Thats down from 3. 9 in the three months to november. It marked the lowest level seen since the November 2022 to january 2023 period. Wage growth slowed again in the britishjobs market. But and this is key it is still outpacing price rises, according to the office for national statistics. Lets hear now from michael stull, director at manpowergroup uk. Michael, what are you expecting to see a little later on . Im always very excited for when the numbers come out. Im expecting a couple of things, one is i do think unemployment will take up a little bit, as you mentioned wage growth is going to slow. We will see vacancies down and underlying all of that in the Labour Market we have two bosses, a cold and hot going on. On the cold and hot going on. On the cold side we have sent a dropping, weve seen hiring slowing down and we are not out of the woods. We are blue business and consumer confidence. Manufacturing pmi is a very low, big into caters. 0n the hot side we see a lot of hiring going
Allowed aboard. And welcome to brighton beach. Brighton beach. After one of the wettest julys on record now at 60 mile an hour winds , thunder storms an hour winds, thunder storms and warnings as we hit and flood warnings as we hit august just where her summer gone. Will it be back. Gone. Will it be back. Plus, the electioneering starts after former snp mp Margaret Ferrier lost her seat last night. Margaret ferrier lost her seat last night. The Margaret Ferrier lost her seat last night. The political last night. The Political Parties are already beating a path to rutherglen and hamilton. Well be live in the constituency that everyone wants. First, the latest headunes wants. First, the latest headlines with. Ray headlines with. Ray thank you both. Good thank you both. Good afternoon. Its one minute past midday. Heres the latest. Got midday. Heres the latest. Got some breaking news in the last few minutes. Rape suspect Nicholas Rossi accused of faking his own death to evade justice. Can
By election has been triggered in scotland after constituents voted to remove a formerly snp mp who sensationally broke covid rules a few years ago. The seat rules a few years ago. The seat now becomes a key battleground and for the future of the snp. And for the future of the snp. And a former coronation street actress who tried to get free cake s and then got humiliated because of it on social media. You dont want to miss that. First of all though, here is your latest news with ray addison. Addison. Thanks, both. Good morning. Thanks, both. Good morning. 931. Heres the latest from the newsroom and our top story. Donald trump will appear in court in washington, dc tomorrow after being charged on four counts over alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 us election. One prosecutor will outline the charges against him and a judge will decide any bail conditions. As former us president who has previously denied the allegations , may then enter allegations, may then enter a plea. Its the thir
Us treasury secretary janet yellen called the downgrade arbitrary and said Economic Conditions had improved under the biden administration. The news of the downgrade came after the close of trade on wall street but in asia investors have been pulling out of equities in reaction. Lets look at markets now in asia. Japan is currently down by over 2 . Hong kong not that far behind. This was off the back of yesterday, and most of this week we have seen the sharemarket, certainly wall street and asia having a strong session but this is certainly spooked sentiment. Lets discuss this with tom stevenson, whos an Investment Director at fidelity. Good morning. Janet woody allen saying this is arbitrary. I have her statement janet yellen and she said she strongly disagrees and says it is based on outdated data. That is based on outdated data. That is riuht. Is based on outdated data. That is right it is based on outdated data. That is right. It seems is based on outdated data. That is right. It s
Migration. She says the attorney general and the lord chancellor need to take action over how law firms behave as the number of Channel Crossings continues to climb, with more than 14,700 people intercepted in small boats so far this year. Dame priti warns that the clock is ticking for the government to implement its new illegal migration bill need a deterrent factor . For a start , and removals and a start, and removals and returns. My rwanda plan was returns. My rwanda plan was central to that. The returns agreements that i have put in place and others are now putting in place. We have to get planes leaving the country and show that if you come here illegally, you cant just get a free pass being firm is actually the stance that we should take, and that means removing people and returning people to other third countries or country of origin as well. Dame pretty also spoke to Camilla Tominey about the net zero target, saying the government needs to press pause on the 2050 climate goal.