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The financial crisis hit. Wages fell sharply and inflation rose as things like the cost of petrol went up. That led to this long period of pay squeeze and that didnt come to an end until september 20 14. And until today wages have stayed above the cost of living but the gap has been closing and today those lines crossed. Individual incomes on average are going down again. Donna spicer is a Teaching Assistant from south east london. She has faced a pay freeze for four years. South east london. She has faced a pay freeze for four yearsli struggle pay freeze for four years. struggle to eat sometimes. I have no social life. There is no money to go out. And it is a choice of heating and eating. So, one winter we were sitting with blankets, hot water bottles, jackets, jumpers. Low unemployment used to mean higher wages as firms chased good workers. I inflation meant workers demanded increased pay rises but people are still concerned ....
The possibility of russian interference in the us electoral process. That is where you begin. You begin at a highly, serious level where you are protecting your National Electoral integrity. Then you have all of these revelations while tromp is in the white house. The quote that you just gave, that is in the quote that you just gave, that isina the quote that you just gave, that is in a white house document. The white house has said it is authentic. There was no question about what he said. What is interesting here is the sourcing of all of this stuff. It is coming from officials in and out of government. Most of them still serving officials and that, i think, is super important because it tells you there are people who are really worried about the conduct of the presidency and the way, notjust what he does, but why he does it and how he does it. He seems totally unable to separate anything that happens from himself. Its all a ....
Debt crisis in greece is back in focus. Well tell you all you need to know. And well be getting the inside track on one mans effort to make musical millions. It might look like a kids toy, but with some of the biggest names in music want to get their hands on it, we meet the man behind the lightblock pad. So today we want to know, what was your first Musical Instrument . Did you learn at school . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to Business Live. Violin. It was good, bad and ugly we begin with us President Donald Trump who is about to leave saudi arabia on his way to israel. Thats his next stop on his foreign tour. Over the weekend in riyadh he signed agreements Worth Hundreds of billions of dollars between saudi and american firms. T ....
That the manchester suicide bomber, salman abedi, was a potential threat. This week we get a health check on chinas engine of economic growth, its Manufacturing Sector. An sri lankas government is facing criticism for the sale of valuable Infrastructure Projects to china. Welcome to Asia Business report. From high tech gadgets do Economic Data to defence. They are all on the agenda for investors in asia this week. Tomorrow asias Biggest Technology fair opens in taiwan. And the state of the chinese economy has beenin the state of the chinese economy has been in the news recently with Moody S Downgrading the debt rating, and on wednesda ....
In my eyes, he deserves nothing less than a life sentence, and i hope he gets it. I hope they throw away the key and he never comes out. Never to do this to anybody else again. Paterson has been told to expect a custodial sentence when he attends court tomorrow. The maximum punishment is life in prison. Jeremy cook, bbc news. And join huw edwards for the bbc wales leaders debate. Applause good evening, noswaith dda, a warm welcome to the sse Swalec Stadium in the heart of the welsh Capitalfor A Special Live election debate, and welcome to people across the uk watching on the bbc news channel. This is where well be spending the next 90 minutes, testing the pledges and ambitions of five Political Parties in wales. As voters prepare to visit the Polling Sta ....