Its a decision that will affect millions of teachers and nhs workers whether to accept the independent recommendation of Pay Review bodies and give them a Pay Rise of 5. 5 , or offer a more modest Increase And Risk disappointing millions of labour voters, as well as potentially more industrial action. Today, in Herfirst Big Interview since the election, Rachel Reeves dropped a big hint that above inflation rises for Public Sector workers are on the way. We also know that there is a cost to not settling, a cost of further industrial action, a cost in terms of the challenge that we face in recruiting and retaining doctors and nurses and teachers as well. But well do it in a proper way and make sure that the Sums Add Up. But those sums, she said, had to take into account the economy the new government had inherited. Well, weve also seen just this week the Government Borrowing numbers, which are significantly higher than people had anticipated. And that goes to the real, true extent of the
We start here in the uk, where the Chancellor Rachel reeves says the government will make sure the Sums Add Up before agreeing to fund a recommended 5. 5 Pay Increase to teachers and nhs staff. The above Inflation Rise has been recommended by independent Pay Review bodies. Heres our political correspondent tony bonsignore. Its a decision that will affect millions of teachers and nhs workers whether to accept the independent recommendation of Pay Review bodies and give them a Pay Rise of 5. 5 , of teachers and nhs workers whether to accept the independent recommendation of Pay Review bodies and give them a Pay Rise of 5. 5 , or offer a more modest Increase And Risk disappointing millions of labour voters, as well as potentially more industrial action. Today, in Herfirst Big Interview since the election, Rachel Reeves dropped a big hint that above Inflation Rises for Public Sector workers are on the way. We also know that there is a cost to not settling, a cost of further industrial acti
in mykolaiv. accusing russian military of disguising russian tanks with ukrainian flags and then opening fire on civilians. nbc news though, is not yet able to independently confirm this. russian military officials, meanwhile, claim they struck 26 military facilities just in the last few hours. destroying warehouses, destroying resources and to ukraine by western countries. nbc news, again, not able to independently confirm that. also this hour, some advice from a former president on how to handle putin s frequent references to nuclear weapons. i would say we have far more than you do, far more powerful than you. and you can t use that word ever again. you cannot use the nuclear word ever again. joining us now, nbc s kelly cook from ukraine and from the white house. kelly, we ll start with you here. what are you hearing from people there in odessa after this latest round of missile attacks? well, alex, once again, odessa, after being somewhat quiet of the past three w
gorgeous at last night s emmy awards. my wife said the hip-hop performance was fantastic, although i m hearing a bunch of woke stuff too, i m surprised. speed went just getting more and more proof everything back to normal and the only time to come up to you and says vaccine or wear a mask. but truly when you see that, that is in the heaven of masks. steve: you are right. brian: the most woke place around. ainsley: i m glad we are past that, the mus the beautiful music with christian singers and you had r&b and a lot of country as well. i didn t watch it. steve: i didn t watch it either. good performers. ainsley: the one good story, navy divers to recover the debris from chinese five flight that was shot down over r the weekend. brian: i heard about this recovery effort underway as china conducted three other flights over the u.s. undetected during the trump administration, undetected flights discovered. pete: we have detected the undetectable somehow after-the
good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington. we go directly to the pentagon and the briefing on the china spy balloon. because we do not have internet or phone capability in this area of the pentagon for a variety of reasons, our normal call-in options will not be available. for those who have had to call in, we apologize for the inconvenience. however, we will aim to get our briefing transcripts and the audio up as quickly as possible. we will aim to answer your questions through our dod press desk when you send them to us. moving forward, we will look at ways to improve our briefing operations and the facilitation and expect that our regular press briefings will resume in the press briefing room in middle to late may. again, we appreciate your patience and flexibility and extend our thanks to the department of the air force for allowing us to use airman s hall as our temporary briefing home. secretary austin returned yesterday from a very productive series of meetings in