as he claimed on a number of occasions that the number on payrolls was higher than before the pandemic. but that was because a lot of the self employed people gave up self employment during the pandemic or afterwards and became employees on payrolls instead. the letter from the director general having had no impact, the chair of the uk statistics authority, that then chair wrote to the prime minister on the 24th of february 2022. dear prime minister, he wrote. it is wrong to claim that there are no more people and work than before the pandemic began. the increase in the number of people who are on payrolls is more than offset by the reduction in the number of people who are self employed. so at the liaison committee in march, i asked the prime minister whether he accepted that correction in sir david s letter. his reply wasn t straightforward, but the transcript of that meeting does show that mr johnson understood fully and clearly what had happened in the labour market. he d
moving, frequent lightning, gusty wind and, again, hailat times. it won t last very long because this will quickly turn back to sunshine. a bit of a mixed bag for some of us over the course of the weekend. overall, it is a hot one. 22 degrees in newcastle on sunday. how long is this warm weather going to last? well into the week ahead, we can see those temperatures hovering about above average, with one or two ago showers still lingering into monday. so summer is well and truly here. back to thanks, tomasz. and that s bbc news at ten. you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. from the ten team it s goodbye. newsnight with faisal islam is just getting under way on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. goodnight. boris johnson resigns from parliament, alleging a witchhunt. is this the end for the former pm, or a return to a full blown conservative civ
all of the front pages were probably out of date by the time we received them. they re still warm up the printer. camilla and tony, just give me an overview of what we ve been through in the last week in british politics. i in the last week in british olitics. ~ ., in the last week in british olitics. ~ ., ., , ., , , politics. i think more has happened in the last week politics. i think more has happened in the last week than politics. i think more has happened in the last week than would - in the last week than would normally happen over a period of months or years. it feels like it s been such a roller coaster. we had the resignation of liz truss as prime minister only the last few days, saying she wasn t able to deliver the mandate on which she was elected, so she spoken to his majesty the king and handed in her resignation and said she ll stay as prime minister until such a time as prime minister until such a time a new prime minister is in place. we then heard from
ayman al zawahiri, less than 500 metres from the swimming pool in a bar where british diplomats were relaxing, adam. relaxing, adam. yeah, it s extraordinary. relaxing, adam. yeah, it s extraordinary. it s - relaxing, adam. yeah, it s extraordinary. it s not - relaxing, adam. yeah, it s extraordinary. it s not the | relaxing, adam. yeah, it s - extraordinary. it s not the first time that the us government has moved to take action like this to kill what the us sees as an important target in the middle east. i guess it sjust to remind that we re just discussing russia s attack, what s going on with china, but of course we had the of actuation of kabul last year, which was a humiliating moment for certainly our government, the uk government and other western governments. the taliban and take over and instability. it ll be interesting to see, but not that this is the most important issue, joe biden isn t particularly popular in the us at the moment. it ll be interesting to see