toby fowlston is chief executive of recruiters robert walters. good morning. iam good morning.k to you about national insurance contributions in a moment and whether you think that will hit the labour market but first of all, what do we expect today for the labour numbers and the wage numbers? normally, i would say september is a strong month in the employment sector so i would traditionally say we are expecting some positive numbers but to quote the phrase you just used, the elephant in the room, of course it is the budget so that creates a bit of uncertainty moving into quarter four. �* , uncertainty moving into quarter four. 3 uncertainty moving into quarter four. �*, ., ., uncertainty moving into quarter four. �*, ., , four. let's look ahead because the labour— four. let's look ahead because the labour market _ four. let's look ahead because the labour market has - four. let's look ahead because the labour market has been i the labour market has been resilient and actually wage growth has been a concern for the bank of england. if that were to be in the budget, an increase