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the minister, nick gibb described strikes as disruptive . it is disappointing the any you know has decided to go ahead with these strikes when we are still discussing issues of pay on workers and other issues very constructively even yesterday. we were having those discussions and strikes are disruptive to children's education particularly the two years of disruption during the covid pandemic. and it's disruption disrupting to two parents and families as well . new report by families as well. new report by the international monetary fund is predicting a negative outlook for the uk's economy . it for the uk's economy. it forecast that the uk's gross domestic product, or gdp , will domestic product, or gdp, will shnnk domestic product, or gdp, will shrink by 0.6% over the coming year. shrink by 0.6% over the coming year . even shrink by 0.6% over the coming year. even though in shrink by 0.6% over the coming year . even though in october, year. even though in october, the imf had expected growth of point 3, the chancellor, jeremy hunt, says br

february and march in a dispute over pay , the education dispute over pay, the education minister nick gibb described the strikes as disruptive. it is disappointing that the new, you know, has decided to go ahead with these strikes when we are still discussing issues of pay and work and other issues very even yesterday we were having those discussions and strikes are disruptive to children's education, particularly after the two years of disruption dunng the two years of disruption during the covid pandemic. and it's disruptive , disrupting to it's disruptive, disrupting to two parents and families as well . a new report by the international monetary fund is predicting a negative outlook for the uk's economy . it's for the uk's economy. it's forecasting that the uk's gross domestic product or gdp , will domestic product or gdp, will shnnk domestic product or gdp, will shrink by 0.6% over the coming yeah shrink by 0.6% over the coming year. even though in october, they said it would grow by 0.3, they said it would grow by 0.3, the chancellor, jeremy hunt, says britain, however outperformed m

the education minister nick gibb, described the strikes as disruptive .is the strikes as disruptive. it is disappointing that the any, you know, has decided to go ahead with these strikes when we are still discussing issues of pay and working and other issues very constructively. even yesterday we were having those discussions strikes are discussions and strikes are disruptive to children's education, particularly after the two years of disruption dunng the two years of disruption during the covid pandemic. and it's just disrupting to two parents and families as well . parents and families as well. international news and ukraine foreign minister says his country will receive 120 to 140 western tanks in a first wave of military hardware deliveries from a coalition of 12 countries. meanwhile footage has been released of ukrainian soldiers being trained on how to use leopard 2 battle tanks in poland. they've been supplied by germany to help support ukraine in its ongoing war with russia . in its ongoing war with russia. it's expected, though, to take up to f

the schools minister nick gibb said he sympathised with teachers — but warned against inflationary paythe cost of living increases that teachers and all people are facing, all households are facing up and down the country, but we do need to make sure that we are not allowing the spike in inflation that is being caused by the consequences of covid, by putin�*s invasion of ukraine, the impact that has had on energy prices, we do need to make sure that we don�*t have pay settlements up and down the country, inflation—busting pay settlements that mean we end up embedding inflation into our economy for the longer term. teenage girls in romania have described how the social media influencer andrew tate and his brother tristan contacted them online, apparently using a standard formula. the two women, who were 16 and 17 at the time they were approached, have been speaking to the bbc about the methods used in the messages. the tate brothers have been detained for 30 days in romania, while police investigate allegations of trafficking and rape. they deny wrongdoing. 0ur correspondent lucy willia

the schools minister nick gibb joins us now from westminster. good morning. ithink good morning.hs and we are distributing 15 of these defibrillators, part of 20,000 which will be distributed to schools between now and the end of the academic year, and that it will save lives up and down the country. we are also giving guidance to schools, little video clip about how to use the defibrillators and install them. they are very simple to install and use. and we want young people to have the confidence and teachers to have the confidence and teachers to have the confidence to use the defibrillators in an emergency. i say thank you to mark king, this is a landmark day as he says. it's a delight to be able to announce £19 million project today and to be able to fulfil mark's dream of having defibrillators in every school in the country. 50 defibrillators in every school in the country-— defibrillators in every school in the count . ., ., , the country. so what date will every school in the _ the country. so what date will every school in the country _ the country. so what date will ever

but teachers obviously have this i mean, the six hour meeting with nick gibb at the schools minister,r a long time knows stuff, long time. he knows his stuff, but to say that he wanted talk about workload conditions of teachers in schools on top of pay teachers in schools on top of pay and they've got nowhere after 6 hours is hugely disturbing, isn't it? because it is the last thing you want is for teachers to be on strike. and yet that doesn't seem to be any leeway at the moment . look, any leeway at the moment. look, we don't want that and we recognise the great job that teachers do and we recognise that for all those at the moment in the public sector , in the public sector, particularly the lowest paid, that this is a tough time. the challenge that we've got is we just started to see inflation come down. our plan is working . come down. our plan is working. inflation eats away at the salaries of all of those on the lowest incomes. so within in the pubuc lowest incomes. so within in the public or the private sector. and the worse thing now would be with inflation busting pay rises