welcome to the programme. it was budget day here in britain today. a big set piece annual event in which the chancellor stairs into the crystal ball, and tries to predict the future and how best to steer the uk economy through it. the obstacles in his way are common to europe and the united states. high inflation, higher interest rates, and since the pandemic, an intractably acute labour shortage. this graph trackjob vacancies across europe since august 2022, historically high after the pandemic, but you will see the uk, the red line at the very top, is struggling more than most. with 1.1 million vacancies. if more people are employed, more people are paying tax. the good news for the chancellor is that the uk will swerve recession this year thanks to growth returning by the summer. but the economy will still contract by 0.2%. and any brighter news, is tempered by slower growth over the long term. mr hunt said the uk would only grow by 1.8% next year and byjust 2.5% in 2025
profile after his defeat in brazil s presidential election. police in india arrest nine people in connection with the collapse of a bridge in gujarat in which at least 140 people died. also in the programme: an important date in the us political calendar approaches we ll assess the current political mood. the the current political mood. week to until the us mid term the week to until the us mid term elections, i am laura trevalyan in the battleground state of pennsylvania, reporting from scranton, the hometown of presidentjoe biden. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk, on pbs and around the world. we begin in ukraine where the government there says power and water supplies across the country have been badly hit after russia launched a wave of missile attacks across the country. in the capital kyiv the mayor says 4 out of 5 people have been without running water. ukraine says russia fired
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