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Regulator 0fgem raised the price cap on what companies can charge their customers. the change will apply for april. the average annual bill for gas and eletricity for those not on fixed deals will rise by almost £700 a year to almost £2000. it will affect around 22 million households in england, wales and scotland. on top of that the base rate went up today, for the second time in three months, to 0.5% as the bank of england tries to curb the rise in the cost of living. and that's because inflation, the rate at which prices are rising, is expected to peak at 7.25% in april, well above the ba...

More than 7% in april, the highest rate for more than 30 years. however the governor, andrew bailey, has told the bbc, that workers shouldn't ask for higher pay rises, in order to help bring inflation under control. he's been speaking to our economics editor faisal islam. prices rising everywhere — in our bills for food, in the price of used cars and, of course, so much of it brought in on record shipments of tankers full of imported natural gas, piped straight into our bills. today, the bank of england forecast that, within weeks, the rate of inflation will hit 7.25% before falling, driven ...

In new york and seven other states, the increases are parts of scheduled raises in an effort to reach $15 minimum wages in years to come. the hourly minimum wage in los angeles will raise from $15 to $16.04 on july 1st. that's one of the highest minimum wages in the country and is more than double the $7.25 federal minimum. but, is it enough? my next guest is an expert on the effects of minimum wage on public health and estimates that california's statewide living wage in 2022 is roughly $21 for an adult with no kids. professor paul lee is a professor in the department of public health science...

In our bills for food, in the price of used cars and, of course, so much of it brought in on record shipments of tankers full of imported natural gas, piped straight into our bills. today, the bank of england forecast that within weeks, the rate of inflation will hit 7.25% before falling, driven by those energy price hikes. that's well above the bank of england's target, the highest level in a generation. so today, the bank again raised interest rates to 0.5% to try to temper the rise in inflation. it's the second in what will be a series of rate rises this year though rates remain low by preâ...

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