And inflation is down. It fell to 3. 2 in the year to march, down from 3. 4. Heres the Prime Minister, rishi sunak. Todays figures show that our economic plan is working and inflation continues to fall, having been 11 when i became Prime Minister, its now fallen to just over 3, the lowest level in two and a half years. That smacking debate is going to get you wound up, im sure, because in scotland at and, wales its already banned. But what i as one who was smacked by my mum a lot, how do you enforce it . Well , the problem is what you well, the problem is what you will find is that children will then snitch on their parents. Children who might be just. Just from the goodness of their heart for the wanting those kids to behave better might smack lightly smack their children. The children will then turn around to the parents and say, you cant do that. Ill call the police. Its awful division. Its anti family. I have got another smack for that. Oh well, exactly. Unfortunately now theyve bu
Compared to the last asessment in january. Its big concern is about inflation the rate at which prices are rising. On the global measure the imf is using, it thinks it will be 2. 8 by the end of this year and warns that getting inflation back to their 2 target should be the priority for central banks. For many politcians thats been a key concern as they try to ease Cost Of Living pressures for people around the world. Heres the imf s chief economist. The Global Economy continues to display remarkable resilience with Growth Holding steady and inflation declining. But many challenges still lie ahead. Global growth was 3. 2 in 2023 and is expected to remain at that level both in 2024 and 2025. This represents a 0. 3 percentage point upgrade from our 0ctober projections for 2024, with stronger activity than expected in the us, china and other large emerging markets, but weaker activity in the euro area. 0ur correspondent Michelle Fleury is following this from new york. Lets begin by talkin
Conference. I was an mep in brussels, i worked in brussels, and i, for one, am not remotely surprised. This is what they do. Its the game they play. Well look at the choice behind that, the decision behind that and the moments time. Ill speak to a moments time. Ill speak to a flemish mep who is actually there for his take. Was this a fair and appropriate use of power by a mayor who said the far right are not welcome, or was this a sinister use of authoritarianism in brussels . Dont forget the home of free speech. They claim the European Court of human rights there, but is in strasbourg, tight lipped on this one. Isnt that funny . Get in touch. What do you make of this in brussels . Send your views and you can post your comments by visiting gbnews. Com yoursay get in touch. Youll see my mush there. But before all of that, its time for your latest News Headlines. For your latest News Headlines. Martin. Thank you. The top stories this hour. First to the latest developments from brussels t
Least 50 tory mps are going to vote against rishi sunaks flagship plans to try to ban smoking when it comes before the commons this afternoon. But do you support the ban on cigarettes for born after 2009 . Gb news presenter nigel farage is at the National Conservatism conference in brussels this morning. Were going to be dipping into his speech takes the speech when he takes to the stage. It was a very sad car crash, just a few days ago at a shop near a Shopping Centre in east in london, three young boys all killed. Theres a move now. Our young teenagers responsible enough as drivers to have a car full of passengers. Were going to be talking to a mum. Thats right. If you remember, there was awful remember, there was that awful crash november of last year crash in november of last year in snowdonia and a really beautiful location in the car went off a bridge, and there were young men in that car were four young men in that car who died. Were be who died. Were going to be having here in