speaking before squeezed by massive bills, there is still spending power out there. a lot of our customers are probably a bit older, so we don t feel the mortgage rate, although it creates uncertainty for them and that does and we do notice when there is a rate rise, everyone gets a bitjittery. does it feel like we are getting green shoots? i don t feel that there is green shoots, no, no. i don t feel that there is green shoots, no, no. i feel we are in a holding pattern. it could go either way. today, the bank of england said the tough medicine was beginning to work. less tha n less than two years they have over 14 steps raised interest rates to the highest level in 15 years in an attempt to drain spending powerfrom the spending power from the economy. the period of near zero interest rates now consigned to history with the bank warning that rates could remain at this level for some time. if you asked the question, yes, and when are rates going to come down? my answer is w
while handling conflicts abroad? the prime minister s right hand man oliver dowden is here to answer that question. from salford, labour s lisa nandyjoins us too. he s been caught in the headlines for the wrong reasons of late in charge during the post office scandal. but how does ed davey, the lib dem leader, want to change the script in this year of a general election? and, a week on from the death of alexei navalvny we ask the estonian prime minister what s it like to be one of putin s most wanted. good morning. with you and me for the next 60 minutes halima begum, the boss of the charity action aid, andy burnham, the labour mayor of greater manchester, now author, and therese coffey, who was deputy prime minister herself in liz truss cabinet. she is now a conservative backbench mp. a warm welcome to all three. and welcome to you, too. so let s first of all catch up with what s making the news. keir starmer accuses rishi sunak of harbouring extremists in his party
hello and welcome. we begin today in the us. president biden has condemned the killing of four people at a birthday party in alabama this weekend as outrageous and unacceptable . the country s latest mass shooting happened at a 16th birthday party in the town of dadeville. on sunday night, people gathered for a vigil to remember the victims of the shooting. 28 other people were injured, several critically. so far, there s been no information whether any suspect was killed or arrested. jessica parker reports from dadeville. what happened 7 confusion and fear the almost routine eruption of gun violence in america but uniquely devastating for a small community in rural alabama after a shooter opened fire at a 16th birthday party. police tape quietly hiding what you then can hear, the sound of horror and grief. wailing. four lives were lost in the tragic event that occurred here in dadeville. as far as the injuries, there are 28 individuals that were injured during the cou
out there for some. it s wednesday, the 8th of may. our main story. the parents of 11 children, who died after what they say were the failings of social media, have called on rishi sunak and keir starmer to do more to protect young people online. in an open letter, they say they re disappointed by the lack of ambition shown by the regulator, ofcom, which has today set out its plans to force tech companies to make their platforms safer. our correspondent angus crawford reports. i want to know what they ve got to say, and i want them to meet people with lived experience. it s really important to try and understand what ofcom are doing because from the outside they seem to be doing so little, which is ridiculous and frustrating. brianna and molly, their short lives spurring their parents on to try and make the online world a safer place for all children. we showed them posts and pictures, easy to find on social media of self harm, suicide and eating disorders. had you, um. had y