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Wages, first of all, let me make one point. it's way better to have a job in which wages are maybe not going up relative to inflation than not to have a job. we have put 1.4 million people to work this year, almost half a million every month for nearly 13 months now. that's very important for people's ability to get by if they have a job. it is right that inflation is taking the better part of wage hikes away in terms of about a two percentage point gap, say, 7% or 8% inflation and 5% or 6% wage growth. that gap means wages are not keeping up with inflation. what has to happen is inflation has...

Sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's sarah mulkerrins. good morning... celtic opened up a six point gap at the top of the scottish premiership with a 2—1win at ibrox in the old firm derby. but the match was overshadowed by broken glass thrown onto the pitch at half—time, and a member of the celtic backroom staff being hit by a glass bottle. joe lynskey reports. in glasgow and in football, there are few days more intense. but in the old firm, it can go too far. celtic�*sjoe hart came out for the second half and checked the goalmouth to find glass. it is utter...

And spend some of that money in the upcoming transfer window to improve results. in scotland, premiership league leaders rangers maintained their four point gap at the top. that's after they beat hearts 2—0 at tynecastle — joe aribo with their second. it's six straight league wins now for rangers. women's super league leaders arsenal showing why the title could be theirs this season. frida maanum scored twice in two minutes, as they beat leicester 4—0. the gunners are four points clear at the top of the table. of course, we will be poring over that result in abu dhabi throughout the rest...

What does it show? 53% of adults say they have gotten or will likely get the booster, and that's only a little changed from last month with 50% -- or two month ago, october, 50%. we've got first doses but when it comes to boosters we're a long ways off. >> also break down politically by state, red state/blue state. >> it absolutely does. if you look among those fully vaccinated, over 50% of republicans are, but with democrats it's significantly higher. and you have about a 0 point gap. now look at the boosters. you see an even wider, this huge partisan gap -- north of 40 percentage points. and...

They're 9 points behind the leaders arsenal. lewis hamilton's hopes of closing the 14 point gap to championship leader max verstappen have been boosted today, after he claimed pole position for tomorrow's qatar grand prix. verstappen will line up alongside him, but hamilton will have the support of his mercedes team mate valtteri bottas in third. nick parrott reports. formula 1 is always looking for new horizons. the latest is in qatar and the sale circuit has witnessed drama when hosting was up but it looks like the arrival of cars will see them return of mercedes dominance. last weekend in b...