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jeremy corbyn has told the bbc he doesn t believe that immigration in the uk is too high. in a major speech, he is expected to suggest that labour is no longer wedded to the principle of freedom of movement. when asked if he had changed his mind about the numbers coming to the uk this morning, he said no. he also addressed the issue of pay, saying he wanted to put a cap on the maximum amount people can earn in the uk, to create a more equal society. our political correspondent reports. he has criticised the prime minister for not having a plan for brexit but he has been under pressure to set out his stall. today, he reached out for labour voters worried about eu immigration by saying his party wasn t wedded to freedom of movement. in a bbc interview he didn t suggest any new restrictions, so didn t suggest any new restrictions, so how would he d tackle the level of unskilled immigration? ending exploitation of migrant workers, ending on cutting existing pay conditions, ....
i think it is a remarkable performance. 2.9% growth on last year in this marketplace, the team are really to be congratulated at morrisons and they delivered that through improving customer service and also making products more available to the customers when they need to buy them. no doubt about it, morrisons was one of the big winners this christmas. butjudging by new figures out today, business was good for the supermarkets in general. because christmas fell on a sunday, we had a whole week to shop and it was huge. round it all up, we spent £a80 million more on groceries than we did last year for the 12 weeks to the end of december. that s growth of nearly 2%. but for the first time in two years, prices rose by 0.2%. a sign of things to come. food sales helped deliver a solid december for the retail sector overall. it was a goodish end to a bit of a roller coaster year. retail sales across the whole of 2016 grew more slowly than they had done in the previous year. t ....
as we had unfortunately to the rush hour. this is the nasty weather system across the south. we ve also got frequent snow showers, wintry showers, across the north of the country, and also some very strong winds. we have a mix of weather happening out there today. let s focus on the south first, because this is where the weather could be quite disruptive during the course of the rush hour. we were talking about this yesterday, the cold air mixing in with the milder rare. let s see whether snow zone could from around about the south midlands, going eastwards, across the south east, and further north we ve got those snow showers carried in by the really strong winds. we ve seen pictures of northern ireland where we ve had snowfall, also across parts of scotland and in the north a little bit later on we could have blizzards across scotland, so gales combined with the heavy snow. let s focus across the south first. these are rough amounts of snow. it s so difficult to predi ....
best interests of the country. we ll have all the details and plenty of reaction from westminster and beyond. the other main stories on bbc news at 5: the inflation rate hits a 2.5 year peak largely due to higher prices for fuel and food and the fall in the pound. the libyan man who claims that british agents took part in his kidnap in 2004 is given permission to take legal action. and alun wynjones becomes the new wales captain for the 2017 six nations, ending sam warburton‘s six year tenure. it s five o clock. our main story is the prime minister s first major speech on the government s strategy for leaving the european union. she s underlined some of the key aims of the forthcoming talks, and promised that members of parliament at westminster will be able to vote on the final deal when it emerges. let s run through some of the main points. mrs may said the uk cannot possibly remain within the european single market, because staying in would mean in effect but t ....
the world economic forum in davos to get the inside track on how the world s biggest institutions are dealing with the challenges of cyber security. the chief technology officer at bank of america will be joining us. also cambridge university is recruiting a professor of lego. so we want to know if the ubiquitous building blocks are now more than just child s play? are you a master builder? let us know. just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. today, for the first time ever, a freight train from china will arrive in the uk. it wasn t intended as a symbolic statement, but with the british prime minister now confirming the uk must leave the european single market, the train‘s arrival does illustrate that post brexit britain may need to look further afield for its trading partners. theresa may used her much anticipated speech yesterday to announce the uk s priorities for upcoming brexit negotiations. leaving the single market means britain will lose the right to trade with the e ....