into poland. violent storms have caused flooding and mudslides in canada. and coming up, the world s most wanted cyber crime suspects living freely in russia. hello and welcome to bbc news. the cost of living has reached the highest rate in almost a decade due to rising fuel and energy costs. inflation is now more than doubled the bank of england s target. consumer prices were 4.2% higher last month than a year ago. the costs of transport, gas and electricity bills, as well as second hand cars climbed. in september inflation was 3.1%. the bank of england s aim is to keep inflation to around 2%. rising prices are putting new pressure on households and businesses. economists are debating now how much of the surge in inflation can be blamed on the pandemic and how long it will last. our reporter colletta smith has been speaking to people in halifax. it s lunchtime at nursery. and with 63 hungry mouths to feed the staff here have their hands full. paula has increased her hours re
the world s most wanted cyber crime supects are living freely in russia. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. mps in the uk will today debate proposals to tighten the rules on second jobs for mps, as the row over sleaze continues. borisjohnson has set out plans to ban mps from working as paid consultants, while labour wants a ban on all second jobs. it follows weeks of mounting political pressure after the former tory mp owen paterson was found to have broken lobbying rules as a paid consultant. our political correspondent, helen catt, reports. good morning, prime minister. the prime minister has a tough day of questioning ahead, as he tries to draw a line under the sleaze allegations which have dominated westminster for the last few weeks. yesterday, he announced he would support banning mps from working as paid political consultants, at the exact moment labour was holding a press conference calling for the same. labour is chalking the prime mi
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday gave his predecessor Charanjit Singh Channi time till May 31 to come clean on allegations that his nephew demanded Rs 2 crore from a cricketer in return for a government job.
LONDON, Nov 6 Former British Prime Minister John Major today attacked fellow Conservative Boris Johnson’s handling of a corruption row, calling the conduct “shameful” and saying this could undermine his popularity. Johnson was forced to make an embarrassing U-turn after he abandoned plans.