thank you very much for being here, are you happy? thank you, iam. you look happy, yes. so why are you always have the top of the table? in all honesty, i think it is also because of the way happiness is measured, in the world happiness report. so the data come from respondents answering the question, how satisfied are you with your life on a scale from zero to ten, it s called a key entry letter, and finish people are very satisfied with their lives. finish people are very satisfied with their lives. you know what s different about with their lives. you know what s different about finish with their lives. you know what s different about finish life, - with their lives. you know what s different about finish life, and i different about finish life, and thatis different about finish life, and that is the amount of free time they have. i don t say they don t work hard, but they work within set hours and they have annual vacations between four and six weeks. if you compare
good evening. there has been some welcome news for the economy, with a sharper than expected fall in inflation that s the rate at which prices rise from li% injanuary to 3.1i% in february. that is its lowest level in more than two years. it means prices are still rising but at a slower rate. in a moment, we ll be speaking to our political editor chris mason, but first to our economics editor faisal islam with his assessment. thanks, reeta. today s fall means inflation has come a long way down from the peak of 11% back in october 2022 as you can see here. but inflation is still a bit higher than the bank of england s target rate of 2% in the dotted red line. earlier i spoke to the prime minister, who told me that the uk economy is notjust turning a corner but bouncing back, and that many people were seeing green shoots of recovery but i ve also been out and about near crewe, meeting people who are yet to see that. the first day of spring is often a turning point of ren