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good morning from germany where we are waking up with the scotland fans ahead _ are waking up with the scotland fans ahead of— are waking up with the scotland fans ahead of their second match in the european — ahead of their second match in the european championship. will the scotland — european championship. will the scotland party continue? we will find out — scotland party continue? we will find out this morning. it's wednesday, the 19th ofjune. the latest inflation figures will be released this morning, giving an idea of the state of the economy before voters head to the ...

prices rose at 2% in the year to may, down from 2.3% in april. in october 2022 the figure peaked at 11.1%. the prime minister, rishi sunak, said the conservatives�* economic plan hadn't been easy but today showed "we've got there". shadow chancellor rachel reeves also welcomed the news, but added she wasn't going to say that everything in the economy "was fine". the lib dems said "millions of people won't be feeling better off today". on the election campaign trail, the scottish national party launches its manifesto today. first ministerjohn swinney will call for increased spending...

the figure — which tells us the rate at which prices are rising — hit the bank of england's target of 2% in may, coming down from 2.3% in april. our chief economics correspondent dharshini david reports. gary in sussex used to have seven butchers shops. he now has four. forced to make cuts as he's been caught between soaring costs over the last few years and customers with lean budgets looking for value. but things are easing. the price is probably 10—15% more than they were at the beginning of covid, but the actual price of the product is pretty much stationary now. well, we h...

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BRADFORD Council’s former chief executive is the new chair of the team that will run the district's City of Culture year.