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coming in at 1.3 percent in march, down from 2.5 percent in february. that s according to the latest data from the british retail consortium. the fall has been driven by lower food prices and more competition between supermarkets. earlier i spoke to harvir dhillon, who s an economist from the british retail consortium. i began by asking him if the outlook of the data is sustainable. it will be sustainable over the coming months. so, we re still expecting to see a quite sharp fall in the headline rate of inflation during april, when ofgem that s the energy price regulator when its price cap comes down. so, for the coming months, we should see more easing pressure in terms of inflation. now, whether towards the end of the year that persists still remains open to some uncertainty. ok, so how is this impacting us in the pocket? so, in terms of how it s impacting us, i mean, of course, inflation has eased. it s now the lowest since the end of 2021, which is amazing, but ....
scandal later today. between 1999 and 2015 hundreds of sub postmasters were wrongly prosecuted due to faulty software. it s the first time she ll publicly speak about her role in the scandal for nearly a decade. our business correspondent emma simpson has the details. it s 2012, and paula vennells is in herfirst year as the new boss of the post office. she s already spent half a decade with the business. and here she s on a visit to the shop floor. retail is detail. i don t know whoever it was that said that, but it is that. and you come to places like this and you find out the little things that make the operation much more efficient. back then, the post office was haemorrhaging money. the pressure is on to turn things around. but did she put profits before people? there s a sack full of questions waiting for her now. lee bought the bridlington branch in 2003. the losses soon began. here he is after the post office made him bankrupt with huge legal costs as they pursue ....
list case for a summer election, the economic numbers look better, although people don t necessarily feel better. the rwanda law has been passed but hasn t yet been tested. autumn and winter campaigns are grim. summer, you might. ha ha, more of that later. get the sun shining. it s a big football tournament. people might be a bit happier, but also crucially, more and more tory mp have been standing down and i think the tory party has become harder and harder and harder to govern. been saying for some time, my working assumption is the general election will be in the second half of this year . the 4th ofjuly is just in the second half of this year, so he s consistent with what he said, just. he is, although i have to say, as i said at the weekend, there s going to be a lot about this in different parts of the country. it s the school holidays in then in scotland and in northern ireland as well. and i think if you re a scottish conservative, and i think if you re a scott ....
he is recalling the ambassadors to the three countries. at least 140 members of the un already formally recognise palestinian statehood others including the us and the uk, do not. let s have a listen to what the prime minister announced. the progressive prime minister announced. iie: progressive government of spain next tuesday on the 28th of may will at cabinet meeting recognise the state of palestine. we are going to recognise the state of palestine for many reasons which i can summarise in three words. peace, justice and logic. peace, because it is the only solution to the conflict and by that i imply the essential question of the two states, israel and palestine, accompanied by mutual security guarantees as many other countries do. security guarantees as many other countries de security guarantees as many other countries do security guarantees as many other countries do. ,, , ., . countries do. spain s pedro sanchez. the irish prime countries do. spain s p ....
the conservatives have suffered crushing defeats in two by elections overnight with labour overturning substantial majorities in both mid bedfordshire and tamworth. the result in mid bedfordshire represents the largest conservative majority overturned by labour at a by election since 1916. it was triggered following the resignation of former culture secretary nadine dorries. here s our political correspondent, helen catt. these by elections were billed as nailbiter is. close, tense. in the end they two significant victories to labour. first in tamworth. the 57th safest conservative seat in the country before last night. country before last night. edwards, sierra, country before last night. edwards, sierra. labour country before last night. edwards, sierra, labour party. country before last night. edwards, sierra, labour party. 11,719 - country before last night. edwards, sierra, labour party. 11,719 votes. | sierra, labour party. 11,719 votes. cheering the new mp was el ....