by the effects of strikes by public sector workers. the office for national statistics said that a rise in construction activity had been offset by walkouts by teachers and civil servants. it follows a surprise 0.4% jump in economic growth injanuary which brings the uk economy, finally, to a point where it is bigger than it was pre pandemic. the value of sterling rose to its highest level since june of last year, with £1 getting you i dollar and twenty five cents. despite february s flatlining the chancellor described the outlook as brighter than expected . let s get more now with victoria scholar, head of investment at interactive investor. investor. investor. the investor. the last investor. the last few investor. the last few minutes investor. the last few minutes we investor. the last few minutes we had investor. the last few minutes we had at the in the last few minutes we had at the elite has production data from the elite has production data from the euro is aime
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in the 1990 s during a visit to nasa, sheila jackson lee demanded to see the flag astronauts had planted on mars. when gently informed no human being has been to mars because it s very far away, lee flew into a rage. she accused nasa of racism and pointed out her membership on the science committee in congress and so on. we can spend the entire hour on sheila jackson lee stories and it s tempting. on capital hill, she s known as the queen and not in a good way. but what s interesting is that nobody ever talks about the congressional district that sheila jackson lee supposedly represents. it s mostly inner city houston and it could use some help. lee s district has a poverty rate almost twice the national average, all the number markers of civilizationnal decline. high crime, bad schools, low social cohesion, drugs. now, lee has served in congress for nearly 30 years but it s hard to think of a single thing she has ever done to improve the lives of the people who elected
as the china party conference begins, the united states says president xi is leading the country in a more aggressive direction. and one of the literary world s biggest prizes, the booker, is won by sri lanka s shahaan karunartilaka, about his country s civil war. i country s civil war. was writing a murder mystery and i was writing a murder mystery and itjust seemed every sri lankan atrocity, we never deal with it, we kind ofjust move on. the british prime minister, liz truss, has said she is sorry and accepts responsibility for mistakes in her economic plan. the majority of measures in her so called mini budget have been reversed by her new chancellor, jeremy hunt. in an interview with our political editor, chris mason, she said the plans had gone too far and too fast , but insisted she would lead the conservatives into the next election. inside ten downing street tonight, today s prime minister in the corridors, those of yesterday on the wall. prime minister, who is to
this currency expert from one of the world s biggest banks tells me how it s a story of both american strength and the weakness of other economies. so how much stronger could the dollar get? i m going to ask this man right here, former us treasury secretary larry summers, if an international deal will be needed to curb its rise. also on the show, helping beat those queues at the airport. i m going to be speaking to the big boss of air transport data giant sita about the tech solutions driving the future of seamless travel. wherever you rejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. here s a quote. the dollar is our currency, but it s your problem. that s what the then us treasury secretaryjohn connally famously told some of his european counterparts back in 1971. and 50 years on, it seems as true as ever. us policymakers, they re trying to clamp down on the cost of living crisis and the impact of that? it s being felt all over th