit but he has been under pressure to set out his stall. today, he reached out for labour voters worried about eu immigration by saying his party wasn t wedded to freedom of movement. in a bbc interview he didn t suggest any new restrictions, so didn t suggest any new restrictions, so how would he d tackle the level of unskilled immigration? ending exploitation of migrant workers, ending on cutting existing pay conditions, ....
nominations and be speaking to a director who is up for an award. in the next hour, we ll talk to a bafta nominee hollywood musical la la land leads the way with 11 nods. and getting bigger. the world cup will expand to 48 teams in less than decade as 16 more nations are allowed in. welcome to bbc news. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has told the bbc that he does not believe that immigration in the uk is too high. in a major speech this afternoon he is expected to suggest that labour is no longer wedded to the principle of freedom of movement. but when asked this morning if he had changed his mind about the numbers coming to the uk he said, ‘no . mr corbyn also addressed the issue of pay, saying he wanted to put a cap on the maximum amount that people can earn in the uk to create a more equal society. our political correspondent, iain watson, reports. he has criticised the prime minister for not having a plan for brexit. butjeremy corbyn himself has been under pressur ....
not enforced, perhaps? ratio. not enforced, perhaps? ratio. we are looking at this as a consultation proposal. whether it can be used in company law or statutory law, or whether it is something we can insurers introduced voluntarily. but this massive gap which is getting wider in britain compared to any other country in the oecd is a matter of concern and something that is very popular. a lot of people are interested in this idea because they see that they are working really hard in an organisation or a company, you do, andi organisation or a company, you do, and i think that your ceo earns more than you do. laughter since you work for sky, that must be the case! but the point i m making is no organisation survives only on the brilliance of the chief executive or the chairman of the board. every organisation requires its entire workforce. you could not runa its entire workforce. you could not run a hospital without doctors and nurses, cleaners and catering. you cou ....
i think it is a remarkable performance. 2.9% growth on last year in this marketplace, the team are really to be congratulated at morrisons and they delivered that through improving customer service and also making products more available to the customers when they need to buy them. no doubt about it, morrisons was one of the big winners this christmas. butjudging by new figures out today, business was good for the supermarkets in general. because christmas fell on a sunday, we had a whole week to shop and it was huge. round it all up, we spent £a80 million more on groceries than we did last year for the 12 weeks to the end of december. that s growth of nearly 2%. but for the first time in two years, prices rose by 0.2%. a sign of things to come. food sales helped deliver a solid december for the retail sector overall. it was a goodish end to a bit of a roller coaster year. retail sales across the whole of 2016 grew more slowly than they had done in the previous year. t ....
donald trump would like him to be us attorney general. this is in the middle of his confirmation hearing. it s been going on for hours and hours, six and a half to be precise. it has covered an extraordinary range of issues. we ll work through some of the most important ones in the next few minutes. there have been protests too. the hearing has been inrupted several times. that may be because mr sessions is seen as one of the most conservative members of the senate. some americans don t like the idea of him being their attorney general. he s been questioned on a huge number of positions he holds on a variety of issues. let s work through some of those now. the bbc‘s anthony zirka is in washington. first of all, we ve heard this extraordinary situation of mr sessions being quizzed on whether he s a racist or not. right, absolutely. the racism issue has been hanging over sessions head since he was nominated. his nomination back in 1986 to be a federaljudge was derailed ....