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Head of statistics, robert cuffe. record figures and of course people want to know, what drives that? what is behind that?— is behind that? definitely, definitely _ is behind that? definitely, definitely arrivals. - is behind that? definitely, definitely arrivals. so - is behind that? definitely, l definitely arrivals. so many is behind that? definitely, - definitely arrivals. so many more. because the government net migration target is this balance of comings and goings, departures and arriva...

Numbers of arrivals going up, did numbers of arrivals going up, did numbers of decisions being taken has fallen. that is what happening to people who arrived for asylum. rather than it is change the headline numbers of people living here forever.— here forever. very interesting. robert, thank _ here forever. very interesting. robert, thank you _ here forever. very interesting. robert, thank you very - here forever. very interesting. robert, thank you very much l here forever. very interesting....

How much weight should we put on predictions from the Office for Budget Responsibility and other experts?

With the bbc�*s head of statistics, robert cuffe. lots for us to talk about. there are so many figures bouncing around and it seems prices are going up and up. talk about the that £5,000 figure. what is it, when will it come in and where does it come from? the figure that we are — where does it come from? the figure that we are talking _ where does it come from? the figure that we are talking today, _ where does it come from? the figure that we are talking today, the - that we are talking t...

Absolutely, yeah, thats what were trained to do, thats what we are here to do. the head of the raf said he believes his pilots will be part of this emergency well into next year. this is a critical time — a moment of violence in ukraine and one of vigilance beyond it. duncan kennedy, bbc news, eastern romania. covid—19 infections in most of the uk remain near or at record levels, with only scotland having seen a clear week—on—week drop in numbers, according to the office for national sta...

Were now between the two gun lines and theres a right old artillery duel going on between them. the battle on the ground tookjust over a month. short, but victory would be bittersweet for robert lawrence, a young lieutenant in the scots guards who fought in one of the last battles at tumbledown. it became gutter fighting. ammunition, you know, re—supplies arent going to happen in the middle of a battle, so once youre using up your ammunition, you start using whatever you can lay your hands on,...

Long way to go in terms of the booster uptake.— long way to go in terms of the booster uptake. for now, robert, thanks for— booster uptake. for now, robert, thanks forjoining _ booster uptake. for now, robert, thanks forjoining us. _ the uks medicines regulator has approved a new anti viral pill for covid. the drug company pfizer claims that when taken by high risk patients with mild to moderate symptoms, paxlovid reduces hospitalizations and deaths by 89%. the two active substances of paxlo...

We will keep you up—to—date with that story and all its developments. thats all the sport for now. jane, thank you very much. lets talk more about the potential change in england to drop the need for confirmatory pcr tests after youve had a positive lateral flow. you will still have to isolate. with me to discuss this is our head of statistics robert kraft. with me now our head of statistics, robert cuffe. so what has changed? the tests have not changed. — so what has changed? the tests ha...

And the requirement to self—isolate on arrival until receipt of a negative pcr test will be dropped. he also said this. thanks to the sheer size of the omicron wave, we still need to take steps to ensure our testing capacity reaches those who need it most. we will be suspending the need to do a pcr to confirm the result of a positive lateral flow test. from next tuesday, if you test positive, you should just record that result and begin self—isolation. the latest figures show the uk has repo...

Secondly, which is going to come into effect from tomorrow... they have agreed that if a person showing no symptoms has a positive lateral flow test they are no longer advised to have a follow—up pcr test to confirm that result unless they are in a clinically vulnerable group, which may need early access to treatment, of course. they hope this means that there will be something like an easing of demand by 5—15% for pcr tests. so that is what wales have just decided. we have more figures from...