with raw materials prices overheating globally, there is little the bank of england can do to cool them by raising interest rates in the uk alone. most economists think this worldwide surge in the cost of living will get worse before it gets better. andy verity, bbc news. the transport secretary, grant shapps, has defended borisjohnson, who yesterday became the first sitting prime minister to have been found to have broken the law. mr shapps said mrjohnson hadn t acted with malice or intent. but the former scottish conservative party leader ruth davidson was highly critical, saying the prime minister should walk . here s our deputy political editor, vicki young. he s broken the law and his own strict covid rules. boris johnson forced to apologise again and again for lockdown partying in downing street. i want to begin by repeating my apologies. mr speaker, i want to apologise.