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of the exchequer. president zelensky says he ll keep asking western allies to send modern tanks to ukraine, after a meeting of more than 50 countries ended without agreement. hundreds of people have been protesting for the right to wild camp in dartmoor national park in the uk. last week the uk s high court ruled that the permission of landowners was required before camping on dartmoor. millions of people around the world are preparing for the start of the lunar new year. you are watching bbc news. political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to a new series, conversation with rather than an interrogation of someone who shapes our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. my guess this week is the leader of britain s second largest trade union, sharon graham who replaced the rather better known mark. we are at a time restriction on the health service, strikes on the railway, strengths and schools, strikes in the civil service. foryears, and schools, s ....
could the emergency services have done more to save lives after the manchester arena bombing? a report is due out shortly. the migrant crisis in kent the home secretary visits dover and manston to see for herself what s happening there. and why soaring energy bills mean many swimming pools and fitness centres could be forced to close this winter. i ve been going, what, ten years or more. peter has been coming 16. and coming up on the bbc news channel. it s crunch time in the t20 world cup group stages as pakistan dig deep to claim a vital victory over south africa to avoid elimination. good afternoon. within the last hour, interest rates have gone up by three quarters of a percentage point the biggest increase for more than 30 years. it pushes the base rate up to 3% as the bank of england tries to control inflation. it s the eighth rise in a row, meaning higher mortgage bills for many homeowners. meanwhile, the bank has also warned the uk could be on course for its ....
interest rates have gone up by three quarters of a percentage point, the biggest increase for more than 30 years. it pushes the base rate up to 3%, as the bank of england tries to control inflation. it s the eighth rise in a row, meaning higher mortgage bills for many homeowners. meanwhile the bank has also warned the uk could be on course for its longest recession since reliable records began, over a century ago. our economics correspondent, andy verity, reports. it is the biggest interest rate rise in a third of a century. the cost of living has been rising at its fastest rate for a0 years for global reasons but the bank of england is trying to prevent runaway inflation from becoming embedded in the domestic economy. these are big changes, they have a real impact on people s lives, so why are we doing it? and why are we doing it now when so many people are already struggling with higher energy and food prices and other bills? quite simply we are increasing the bank ra ....
elected as leader of the conservative party. politics comes at us rather fast these days, doesn t it? this autumn s second new prime minister inherits a nightmarish soup of political and economic gloom. he moves in there tomorrow to try and sort it out. we ll have more from chris, in this extended edition of bbc news at ten, as we consider the prospects for a sunak premiership. at westminster the main opposition parties are united on the demand for a general election, so that millions of voters can have their say. labour thinks that we should be having a general election. i think everybody who i ve spoken to, the public, have said we should be having a general election. there is no mandate now. he should call an early general election. he s the second person in a row to be appointed as prime minister by tories, not elected by the population. mr sunak s rapid advance is a significant moment for politics. he s the first british asian to become prime minister. and we ll be ....
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