and by the way, across europe. after a long summer of campaigning, tomorrow after a long summer of campaigning, tomorrow lunchtime, the result, and on tuesday. tomorrow lunchtime, the result, and on tuesday, a new prime minister. also tonight.. in liverpool three men are held in connection with the murder of nine year old olivia pratt korbel. we re with the pakistan military in a race to save lives after weeks of devastaing floods. max verstappen wins the dutch grand prix! and the local boy extends his lead at the top of formula 1 with a home victory in the dutch grand prix. good evening. the new leader of the conservative party and next prime minister of the united kingdom will be announced tomorrow. the front runner, liz truss, has promised to reveal plans on how she ll tackle soaring energy costs within a week, if as many predict, she wins. her rival, rishi sunak, says he d target further financial help to the poorest. both candidates are well aware of the enormous chal
justine greening and former us government advisor hagar chemali who now hosts the political satire series oh my world. across england, scotland and wales the biggest rail strikes in 30 years will go ahead this week after last ditch talks failed. services will run on a severely reduced timetable from this evening ahead of the national strike tomorrow. the three day walkout on tuesday, thursday and saturday will cause disruption for the whole week. the rmt union says some 50,000 railway workers are striking over pay, jobs and conditions. the secretary general of the rmt, mick lynch, warned there could be a series of strikes over the next few months. faced with such an aggressive agenda of cuts to jobs, conditions, pay and pensions, the rmt has no choice but to defend our members industrially. my message, mr speaker, to the workforce is straightforward, your union bosses have got you striking under false pretenses. both sides are miles apart on pay discussions with the union
Was weaker than we expected in the Fourth Quarter of last year but we think the First Quarter of this year has been a bit stronger, which will lead the level of Economic Activity broadly when we thought it would be. 12 months Consumer Price inflation fell from 4 in december to 3. 2 in march, its lowest rate since december 2021. March, its lowest rate since december2021. 0. I march, its lowest rate since december 2021. 0. 1 higher than we expected in february. The decline was spread across food, core goods and services. Energy prices have also continued to contribute negatively to the Headline Inflation rate. As a lower 0fgem cap on Household Energy prices come into effect in april, we expect Headline Inflation to drop further to a level very close to target in the next few months. But we then expected to edge up months. But we then expected to edge up a again. This absence of data surprises is an indication that we are now getting back to more normal times, at least compared to the hig
The government is expected to publish the Brexit Strategy in an hours time. The white paper will set out its priorities for negotiations with the European Union after Parliament Takes the First Step Towards britain leaving the union, as mps vote overwhelmingly in favour of triggering article 50. Last night mps voted 498 to 114 in favour of approving legislation which gives the Prime Minister the power to start negotiations with european leaders. 47 labour mps, one in five, voted against the bill despite a three line whip imposed by the party leader, Jeremy Corbyn. And what will happen next . As mentioned, at around noon, Brexit Secretary david davis will announce the governments white paper on exiting the eu. This will allow parliament to send the bill on Forfurther Amending and scrutiny, before it becomes law. Our assistant Political Editor, norman smith, is at westminster with the latest. What are we going to find out . Probably very little. I think most people expect it to simply fl
energy prices, with international markets having gone up incredibly, and tomorrow prices might shoot up again, reflecting the impact of russia s decision to keep a key pipeline to europe shut. what does that mean in context? this shows an average household s inflation adjusted bill over the last few decades, and just look at that. the keyjudgment, how much of that. the keyjudgment, how much of that can households actually afford to pay? and all of that is set against already rising government debts. indeed, some signs this week that markets are already seeing extra risks in the uk, with rates for government to borrow having shut up for government to borrow having shut up over the past month. it s not just that. the value of the pound has fallen noticeably too, down close to 6% against the us dollar and over 3% versus the euro since the start of august. so most of these charts are materially worse now than at the start of the leadership campaign. and the fundamental question here of how