risk. but here i am defended yourself against being suspended, which is ridiculous. the government is warned plans which is ridiculous. the government is warned plans to which is ridiculous. the government is warned plans to cut which is ridiculous. the government is warned plans to cut emissions - is warned plans to cut emissions will fall short. the government is facing pressure over raw sewage spilling into rivers, whilst some open water swimmers say it s making them sick. protests intensify in sudan, following a military coup which has seen government leaders arrested. and one of the great managers of scottish football, walter smith, has died at the age of 73. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. millions of public sector workers will see their wages rise next year after the government decided to end the current pay freeze. it was introduced a year ago because of the pandemic, but in his budget tomorrow, the chancellor, rishi sunak, will announce he s lifting it. nu
sir. is it him? the fourth - chancellor in four months. his sir. is it him? the fourth chancellor in four months. his first act was to ditch liz truss plans. we will not be able to cut taxes as quickly as we want to and some will have to go up. we quickly as we want to and some will have to go unm quickly as we want to and some will have to go up. we now at the mercy ofthe have to go up. we now at the mercy of the mighty have to go up. we now at the mercy of the mighty markets? have to go up. we now at the mercy of the mighty markets? he - have to go up. we now at the mercy of the mighty markets? he wouldn t of the mighty markets? he wouldn t be the only one to wonder what on earth is going on. so we have one big question this morning. who is really in charge? this morning, we ll hear from the man tasked with saving the economy and liz truss premiership her new chancellor, jeremy hunt. and, as labour keep hold of their huge lead in the polls, i ll be speaking to ma
sunshine tomorrow across scotland and parts of northern ireland. but then tomorrow night, the clouds will clear, the winds will ease and then into wednesday we ve got one more widespread frost on the way this week and then that is pretty much it at least for some time. so no more widespread frost on the way after wednesday morning. here is wednesday morning itself, but suddenly developed here, that warn of mild air in the form of a weather front and rain. ahead of it though, after that cold night, some lingering fog, it could feel quite raw for time on wednesday but after that, a rapid rise in the temperature certainly around about wednesday, thursday, into friday and temperatures above the average for the time of year. thanks, tomasz. and that s bbc news at ten. newsnight is just getting underway on bbc two, with kirsty wark. on bbc one, it s time tojoin our colleagues for the news where you are. goodnight. enough is enough , says the home secretary, as he announces what he
or more if the going rate for theirjob is higher than that. now, from next spring, as we ve been hearing, that minimum salary threshold will rise to £38,700. but there are exceptions in what are called shortage occupations, jobs where there are lots of vacancies which can t be filled by local people. well, not easily, anyway. and since last year, the sector which has seen the most workers come in by that route is, of course, health and social care. the numbers are remarkable. in the year to september, 66,000 people got a conventional skilled worker visa, but in the same period, 144,000 people got a health and care visa, mostly to work in care homes. but many of the foreign workers bring close family with them, too. so if you add dependents to the skilled workers, and the numbers rises to 117,000. but in health and care, the combined figure goes up to 318,000. now that s an additional 174,000 dependants who d no longer be able to come unless the worker earns more than £38,70