not, on the money, albeit less of it? last year you may remember that the governor of the bank of england andrew bailey told you not to ask for big pay rises to stop prices rising out of control. they are perhaps not so much happened as of doom and bust but of truth. they worried about and in inflationary spiral where prices push inflation out of control and uk inflation of course running around 10%, food inflation much higher than that, thatis inflation much higher than that, that is around 17%, 18%. of course workers across the public sector right now are involved in industrial action over pay rises. so is mr pill right? do wejust action over pay rises. so is mr pill right? do we just need to get used to being poorer? do you accept being poorer? let s talk. get in touch. and here is the news. the government says that over 200 british nationals have been airlifted out of sudan so far. three raf planes have already touched down in cyprus and more are expected to follow. evacu
Listening and watching. if you are a new consumer of the programme, let me tell you what happens every wednesday at ten o clock. we have a politicians panel, they are not all mps but they are very interesting and will be ready to answer your questions. you can ask them anything. there s loads on the agenda at the moment. this week we re joined by paul holmes, the conservative mp for eastleigh and party vice chair. stephen kinnock the labour mp for aberavon and shadow immigration minister. and caral denyer, who s the green party co leader. so get your questions in now sudan, bullying, strikes, sewage, illegal migration. and if you re texting us remember to include your name and where you are. text 85058. that is coming up at ten
In the headline rate of inflation. that s why we have a plan and if we are going to reduce that pressure on families it is absolutely essential to stick to that plan and we see it through so that we have inflation this year, as the prime minister has promised. this might be something you want to address to our politicians panel at ten o clock, and i will tell you more about who is on and what is happening then on the kind of thing is, it is up to you what you want to ask, that s coming up later on on the nation s phone in. let s go straight for this, leah in shifnal, deb in rushton, and harry kind, consumer expert, we need a consumer expert from which?. good morning, harry. expert from which?. good morning, har . ., expert from which?. good morning, harry- leah - expert from which?. good morning, harry- leah in i harry. good morning, hi. leah in sheffield- harry. good morning, hi. leah in sheffield. good harry. good morning, hi. leah in sheffield. good morning. - harry. good morn
Supermarkets and lots of people are saying that as well. you are not impressed with the politicians. we are going to bring in sander in paisley in a moment and the reverend kathleen who runs a charity in middlesbrough. sandra, thank you for getting in touch. deb, you are on a mission right? clearly the amazing thing you did for the local community. we have a politicians panel coming up later on and i know you might have a pointed and pertinent question to ask of our politicians. are you around after ten o clock? politicians. are you around after ten o clock? come i politicians. are you around after. ten o clock? come back politicians. are you around after- ten o clock? come back on ten o clock? yes, i am. come back on and ut it ten o clock? yes, i am. come back on and put it to ten o clock? yes, i am. come back on and put it to our ten o clock? yes, i am. come back on and put it to our politicians. ten o clock? yes, i am. come back on and put it to our politicians. no - and pu