this afternoon as ropes this afternoon as inflation jumps to its highest level in ten months, 50% higher than it was at the time of the election. it's the latest blow to a litany of bad news. and today we're asking, should it now be game over for the chancellor? yes we are. and in other news, volodymyr zelenskyy says donald trump is living in disinformation space created by russia. this comes as the us president appears to shift blame with the war on to ukraine, criticising the country for not making a deal sooner. we'll bnng making a deal sooner. we'll bring you the latest. and police failed to properly investigate triple killer valdo calocane after he attacked two colleagues just weeks before going on a stabbing rampage in nottingham. we'll have the very latest on that newly released damning report.

so inflation is up again. that's the news we woke up to this morning. but it's not just that inflation is up. growth is of course sclerotic. it's only recently we learnt two consecutive quarters of negative growth of contraction economic contraction per person. that's a per capita recession. the country seemingly is currently in. it's bad news upon economic bad news. yeah. it's not looking good. we were promised a jobs boom. instead, we've got businesses warning left, right and centre that they're going to be making mass cuts. that's real people's lives impacted by the budget. they say it's because of the tax rate that's coming, of course. and the impact that will have on jobs. should it be time for rachel reeves to lose her job? of course, there's also the accusations that she lied in her cv a number of times. there's also an the bbc revealed, actually, that an investigation into her expenses back at the time she was working at hbos. perhaps everything wasn't white as it should be. is it time for

her to go? i mean, if anyone else was doing was at work and they were missing their targets on growth, they were missing their targets on inflation. they were missing their targets on jobs growth. i mean, would they stay in the job or or is this a time for the chancellor to get on an improvement plan to, to, to? >> i think there is. i think there. >> is something in the fact. that the budget was clearly received badly. >> by the business community. >> by the business community. >> and i think this year from. >> and i think this year from. >> january. >> january. >> we've seen a slight different side to the chancellor. she's been approving runways, she's been approving runways, she's been approving runways, she's been approving a bunch of different projects, transport related around the country, the oxford—cambridge arc that she was talking about in her big speech, and she's told ed miliband where to go when it comes to a lot of his objections, for. >> example. on an. >> example. on an. >> issue like heathrow, could actually the pressure on the chancellor be pushing her in a more pro—growth direction? wishful thinking, i think, because they always going to try and make sure that one of their

things was always planning, right. they were going to make it easier to not necessarily their manifesto, not necessarily heathrow. and ed miliband is not too pleased about that one. but yes, let us know what you think. gbnews.com/yoursay. is it game over for rachel reeves? should it be game over at this page? gbnews.com/yoursay. but it's your headlines with sofia. >> tom. emily. thank you. good afternoon. it'sjust >> tom. emily. thank you. good afternoon. it's just gone. 12:00. these are your headlines. volodymyr zelenskyy has said donald trump is trapped in a disinformation bubble after the us president suggested that ukraine could have settled the war with russia very easily. >> this could have been settled very easily, just a half a half baked negotiator could have settled this years ago . settled this years ago. >> conference. the ukrainian leader says he is seeing a lot of disinformation from russia, including claims his approval ratings are at 4%, which was

echoed by donald trump yesterday. it comes as the us president hinted an election, an election may be needed in ukraine for peace. >> wouldn't the people of ukraine have to say like, you know, it's been a long time since we've had an election? that's not a russia thing. that's not a russia thing. that's something coming from me and coming from many other countries also. you know, ukraine is being just just wiped out. >> meanwhile, former uk defence secretary ben wallace has criticised trump's handling of the situation. writing on social media site x, he said i think what president trump is learning is that if you have no skin in the game, you don't get to decide the fate of ukraine. i am sure they all enjoyed their four hour talks today, but they probably shouldn't have wasted their time. probably shouldn't have wasted theirtime. now probably shouldn't have wasted their time. now the probably shouldn't have wasted theirtime. now the uk's their time. now the uk's inflation rate has jumped from 2.5% to 3% in january, the highest level in ten months. it means that on average, something which cost £1 a year ago now

costs £1.03. the bank of england's target for inflation is 2%. the chief economist of the office for national statistics says the rise has been driven partly by airfares. meat, bread and private school fees. in other news, retailers selling knives online face stricter laws under the government's new crackdown, as a review finds it's easier for children to buy knives than it is to purchase paracetamol. tougher prison sentences will be introduced for selling knives to under—eighteens, and retailers will be obliged to report suspicious or bulk purchases that could then be sold on via social media. it's part of the government's aim to increase the protection of young people from knife crime , following knife crime, following tragedies. after unlicensed sales of the weapons. jonathan reynolds has been accused of fabricating his cv after it emerged he repeatedly described himself as a solicitor despite never qualifying. speaking to

the commons in 2014, the business secretary claimed he worked as a solicitor in manchester city centre before becoming an mp. however, he never actually qualified, quitting his training contract to run for parliament in 2010 , to run for parliament in 2010, and shadow housing secretary kevin hollinrake has called on reynolds to come to parliament and explain himself. >> you cannot fabricate your cv and we've seen this, of course, with rachel reeves, who's had to make several alterations to her cv, and now it seems john reynolds as well. so i think having done that in parliament, you're duty bound to come to parliament to say that you put the record straight. >> meanwhile, labour has responded saying it's a complete muddying of the water. they say linkedin is not a cv, it's a social media profile, and that the profile itself is a human error from his office. in regards to the 2014 parliamentary speech reference. they say it is not him .

they say it is not him. discussing his professional background. pope francis spent a peaceful night in hospital and ate breakfast this morning. that's according to the vatican, who gave an update this morning. it comes after it cancelled the pope's weekend engagements after he was diagnosed with pneumonia. he has been suffering from a respiratory infection for over a week and was admitted to hospital on friday. the vatican addedin hospital on friday. the vatican added in a statement that laboratory tests, chest x—rays and the clinical conditions of the holy father continue to present a complex picture, but that he remains in good spirits and obesity in england has caused the country's life expectancy to plunge in the european rankings. that's according to a report published today. decades of increasing life expectancy are beginning to falter, with people in england now living roughly nine months less than they did in 2011 . and less than they did in 2011. and the low levels of exercise and poor diets are partly to blame. that's according to research in

the lancet. the analysis across 20 european countries since 1990 found the improvements began to slow down in 2011, and life expectancy dropped between 2019 and 2021. england experienced the biggest decline. those are the biggest decline. those are the latest tv news headlines. now it's back to tom and emily. >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com/advent. >> good afternoon britain. it's eight minutes past midday. now the chancellor is on the ropes this afternoon as inflation jumps to its highest rate in ten months, notably 50% higher than when labour came to power. yes, and this is just the latest blow in a litany of bad news for

rachel reeves. last week, she faced the reality that the economy grew by just 0.1% in the last quarter. and that means a per capita contraction. well, we've had a chancellor who promised to boost growth, yet per person, we're in recession. brilliant. and she promised to get inflation down, but it shot up. she promised to boost jobs. instead, businesses say they're preparing for mass staff cuts. and of course, the government promised integrity. yet the chancellor has been accused of lying on her cv not once, but twice. so we're asking, should it be game over for rachel reeves? well, it be game over for rachel