Lets go live to delhi where my Colleague Archana Shukla joins us from outside the parliament. Lets talk about what this means for Narendra Modi and his third term. He has occurred this victory but can he do everything that he wants because he is counting on other parties for support in the parliament behind you . Absolutely, the parliament here, the majority this time for the Prime Minister is much weaker than what was for the last two terms he was in office, certainly not everything that the government and the Prime Minister would want to do they could do as easily as they would have on the last few years. They have Coalition Partners and there will be pressure from them on getting through some of the bigger policy reforms, if you talk about the budget today, the expectation is while there would be a continuation of expenditure, capital expenditure, massively on infrastructure that we have seen over the last few years, there would also be a tilt away on Welfare Spending as well. The C
between 5.25% and 5.5%. months ago, many had forecast that this rate would be ready to cut around now but the latest inflation figures have dampened expectations as prices rose at 3.5% in the year to march, which was higher than the february figure of 3.2%. the feds target for inflation, like most central banks, is for 2%. so still some way to go. and those price rises are feeding into some wider negative sentiment. the latest report from the economic think tank the conference board shows that consumer confidence is falling with people more downbeat about future business conditions, jobs and income. to delve into that report joining me now is sara murray global managing director at the conference board international. thank you forjoining us today. take us in to the mind of american consumers right now. how are they feeling? as you said, confidence has deteriorated to the conference board run the consumer confidence index and have been doing it for over 50 years and it has
the uk is to put sanctions on dozens of individuals and groups accused of human rights abuses around the world including those involved in the murders of russian lawyer sergei magnitsky and saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. and i hope this house, and this country makes it crystal clear to those that abuse their power to inflict unimaginable suffering, we will not look the other way, you cannot set foot in this country, and we will seize your blood drenched ill gotten gains if you try. lockdown restrictions continue to be eased around the uk beer gardens reopen in scotland, in wales the five mile travel restriction is lifted and in northern ireland nail bars and tattoo parlours can reopen. good, bad, ugly theme and ennio morricone one of hollywood s greatest film score composers dies at the age of 91. leaders of the arts have given a warm welcome to a government rescue package worth more than one and a half billion pounds. british theatres, galleries and museums have
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