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
times three. good news he s wearing the suit. who knows what could be on that after all the baby holding he s been doing. jesse, being a new dad is tough. jesse is going over the show with the producers. just the best way to disseminate important information in an efficient way, right? jesse s twins are excited to have a little sister. looks like jesse jr. is already chipping in. i think that s enough, jess. nope. that s good. she has a lot of goldfish. very good sharing. good sharing, jess. that was really nice. one more and we re done. oops. you missed. one more. give her one more. nice. good job. high-five. wow. giving up goldfish is a big deal. jesse, what s it like now you have little gigi in your life? it s great. i m not that tired. that s gigi. a little controversial. i ve been spelling the girl s name wrong. okay. is it g-i-g-i or capital g lowercase i capital g lowercase i? you have to tell us. i don t know. i don t know if she knows either. a ba
are announced in england, a pay rise is offered to health workers in scotland. a man who spied for russia while working as a security guard at the british embassy in berlin is sentenced to 13 years in prison. the information commissioner is to ask lancashire police why they revealed details about the health of nicola bulley, who s been missing for three weeks. 0h, he s found a way through. and in the cricket, a good second day for england has put them ahead in the first test against new zealand. and coming up on the bbc news channel, potential new manchester united owners have until today to submit takeover proposals. bids are expected from countries ranging from qatar to the usa. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the prime minister rishi sunak has been holding talks near belfast with representatives of all the main political parties in northern ireland, amid speculation that the government is close to agreeing a new deal with the eu on post brexit trading ar
european union, but i think it is safe to say that progress has been made. it seems to us that it s very much game on, and we are very heartened by that, we are very conscious that a deal can be done and should now be concluded speedily. the information commissioner is to ask lancashire police why they revealed details about the health of nicola bulley, who s been missing for three weeks. the family of the hollywood actor bruce willis say the die hard and pulp fiction star is now suffering from a type of dementia. good afternoon. a former security guard at the uk embassy in berlin has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for spying for russia. david ballantyne smith admitted passing secret information to the russian authorities, after being caught in an undercover sting operation. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. david smith, a fan of war memorabilia, a security guard at the british embassy in berlin and a spy for russia. motivated by hatred of britain and
the third one to be taken out over north america in the last week. bbc chairman richard sharp is accused of making significant errors ofjudgment by mps for not declaring his involvement in helping britain s former prime minister, borisjohnson secure a loan. and at the brit awards in london, as predicted harry styles is one of the night s big winners with four awards including the much coveted album of the year. hello, and welcome to bbc news. the head of un emergency relief operations, martin griffiths, says the international community has failed the people of north west syria, where thousands of people have died in the earthquakes that struck syria and turkey. the number of those confirmed dead following devastating earthquakes six days ago has now risen to above 28,000. on his visit to areas devastated by the earthquakes, martin griffiths tweeted: i m joined now by 0ubadah alwan, a spokesman for the syria civil defence, a volunteer group also known as the white helmet