it s tuesday the 12th of september. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the cost of living has risen again, blamed on the higher cost of imported goods like clothes and shoes. it s now back at the peak of 2.9% it last hit in may this year. our business correspondent ben thompson is here to explain. i ll let you talk us through the latest figures. inflation is the cost of living, it shows how quickly things don t work the price of things don t work the price of things is rising. it has hit 2.9%. today s figure was expected to come ina today s figure was expected to come in a little lower than that. why are prices rising so quickly? it is a cost of imported things, issues, household goods. all of those sorts of things. they are more expensive because after we voted to leave the eu, the value of the pound fell which means things we import from overseas are more expensive. it is the first indication we are getting all those things we buy from overseas are adding to the overall cost of
them to return home. i m live in bangladesh near the border with myanmar, where hundreds of thousands of refugees have come. sir peter hall, one of the most influentialfigures in british theatre, has died at the age of 86. tunnelling under the stones. a plan to ease traffic congestion around stonehenge is given the go ahead. coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news, we ll look ahead to tonight s champions league matches, including celtic‘s task against the world s most expensive player. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. for the first time, the government has lifted its pay cap for some for the first time in seven years, the government is partially lifting its pay cap for some public sector workers. prison officers and police in england and wales will see increases over and above the 1% freeze which has been in force since 2013. police will get a bonus on top of their salary award. unions argue that a lifting of the cap for all public sector work
have made their way here to escape the violence at home. also this hour, tributes to a giant of british theatre. sir peter hall, founder of the royal shakespeare company,has died at the age of 86. give me actors, and a text, and i instinctively know what to do. and a stone s throw away; a plan to ease traffic congestion around stonehenge is given the go ahead. for the first time in seven years, the government is partially lifting its pay crap. prison officers in england and wales will receive a pay rise of 1.7% this year, above the 1% freeze which has been in place for yea rs. freeze which has been in place for years. police will receive a 1% pay rise plus a 1% bonus for the years. but unions are demanding far more for all public second for workers given current levels of inpolice station which today hit 2.9%. we ll ta ke station which today hit 2.9%. we ll take about inflation later this hour but first this report from ian watson at the tuc conference in brighton. police and
work, tuc researchers found that shamefully, those parents and carers, often women, requesting flexible working all too often found themselves punished instead with fewer hours, fewer opportunities to progress and some even losing their jobs. so, the next labour government will take action right across the board to will take action right across the boa rd to help will take action right across the board to help protect people in the work place. although we d like to see another general election as soon as possible that delivers more labour gains than this timea labour delivers more labour gains than this time a labour government, in the meantime, we ll challenge the government in parliament and outside every step of the way to defend working people, stand by you, the trade unions battling for people s rights day in and day out. applause. rights are won by all of us together. but they have to be co nsta ntly together. but they have to be constantly defended and enforced and tha
and tributes to sir peter hall, one of the greatest figures in the history british theatre, who s died at the age of 86. we ll be talking to sir trevor nunn. it s 5.00. our main story is that the cap on public sector pay rises is to be lifted, but only for police and prison officers in england and wales. union leaders have responded angrily, by demanding a pay rise for all public sector workers, who ve been affected by a combination of pay freezes and pay caps for the past seven years. ministers are said to be ready to show flexibility in the public sector pay round for next year. let s take a look at the figures. prison officers in england and wales have been awarded a rise of 1.7%. as far as police officers are concerned, their salaries will go up by 1%, and they ll also get a further 1% bonus. the current current level of inflation is nearly 3%. speaking at the tuc congress in brighton, labour sjeremy corbyn says the government is trying to divide and rule public sector