the previous scheme, and business leaders met on friday, no need for financial support was announced. and a statement from the treasury says the government will continue to engage with businesses and those who are affected. the economic picture in the u.k. looks grim. the latest figures for october show the economy barely grew. it came in at 0.1%, and inflation hit 5.1%, which is the highest level in ten years. the arrival of omicron and the resulting surge in infections is likely to be a drag on the u.k. economy and the government is likely needing to spend more to support it. the defense rests in the trial of a former minnesota police officer charged in the death of a black man during a traffic stop. the latest from the courtroom coming up. plus ghislaine maxwell s defense team rests its case. details on the criminal sex trafficking trail of the
government who are pushing for some kind of relaxation of the english language requirement for visas to try and get more foreign workers to come over to help in the pig industry and addressed some of those staff shortages. the problem with this proposed solution is that it is politically quite difficult for the prime minister, especially after he has just prime minister, especially after he hasjust come prime minister, especially after he has just come out of a conservative party conference where his big message was wanting business to move away from a reliance on cheaper foreign labour to what he described as a high skilled, high wage economy. interestingly, as you touched on, that very approach is something that has been criticised just today by some bosses from energy intensive industries, these are industries like the steel industry, cement and ceramics, that require huge amounts of energy to produce their goods. they have been under pressure recently because of soaring energy bill
economy and major restaurants tell me since this policy kicked in, half of their reservations have been canceled. half. i know that a group of business leaders met today to discuss a lawsuit against the city and the state and there was a march organized by protesters over the mandate, but whether this will have any effect, laura, who knows. laura: those independent restaurants in new york have filed a lawsuit, so people want people want people want fairness, this is just a joke. raymond, thanks. new findings from oxford university cast out on the effectiveness of the vaccine mandates that are being pushed by the left. dr. harvey has some reaction next. this isn t just freight. these aren t just shipments. they re promises. promises of all shapes and sizes. each with a time and a place they ve been promised to be. a promise is everything to old dominion, because it means everything to you.