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more and weaker drinks less. at the same time, alcohol duties rise, with inflation up by 10.1%. the result? a complex series of changes. 12% sparkling wine will be $0.19 cheaper as higher rates for fizz are abolished. a can of pre mixed gin and tonic will be $0.05 cheaper, but a bottle of 12%. still, wine will rise $0.44, a bottle of vodka up $0.76 and a bottle of 20% port at £1.30. so among drinkers, there will be some winners and losers. but the wine and spirits industry, which sees many of its products hit with higher taxes, says customers will see higher prices and less choice. we have the biggest duty increase in almost 50 years, at the same time as we have inflation rife and a cost of living crisis. on top of that, we have raw materials like glass that are increasing in price exponentially. and of course, we have very long supply chains, and post covid transportation has become much more expensive. so it s bad news all round for businesses and i m afraid for consumers ....
criticising the small boat policy, resulting in him being taken off air for breaching bbc guidelines. he accused rishi sunak of not standing up accused rishi sunak of not standing up to what he called keir starmer, snowflake conservative mps who he said wanted to cancel gary lineker for criticising the government and saying so publicly. he then questioned why it was that rishi sunak s former boss, the chairman of the bbc, a conservative donor, richard sharp, was still in his position, asking if it was still tenable when there had been allegations about a conflict of interest in terms of trying to facilitate a loan for the conservative prime minister, boris johnson. that was pmqs. let s have the statement from jeremy hunt. madam deputy speaker, in the face of enormous challenges, i report today on a british economy which is proving the doubters wrong. in the autumn, we took difficult decisions to deliver stability and sound money. since mid october, and your guilt rates have f ....
to meet the russian president, vladimir putin. trade is set to be top of the agenda as china looks to push its vision for the ‘new silk road.‘ but beijing is also looking further afield for some fresh impetus. from today, global investors can buy chinese company debt through an exchange for the very first time. welcome to world business report. i m jamie robertson. chinese president xijinping is in russia for talks with his counterpart vladimir putin. trade is set to be top of the agenda ahead of the 620 meeting of global leaders later this week. the visit will be president xi s sixth tour to russia since taking office in 2012. and their meetings seem to be bearing fruit. according to chinese statistics, trade between the two increased by over 26% in the first four months of the year, reaching nearly $25 billion. co operation is increasing, too. russia will be a key component of china s ‘belt and road initiative an ambitious multitrillion dollar project that wi ....
hello and welcome to business live. chinese president xijinping is in russia for talks with his counterpart vladimir putin today. trade is set to be top of the agenda ahead of the 620 meeting of global leaders later this month. the visit will be xi s sixth tour to russia since taking office in 2012. and their meetings seem to be bearing fruit according to china, trade between the two increased by over 26% in the first four months of the year, reaching nearly $25 billion. cooperation is increasing too. russia will be a key component of china s ‘belt and road initiative an ambitious multi trillion dollar project that will link europe and asia via the historic silk road. as part of the project and as a symbol of this close relationship beijing has even agreed to help finance a high speed rail link within russia itself: linking moscow to the city of kazan. joining me now is dr yujie, head of china foresight, at lse ideas. thank you for coming in to doctor us. tha ....
than to cheat a friend # and waste a chance that i ve been given # so i m never gonna dance again and a coroner has ruled that the singer george michael died of natural causes, including heart and liver disease. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the government has suffered another defeat in the house of lords over the process of leaving the eu. peers have voted for an amendment to the brexit bill which calls for parliament to be given a meaningful vote on a final deal. here s a taste of the debate. our chief political co respondent, vicki young is at westminster. it is worth remembering we are only going through this process because the supreme court ordered the government that it had to have a bill to trigger article 50, to formally start those brexit negotiations. the government didn t wa nt to negotiations. the government didn t want to do any of this and maybe late at night we can see why, another defeat inflicted on the government by the house of lords by 366 ....