as you can see here, the rate of inflation in the uk has remained stubbornly high over the last few months adding pressure on the bank of england to raise interest rates again when it meets tomorrow. they re likely to be concerned that core inflation which excludes volatile food and energy prices actually rose hitting 7.1%. that s the highest rate since march 1992. bear in mind, the bank of england s target for inflation is 2% and its been falling in other countries. here s the uk finance ministerjeremy hunt. we don t have the clip at the moment. yael selfin is chief uk economist at the business consultancy kpmg and joins us from london. we heard from jeremy hunt earlier and he said it is a surprise, and it is one of their targets to get inflation down, but it is proving to be harder to do and easier to say. it is proving tricky and there are a number of reasons, one of which is we have a very tight labour market, tighter than in other economies, especially in europe,
good morning. a frosty and foggy start to the day to day. some freezing fog will linger for much of the day. the sunnier skies will be the day. the sunnier skies will be the further east you travel. a return to wet and windy conditions in the west. all the details later on in the programme. it s wednesday, the 6th of december. our main story. the former prime minister boris johnson will give evidence to the covid inquiry today and face two days of questions about his time leading the uk during the pandemic. he s expected to apologise to people who lost loved ones but claim that he and his government got the big decisions right. our correspondent ellie price reports. from this evening, i must give the british people a very simple instruction. you must stay at home. in the end, it was his call. he was responsible for the biggest decisions made during the pandemic. that is why people will only be allowed to leave their home. but how he came to make those decisions will be at the
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