as he claimed on a number of occasions that the number on payrolls was higher than before the pandemic. but that was because a lot of the self employed people gave up self employment during the pandemic or afterwards and became employees on payrolls instead. the letter from the director general having had no impact, the chair of the uk statistics authority, that then chair wrote to the prime minister on the 24th of february 2022. dear prime minister, he wrote. it is wrong to claim that there are no more people and work than before the pandemic began. the increase in the number of people who are on payrolls is more than offset by the reduction in the number of people who are self employed. so at the liaison committee in march, i asked the prime minister whether he accepted that correction in sir david s letter. his reply wasn t straightforward, but the transcript of that meeting does show that mr johnson understood fully and clearly what had happened in the labour market. he d
victory overjason kubler, whilst elina svitolina came from a set down to beat raducanu our tennis correspondent russell fuller has more on both matches. he s playing well, and its referent meadow, a previous champion. i ve been played matches already and having a third againstjordan thompson, three measures in two days, than for matches in five days, it s exactly what you need when returning to the tour having had a year away. there were two hours and 15 minutes on the part when the third set began my soul being realistic, if you have been out since april and had a few operations, you are going to tie in the third set of a match of that quality and physicality. she was really going for shots, we know this away she plays and wants to play. her defence was very good, and again it s been a encouraging few runs for her, certainly above expectations, given she s had so little tennis in 2023. india have won the second test against south africa in cape town afterjust a day and a h
hello and a warm welcome to those joining us. just ahead on cnn newsroom former south carolina governor, former u.n. ambassador formally announcing her ca campaign. she s certainly willing to be the first to go up against the president. both presidents really. now some people here will have to be trdrinking bottled water. this train apparently was not considered a high hazardous material train. children were throwing up, parents were panicking. seemed uncomfortable, nervous and fidgety. so that is why i started getting suspicious. his instinct was correct. these are nine checks and the name on each of them, george santos. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is wednesday, february 15, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington and south carolina where this just a few hours nikki haley is expected to speak at campaign launch event. haley has formally entered the 2024 race for the white house. and in the months
hello and welcome to bbc news. prince charles is reported to have privately described the british government s policy of sending migrants to rwanda as appalling . the comments, reported in the times newspaper, the comments, reported in the times newspaper, emerged after the high court ruled that the first flight taking asylum seekers from the uk to the central african country could go ahead next tuesday. we have more on his comments in a moment. but first here s the bbc s mark easton on the legal proceedings. is it lawful to give people seeking asylum in the uk a one way ticket to rwanda? telling them to pursue refugee status thousands of miles south in east africa? the first migrants are due to make thatjourney next tuesday, with campaigners today failing in their legal bid to stop the removals. the high court in london heard from home office lawyers that six asylum seekers who had been due to be deported have had their removal directions cancelled, but the judge was not pe
hello, good to have you with us. the united states is lifting the requirement for international travellers to have a covid test within 2a hours of boarding their flights from this sunday. the need for testing will be re evaluated every three months and could be reinstated if a new variant emerges. the move ends one of the last restrictions related to the pandemic in the us, where a more than a million people have died from covid. our new york business correspondent michelle fleury told me more about this latest announcement. the timing of this cannot be better for americans getting ready for their summer holidays. it means if they want to leave the country and travel to europe, they don t have to worry about getting stranded abroad. that was certainly something that the airline industry had been lobbying the administration about, saying it was creating hesitancy amongst americans who were nervous that they would then be out of pocket if they got stuck overseas with a positive