in this evening. at the australian open, rafa nadal is one game from beating daniil mededev and take a record breaking 21st grand slam title. good afternoon. the foreign secretary, liz truss, has said it s highly unlikely british troops would be fighting on the ground if russia were to invade ukraine but said coordinated sanctions targeting russian companies and oligarchs could be a deterrent to president putin. nato s secretary general, jens stoltenberg, has told the bbc it s up to russia to decide whether to pursue a diplomatic path. moscow which objects to nato s eastward expansion in europe has denied it plans to invade. here s our diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley. nato is beefing up its deterrents in eastern europe with every passing day. this is the west s continuing counter build up in the face of what downing street is calling rising russian aggression. the aim is to show moscow the price it could pay if it does invade ukraine. to send a message to russia
regard path. it isn t one that fits all. in regard to path. it isn t one that fits all. in regard to student debt, 25 k salary, the cost regard to student debt, 25 k salary, the cost of regard to student debt, 25 k salary, the cost of living crisis, the payment the cost of living crisis, the payment is having an effect on everybody. 25 k is on the salary you are looking everybody. 25 k is on the salary you are looking for when you graduate. you need are looking for when you graduate. you need to are looking for when you graduate. you need to be aiming higher. what is the you need to be aiming higher. what is the point you need to be aiming higher. what is the point in putting in the time when is the point in putting in the time when you is the point in putting in the time when you have to repay so early on? i when you have to repay so early on? i don t when you have to repay so early on? idoh t think when you have to repay so early on? i don t think i
country needed a change. in kingswood, as across the country. kingswood, as across the country, 14 years of conservative government have sucked conservative government have sucked the hope out of our countrx sucked the hope out of our country. there is a feeling that, country. there is a feeling that, no country. there is a feeling that, no matter how hard you work. that, no matter how hard you work. you that, no matter how hard you work, you just can t move forward work, you just can t move forward. and that with rishi s recession. forward. and that with rishi s recession, we are left again paying recession, we are left again paying more and getting less. it doesn t have to be this way. you it doesn t have to be this way. you know it doesn t have to be this way. you know it, i know it, know it. you know it, i know it, know it and you know it, i know it, know it. and when the prime minister finally it. and when the prime minister finally finds the
what do you think is happening to jobs and wages in the uk? i m excited to see the numbers today. on the surface, it looks like a tie market and a healthy market but underneath is really what the question is and i think there s a couple of things going on. the waters are pretty murky right now for employers. you ve got political and economic uncertainty and that will be in the job numbers as well. you are getting a lot of cross currents. we are definitely seeing a pull back in hiring, pretty broad based across the economy but at the same time you see hiring numbers increasing. there is a lot of hiring going on in skill short areas and people are continuing to go after the skills they need. and after this there s a couple of areas where we are seeing wages come down, there s always a couple of months lag in wages from the inflation rates so we ve been seeing that as we would expect. say you are suggesting there is no wages headache the bank of england? i no wages headache the
pricing could be hampering people s ability to compare products. the cma said retailers should make the necessary changes, or risk facing enforcement action. it also called on the government to bring in reforms to tighten the law. our business reporter peter ruddick is in salford with the details. what does this report mean for consumers? what does this report mean for consumers? . , , ~ , consumers? that will be the very key auestion i consumers? that will be the very key question i think consumers? that will be the very key question i think the consumers? that will be the very key question i think the chancellor, - question i think the chancellor, jeremy hunt, will be asking. the timing he was really interesting. we have fresh inflation figures out yesterday suggesting that the average headline inflation rate had eased a little, but that food inflation remained incredibly high. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, he directly question supermarkets questioning whether they were