as parts of europe face a drought, the first in a series of hosepipe bans is due to come into force across the south of england to try and tackle water shortages. the american conspiracy theorist alexjones has been ordered to pay more than $4 million in damages after losing a defamation case for falsely claiming the sandy hook shooting was a hoax. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. in the uk, the governor of the bank of england has defended the decision to raise interest rates, saying there s a real risk of soaring prices becoming embedded . yesterday, the bank warned of a recession as it raised interest rates by the largest amount in 27 years. the uk economy is forecast to shrink in the last three months of this year, as the bank predicts a recession that will last well into next year. the bank says that sharp increases in energy prices will push inflation to more than 13% a 42 year high and that the value of people s incomes is falli
here promising you tens and tens of billions of pounds of goodies straightaway, because i don t think that s the right thing to do for our economy. i think it s risky, i think it risks making the inflation problem far worse and costing you all far more. let s talk to our political correspondent, damian grammaticas. hardly surprising that a lot of focus on the economy last night? yes, it was the sort of heart of the differences between the two candidates and their prescriptions for what they think they could do once one of them becomes prime minister and how they would tackle all of this, these very serious projections from the bank of england, inflation hitting 13%. recession all of next year. and you heard the two different views there on what should be done. so liz truss saying the real problem is recession, therefore reversing some of rishi sunak s tax rises, national
and what s important is first of all that we need to help people struggling with the cost of living. i would immediately reverse the national insurance increase. i would also have a temporary moratorium on the green energy levy to save people money on fuel bills. but i d also keep corporation tax low, to make sure that we are attracting investment. i am saying some things that are maybe not the easiest thing in the world to hear. i m not sitting here or standing here promising you tens and tens of billions of pounds of goodies straightaway, because i don t think that s the right thing to do for our economy. i think it s risky, i think it risks making the inflation problem far worse and costing you all far more. let s talk to our political correspondent damian grammaticas. so all about the economy last night? the debate all the questions to the candidates ranged across a lot of topics but the real heart of it, yes, with their differences on approach to this, the biggest issue that they
well, what the bank of england has said today is of course extremely worrying but it is not inevitable. we can change the outcome and we can make it more likely that the economy grows. and what s important is first of all that we need to help people struggling with the cost of living. i would immediately reverse the national insurance increase. i would also have a temporary moratorium on the green energy levy to save people money on fuel bills. but i d also keep corporation tax low, to make sure that we are attracting investment. i am saying some things that are maybe not the easiest thing in the world to hear. i m not sitting here or standing here promising you tens and tens of billions of pounds of goodies straightaway, because i don t think that s the right thing to do for our economy. i think it s risky, i think it risks making the inflation problem far worse and costing you all far more. let s talk to our political correspondent damian grammaticas. they continued to be divided. ha