engagement with students, teachers, families, support staff and communities that rely on our education system. we remain committed to investing £1 billion over the course of this parliament over the course of this parliament over to tackle the poverty related attainment gap. this long term targeted investment improves targeted investment im proves outcomes targeted investment improves outcomes for our children and young people and helps break the cycle of poverty, with recent statistics showing record levels of literacy and numeracy attainment and primary school level and improvement in secondary. as part of this, £130 million of people equity funding will continue to empower head teachers across scotland to invest in the best approaches to improving literacy, numeracy and health and well being of the children and young people in their schools. we will continue to provide £1455 million to councils to maintain teachers in the system and enable councils to offer permanent c
chairjerome powell suggested as much. as we approach the end of the year, it s natural to look back on the progress that has been made toward our dual mandate objectives. inflation has eased from its highs, and this has come without a significant increase in unemployment. these are things we want to see. why might the rate hiking cycle has included 11 increases. government data showed inflation dropped from 9.1% in mid-2022 to 3.1% in november. that is above the target of 2% and jerome powell cautioned the committee had not ruled out raising rates again in the future. for wall street the dowjones international average jumped to record close. this is the third time in a row of the central bank decided against another rate hike. for investors satisfied with what the fed has done is when it will start cutting rates? there is a lot to digests in america big questions about whether a cut is likely. we will talk about that than i want to come onto the uk and europe. what is your as
Hamilton City Council says it is facing significant changes because incorporating water services costs back into its budgets could massively affect potenti
Hamilton City Council says it is facing significant changes because incorporating water services costs back into its budgets could massively affect potential.