direction the british economy is heading, you know that not too long ago data from the uk national statistics officeat the last six months in 2023 the country was in a state of recession , the country's economy shrank by 0.3%, however, not so long ago, the head of the bank of england , andrew bailey, said that he had seen signs of improvement somewhere ; it is difficult to judge how true these signs are, because again it is not clear what is happening with the statistics; in this case, the bank of england is primarily focused on data on the labor market, and these data should appear no earlier than september of this year. basically, these statements that there is some kind of there was a gap or someone saw the light at the end of the tunnel, and, in fact, the prime minister spoke about this in the address of the president of the russian federation vladimir putin to the federal assembly. live broadcast on february 29 on rtr. “catch, jerk, big or small , well, in general, you chose the right place , have you ever wondered why people count proteins, fats, carbohydrates, this is where my question begins

and at the end of the release of the united nations gdp kingdom in the fourth quarter of last year decreased by 0.3%, notes. uk office for national statisticseconomic contraction has been recorded for two consecutive quarters, the figures are significantly lower than the level of 2022, when the united kingdom's gdp grew by more than 4%. the reduction is recorded in three key areas: the services, manufacturing and construction sectors. this was the economic news, have a nice day and have a nice weekend, see you later. the morning broadcast on tv channels belarus 1 and belarus 24 continues with the program “zone x”. i karina poshkova. hello. a robbery attack on a pensioner in the zelvinsky district has been uncovered. this was stated. the suspects were detained, according to the investigation, on february 12 , two men broke into the house of an eighty-six-year-old woman in the village of the island, they demanded money and threatened the owner, when the pensioner said that she had no savings, one of the attackers began to strangle the woman, the second, meanwhile , continued the search, but did not having found the money, he grabbed a knife a

the uk is the world's 6th largest economy. the office for national statistics domestic product — or gdp — fell by 0.3 percent. that follows a contraction of 0.1% from july to august, meaning the uk ended the year in recesssion. gdp is a way of measuring all the economic activity of companies, governments and individuals in a country. it's a blow for prime minister rishi sunak, given his pledge last year to have the economy growing by the end of 2023. speaking to our economic editor faisal islam, chancellorjeremy hunt insisted the government's plan to revive the economy is working despite the latest indications. the numbers speak for themselves but the underlying picture here is that our plan has been to tackle inflation. first and foremost. that does mean higher interest rates. it is the right thing to do for families because when i see the cost of their weekly shop go up and energies go up, the cost of filling up the car going up, that creates real pressure and until you relieve that pressure on families, we are not going to see healthy growth. and when it com

uk has gone into recession. it's the world's sixth largest economy. the office for national statisticsdp is a way of measuring all the economic activity of companies, governments and individuals in a country. it's a blow for prime minister rishi sunak, given one of his so—called five pledges announced last year was to have the economy growing by the end of 2023. he has admitted he's likely to fail to meet that one. speaking to our economic editor faisal islam, chancellorjeremy hunt insists the government's plan to revive the economy is working despite the latest indications.

the uk is the world's sixth largest economy. the office for national statistics that in the three months to december, gross domestic product — or gdp — fell by 0.3%. that follows a contraction of 0.1% from july to august, meaning the uk ended the year in recesssion. gdp is a way of measuring all the economic activity of companies, governments and individuals in a country. it's a blow for prime minister rishi sunak, given his pledge last year to have the economy growing by the end of 2023. our political correspondent nick eardley has been getting the reaction to the news at shrewsbury market. this new here at shrewsbury market has been pretty good over the past few months. a lot of the traders have been telling us that it is as busy as ever, clearly the broader economic picture is a lot more tricky. the fact that the uk officially entered recession at the end of 2023 is a sign of some of those economic challenges that a lot of us have been noticing in our pockets. you know, higher prices, mortgage costs going up, interest rates being high and rent as well. i am go

well, today's figures from the office for national statistics estimate that the uk economy went intost two quarters of 2023 — shrinking by 0.1% over the summer and then by 0.3% between october and december. our economics editor faisal islam looks at its impact. signs of the times in harlow town centre. on the one hand, some evidence of the struggle, for hairdressers, retailers, restaurateurs and others on the high street. on the other, the need to fill recruitment gaps, too. it may look like a recession — indeed it is now officially a recession — and it comes as little surprise here. we went to the food bank because some of the products are so expensive. for example, meat. never got any money, can't go out, everything's expensive now. things have changed. hopefully they're going to get better, or they'll get worse, won't they? we'll have to ride it through, like we've all done. - here's one way of comparing recessions. in the �*80s, �*90s and 2000s, the hit to the economy can be seen here, both how deep and long the recession lasts, with the worst during the great financial crisis of

uk economy entered a technical recession. this is evidenced by the report of the national statistical office.mber to december. from july to september the drop was 10. the data turned out to be weaker than forecast. a fall in the fourth quarter was recorded in all major sectors of the uk economy, in services and manufacturing. we are indeed in a recession, although they say it will last not for long, it was inevitable, simply because rising interest rates were pushing us into recession, it slows down business, growth, slows down investment, it actually drives up inflation, raising interest rates does not help control food prices, raw material fuels and in the process slows down the economy . japan's economy is also going through hard times. for the first time in 5 years, it entered a recession. the country's gdp fell by 10% in the fourth quarter. analysts had expected growth of 3. in the third quarter, the economy shrank by 8%. as a result , the composition of the top three economies in the world changed and japan lost third place to germany in terms of nominal gdp. but not everything is smoot

uk house price fell by £4,000 last year. figures from the office for national statistics found a typical house in the uk is £285,000. by 3.3% in scotland and 1.4 in . northern ireland. and 1.4 in. northern ireland. well pressure is mounting for sir keir starmer as a second labour party candidate has been suspended following accusations of anti—semitism. graham jones allegedly suggested british people who volunteered to fight with the israel defence forces should be locked up. it comes a day after labour withdrew support for the party's candidate for the rochdale by—election, azhar ali, for suggesting israel had taken the october 7th hamas assault as a pretext to invade gaza . sir keir pretext to invade gaza. sir keir vowed yesterday that his party has changed under his rule . has changed under his rule. meanwhile more than half of the british public say sir keir starmer should keep labour's £28 billion green spending pledge . billion green spending pledge. it's after the party announced it was drastically scaling back its key commitment to green projects to almost £24 billion. starmer said the party had to cut back

let's stay with the news that the uk economy has fallen into a technical recession. the office for national statisticswn — at a later date. the chancellor of the exchequer — jeremy hunt — has said the economy is "resilient. he said the "right thing to do" to was prioritise bringing inflation down. it's a further headache for the government — as a general election is expected to take place at some point in the second half of this year. shadow chancellor rachel reeves condemned the government's economic record. she said it's "absolutely clear" the country is "trapped in a spiral of economic decline" at the hands of the government. she blamed the conservatives — saying they're "out of touch" and "content to be the managers of decline". you're live with bbc news. welcome back to your questions answered — where we're going through your questions about the news today that the uk has entered a recession. i'm still with our cost of living correspondent, kevin peachey, chris martin, professor of economics from university of bath, rajan lakhani, head of money from personalfinance firm plum, and susannah streete

the uk has fallen into recession, according to new official figures out today. the data from the office for national statistics shows the economy shrank by 0.3% in the final three months of last year. the chancellorjeremy hunt has blamed high inflation — labour says the government's economic record is "in tatters". it is thought that the dip may not last long, because the uk jobs market and wage growth remain strong. our chief economics correspondent dharshini david reports. it was a damn end of the year. from construction to manufacturing and retail, the biggest cost of living crunch in decades, and the higher interest rates deployed to combat that took their toll on spending, profits and output, pushing the economy further into reverse. what most would term a mild recession. we are all managing but it is hard sometimes, yes, as pensioners, everything — sometimes, yes, as pensioners, everything is going up, but you just have to _ everything is going up, but you just have to live — everything is going up, but you just have to live it to your means. we really feel _ have to live it to your means. we really feel

data shows the uk economy slipped into recession in the second half of last year, despite prime minister rishi sunak, making economic growth his top priority, with office for national statistics said a statement that the gdp fell. 3% in the fourth quarter in 2023, after drop of .1% in the previous quarter. the announcement is a big blow to suonact just months before the general elections, as the conservatives are badly trailing the main opposition labor party in the... "the revelation also comes as the country is struggling with high inflation and a cost of living crisis that has recently sparked series of strikes across public sectors. searing the country's economy was one of the five key pledges office in october 2022. this is the uk's first recession since 2020". stop anti-royalists from campaigning against the monarchical system in the country. the head of the group says the excessive media coverage of king's cancer battle will rather betress their arguments for the abolition of the monarchy. he said the news pushes the monarchy into the foreground and that few of britains like what they say. the group which has been advocating the replacement of the monarchy with a parli

uk economy has officially entered recession. figures from the office national entered recession. figures from the of'shows tional entered recession. figures from the of'shows that|l uk statistics 0.1% in the previous three months. a recession is defined as two consecutive three month periods where the economy contracts rather than grows. it's the first time the uk has entered recession since the first half of 2020. after the first half of 2020. after the first covid lockdown, charles taylor jeremy first covid lockdown, charles taylorjeremy hunt says despite taylor jeremy hunt says despite the drop in gdp, the economy is turning a corner. >> we always expected growth to be weaker while we prioritise tackling inflation. that means higher interest rates and that's the right thing to do because you can't have long terme healthy growth with high inflation, also families inflation, but also for families when the when there's a cost of living crisis, when the cost of their weekly shop is going up, their weekly shop is going up, their energy bills are much higher. it's the thing to higher. it's the right thing to do. underlying picture here do. the underlying picture here is an econom

back in the uk, we got the news this week that the office for national statistics, our government's preferredcial data, has changed how it calculates excess deaths. this is surely interesting to say the least, for years now, the ons figures for years now, the ons figures for excess deaths, which is to say the number of people dropping dead every day when they were not expected to, when all indications were that they were fit and well , have been were fit and well, have been alarmingly high or at least alarmingly high or at least alarming to anyone who doesn't have their eyes shut, fingers in their ears while saying la la la as loud as the lungs will let them, and for the vast majority of mps in that toxic hellhole of westminster, that does indeed mean you , month after month and mean you, month after month and year after year, since 2021, thousands more people have been dying every month. the young and fit, the otherwise healthy , fit, the otherwise healthy, middle aged, the fit and active elderly then should have . up elderly then should have. up until now, the ons figures have made that bru

to the uk now, where figuresjust out show inflation remained unchanged last month, despite an increase in the energy price cap. the office for national statisticshe same as in december. forecasters had expected a slight rise to 4.2%. the biggest upward factor was rising gas and electricity costs, the biggest downward factor was furniture and food. tell us about the reaction to this news. tell us about the reaction to this news, . ., ., . , tell us about the reaction to this news. _, ., . , ., tell us about the reaction to this news. a, ., . , ., news. economic figures and the way we read them _ news. economic figures and the way we read them are _ news. economic figures and the way we read them are often _ news. economic figures and the way we read them are often about - news. economic figures and the way we read them are often about the i we read them are often about the expectation versus the reality. you mentioned the expectation, the concern was that there might be a second bump in the road, if you like, towards lower inflation because it tipped up in december and the fear was it had done so in january. instead, prices rose by 4% in january

to the uk now — where figures just out show inflation remained unchanged last month despite an increase in the energy price cap. the office for national statisticsanuary exactly the same as in december. forecasters had expected a slight rise to 4.2% the biggest upward factor was rising gas and electricity costs — the biggest downward factor was furniture and food. earlier, i spoke to ana desmond who is a senior economist at ulster university economic policy centre and asked her what she made of the latest figures. i think it is quite remarkable again that we have seen this slightly lower than expected inflation rate. it has come down significantly since what we experienced last year, which is welcome for both businesses and individuals. and again, markets are expecting this to further fall to in and around that target rate of 2% this year. again, some positive news for people across the uk today. what for people across the uk today. what do ou for people across the uk today. what do you expeet — for people across the uk today. what do you exoeet the — for people across the uk today. what do you expect the effect on interest rates? it do you expe

uk. official figures show that the rate at which wages are rising dropped in the three months to december — but it still outpaced the level of inflation. the office for national statistics 0.4 percentage points to 6.2% in the last quarter of last year. the owners of the body shop chain are expected to announce that the british part of the business is to go into administration. the move is likely to result in the closure of at least some of the firm's more than 200 shops around the uk — and job losses. poor christmas sales are being blamed. a man has astonished police by calling 999 to report himself for drink—driving. north yorkshire police said the call came injust before noon on monday from a man who said he was, "drink—driving and doesn't know what he is doing". the driver told the call—handler he was in knaresborough and had had "a heavy weekend". you're live with bbc news. labour has withdrawn support for its candidate in the rochdale by—election, azhar ali, because of remarks he made about israel. the party says further information has now come to light. it had previously defended mr ali, after he'd apologised. it's too late for labour to change its candidate. opp

here in the uk, inflation — the rate at which prices are rising — remained unchanged injanuary at 4% despite a rise in energy bills. the figures from the office for national statisticss december. but the price of food fell last month for the first time since september 2021. 0ur chief economics correspondent, dharshini david, reports. up to the middle, and tap this... from food... to shoe repairs... warrington market hosts a range of traders with one thing in common — surviving, ratherthan thriving, as costs rise. historically, shoe repairs should sort of increase on, you know, times like this, really. but we've just not seen it, i think largely down to sort of lack of footfall, really. people just don't have the money. instead of buying a pound of cheese, they'll buy three quarters of a pound of cheese. you know, which is fine, you know, but i'd rather have the pound of cheese. for their customers are struggling, and notjust because of a hike in energy bills injanuary. mortgages, bills, food, everything. everything's getting more expensive. just struggling. some things are coming down, but on a general basis, it's not really coming down enough. i essentially have to

meanwhile, on the question of legal migration, we've seen the office for national statistics release its latest projections for the ukion growth, with revive estimates suggesting that the uk will reach 70 million people by 2026, mainly owing to immigration. well, with me now is my most intellectual panel me now is my most intellectual panel. the economist and fellow at the centre for brexit policy, catherine mcbride and gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson, and once again, we're going to questions from the audience and i think ron gillyard has a question for us. ron jacob, mine's a bit of a cliched question, but i'll ask it anyway . it anyway. >> what can be done to stop the boats and when? >> well, it's a very important question . question. >> other countries have done it or australia particularly managed to do it, and it did a version of rwanda. and that's why i've always thought rwanda is the right way to go. it's the one thing that would act as a real deterrent, because people crossing the channel don't want to go to rwanda. that's not that rwanda isn't safe, but they're trying to get to the uk, not

uk has fallen into recession. the economy shrank by nought point 3% in the final three months of last year, according to the office for national statisticson of 0.1% from july to august. we'll be taking a look at what this means forfamilies, businesses, politics and the wider world. a recession is often measured by a fall in the economy over two consecutive quarters — a widely used method across many countries in the world — this is termed a technical recession. experts say it's down to higher inflation and interest rates which have have hit consumer spending. the figures more broadly point to an economy that is stagnating, despite a strong jobs market and real wage growth. but it is a blow for britain's prime minister rishi sunak, given his pledge to have the economy growing by the end of 2023. the opposition labour party say mr sunak "can no longer credibly claim his plan is working". let's have a look at the figures globally. if we take a look at this graph, we can see anything on the right of this thick black line is doing well and everything on the left is not. if we start with the us, we can see it's the best performer overall. the

uk. official figures show that the rate at which wages are rising dropped in the three months to december, but it still outpaced the level of inflation. the office for national statisticsercentage points to 6.2% in the last quarter of last year. a proposal to formally move the statue of transatlantic slave trader edward colston into a museum display is set for approval. the statue was pulled down during a protest in bristol in 2020 before being put on a temporary display at the city's m shed museum. it has been out of public view since january 2022. a man has astonished police by calling 999 to report himself for drink—driving. north yorkshire police said the call came injust before noon on monday from a man who said he was "drink—driving and doesn't know what he is doing". the driver told the call—handler he was in knaresborough and had had "a heavy weekend". you're live with bbc news. the uk high street chain the body shop is set to go into administration this week, putting the cosmetics retailer's 200 stores and thousands ofjobs at risk. it is understood that trading over the key christmas period and into january was not as strong as hoped and the chain was bought b

of it . of it. >> wage growth has slowed in the uk, with new figures showing it at its lowest level for more than a year. the office for national statisticsk once again as britain's job market cooled. on average, regular pay, excluding bonuses, fell to 6.2% in the final last three months of last year, compared with the same period a year ago. it's the slowest growth since october 2022. however after taking price rises into account, pay went up by 1.9. employer owners and landlords who allow illegal immigrants to work for them or rent their properties will face much tougher penalties. fines for rogue businesses employing undocumented migrants have tripled the biggest rise in more than a decade . the penalty for a than a decade. the penalty for a company hiring an illegal migrant has risen to a maximum of 45,000 for each worker for a first breach, it could increase to 60,000 for repeated breaches . to 60,000 for repeated breaches. ministers believe the crackdown will help reduce the pull factor for migrants considering crossing into the uk illegally . crossing into the uk illegally. the housing secretary is going to put pressure on london a

in the uk, inflation — the rate at which prices are rising — remained unchanged injanuary at 4%, despite a rise in energy bills. the figures from the office for national statisticsrices are still going up, but at exactly the same rate as december. but the price of food fell last month for the first time since september 2021. our chief economics correspondent dharshini david reports. up to the middle, and tap this... from food to shoe repairs, warrington market hosts a range of traders with one thing in common — surviving, rather than thriving, as costs rise. historically, shoe repairs should sort of increase on, you know, times like this, really. but we've just not seen it, i think largely down to it sort of lack of footfall, really. people just don't have the money. instead of buying a pound of cheese, they'll buy three quarters of a pound of cheese. you know, which is fine, you know, but i'd rather have the pound of cheese. for their customers are struggling, and notjust because of a hike in energy bills injanuary. mortgages, bills, food, everything. everything's getting more expensive. just struggling. some things are coming down but on a general basis, it's

the uk tipped into recession in the second half of last year as the economy shrank for two consecutive quarters between july and december. the figures — from the office for national statisticst gross domestic product — a key measure of economic activity fell by 0.3% in the last three months of 2023. that followed a contraction of 0.1% the previous quarter. it's the third time that the uk has fallen into recession in the last 25 years. the first was during the financial crash in 2008 — that was the deepest recession for decades. the most recent was at the start of covid when much of the economy was forced to shut down. this latest recession is smaller than previous ones. but the difficulty for the prime minister is that one of his five key pledges was to grow the economy. our economics editor faisal islam reports. signs of the times in harlow town centre. on the one hand, some evidence of the struggle for hairdressers, retailers, restaurateurs and others on the high street. on the other, the need to fill recruitment gaps too. it may look like a recession — indeed it is now officially a recession — but it's not a very normal one. we went to the food bank, because some of the

uk went into recession at the end of 2023. that is the term used for two consecutive quarters — that's three month periods — of negative growth or shrinking. the office for national statisticspublishing its economic health check for the final three months of the year. prime minister rishi sunak said growing the economy was one of his five key priorities. if the economy grew in oh, then the uk avoided recession. joining me now is guillermo felices, global investment strategist at pgim fixed income. welcome to the programme. what are we expecting? 50. welcome to the programme. what are we expecting?— are we expecting? so, we expect the uk gdp — are we expecting? so, we expect the uk gdp to — are we expecting? so, we expect the uk gdp to stay _ are we expecting? so, we expect the uk gdp to stay flat _ are we expecting? so, we expect the uk gdp to stay flat in - are we expecting? so, we expect the uk gdp to stay flat in 04. - the uk gdp to stay flat in 04. that essentially means that the growth rate will be 0%. given the contraction that we saw in the contraction that we saw in the previous month, in the previous quarter, essentially what that would mean is that we avoid a rece

uk — which is the world's sixth largest economy — has gone into recession. and japan has unexpectedly fallen into a recession after its own economy shrank for two quarters in a row. the office for national statistics

uk employment and wages will be released at 7am gmt this morning. that's injust under 90 minutes time. there have been some recent changes and reweighting of the official data from the office of national statisticsously thought but with more people in employment. we're also expecting earnings data at the same time, which is expected to show a slight fall in the pace of wage inflation. joining me now with his take on this is michael stull, director at manpowergroup uk. what do you think

uk employment and wages will be released at 7am gmt this morning. that's injust under 90 minutes time. there have been some recent changes and reweighting of the official data from the office of national statisticsthe current outlook shows that conditions are tighter than previously thought but with more people in employment. we're also expecting earnings data at the same time, which is expected to show a slight fall in the pace of wage inflation. joining me now with his take on this is michael stull, director at manpowergroup uk. what do you think is happening to jobs and wages in the uk? i'm excited to see the numbers today. on the surface, it looks like a tie market and a healthy market but underneath is really what the question is and i think there's a couple of things going on. the waters are pretty murky right now for employers. you've got political and economic uncertainty and that will be in the job numbers as well. you are getting a lot of cross currents. we are definitely seeing a pull—back in hiring, pretty broad—based across the economy but at the same time you see hiring numbers increasing. there is a lot of hiring going on in skill short areas and people are continuing to go after

the office for national statistics said wage growth dropped by 0.4% points to 6.2% in the last quarter of last year. you're live with bbc news. here in the uk jewish people apparently made by azhar ali — who the labour party had been backing in this month's rochdale by—election. the party is no longer supporting him, but mrali will still be on the ballot for technical reasons. he's previously apologised for the remarks. let's speak to our political correspondent hannah miller, who's in westminster for us this morning. how difficult is it for labour to have changed their minds on this so visibly? it have changed their minds on this so visibl ? , . ., , ., have changed their minds on this so visibl ? ,. ., _, , visibly? it is clearly a very difficult situation - visibly? it is clearly a very difficult situation for - visibly? it is clearly a very i difficult situation for labour, described by multiple people as a complete mess, a shambles, whatever word you would like to describe it, frankly. it is about 48 hours between the initial comments emerging to the point where azhar ali was suspended. there are definitely questions about how the stor

uk, with new figures showing it at its lowest level. for more than a year. the office for national statistics found.s , fell to 6.2% excluding bonuses, fell to 6.2% in the last three months of last yean in the last three months of last year, compared with the same penod year, compared with the same period a year before . it's the period a year before. it's the slowest growth since october 2022. however after taking price rises into account , 2022. however after taking price rises into account, pay went up by 1.9. employers and landlords who allow illegal immigrants to work for them or rent their properties will face much tougher penalties from today . tougher penalties from today. the civil penalty for such actions has risen to a maximum of £45,000 per worker for a first breach. landlords . now first breach. landlords. now also face increased penalties of £5,000 per lodger and £10,000 per occupier for a first breach. that's up from 80 and £1,000 respectively. ministers believe the crackdown will help reduce the crackdown will help reduce the incentive for illegal migrants crossing into the uk . migr

the uk tipped into recession in the second half of last year as the economy shrank for two consecutive quarters between july and december. the figures from the office for national statistics

the uk went into recession during the second half of last year as the economy shrank twice in a row betweenjuly and december. the figures are from the office for national statisticsch estimates that gross domestic product — that's a key measure of economic activity — fell by 0.3% towards the end of 2023 following a fall of 0.1% the previous quarter. it's the third time that the uk has fallen into recession in the past 25 years. the first was during the financial crash in 2008 — that was the deepest recession for decades. the most recent was at the start of covid when much of the economy was forced to shut down. the good news is this latest recession is smaller than previous ones. the difficult issue for the prime minister is that one of his five pledges is to grow the economy. 0ur economics editor faisal islam reports. signs of the times in harlow town centre. 0n the one hand, some evidence of the struggle for hairdressers, retailers, restaurateurs and others on the high street. on the other, they need to fill recruitment gaps. it may look like a recession, indeed it is now officially a recession, but it's not a very normal one. we officially a recession, but it'

the uk tipped into recession in the second half of last year as the economy shrank for two consecutive quarters between july and december. the figures from the office for national statisticst three months of 2023. that followed a contraction of 0.1% the previous quarter. it's the third time the uk has fallen into recession in the past 25 years. the first was during the financial crash in 2008, and the second at the start of covid, when much of the economy was forced to shut down. this latest recession is smaller than both, but the difficulty for the prime minister is that one of his five key pledges was to grow the economy. 0ur economics editor faisal islam reports. signs of the times in harlow town centre. 0n the one hand, some evidence of the struggle for hairdressers, retailers, restaurateurs and others on the high street. 0n the other, the need to fill recruitment gaps too. it may look like a recession — indeed it is now officially a recession — but it's not a very normal one. we went to the foodbank because some of the products are so expensive. for example, meat. never got any money, can't go out, everything is expensive now. things have changed. hopefully they're g

the uk went into recession during the second half of last year as the economy shrank twice in a row betweenjuly and december. the figures are from the office for national statistics of 0.1% the previous quarter.

last month, the office for national statistics forecasted that the uk population will likely reach nearlyet migration of 6.1 million people, 6.1 million extra people, great, but where are they going to live? according to the centre for policy studies think tank ons population figures suggest that we'll need to build at least 5.7 million new homes in england over the next 15 years. elton john's hair will grow back naturally before that happens . naturally before that happens. so what is the way forward? well we need a radical post—war style housing revolution . michael gove housing revolution. michael gove must accelerate his plans to allow the repurposing of office blocks, industrial estates and disused retail outlets into housing work from home means that millions of square feet of office space are no longer needed, and people would more than happily live in those properties. also we need to slap a massive property tax on foreign investors, stop locals blocking construction , which blocking construction, which they always will, and a radical plan is needed to build on brownfield . and ye

according to the office of national statistics, a total of 6.9 million people born overseas were working in the ukams required to allow those dentists from countries outside of to work here. let's of europe to work here. let's see what my maker this see what my panel maker this now, uh, joe phillips . hello, now, uh, joe phillips. hello, claire pearsall forgot your names as well. i think need names as well. i think i need a break. i need couple break. i need a couple of coffees in this this is. i coffees in here. this this is. i mean, what could go wrong with this, this dentist situation allowing foreign, potentially unqualified to come and unqualified dentists to come and sort your molars and whatnot sort your molars out and whatnot . could go wrong, claire? . what could go wrong, claire? >> don't think >> well, i mean, i don't think anybody wants somebody that's only uh, only partly qualified, uh, roaming inside their roaming around inside their mouth at their mouth and looking at their teeth. but i think what's more worrying is that the government are this scheme up to are putting this scheme u

well you've got the uk where net migration last year , uh, was migration last year, uh, was more than 750,000. the latest figures from the office for national statisticsople in terms of net migration. so that's a big issue for the uk to tackle as well. in terms of the demand that it has for people to come for migrants to come to this country , to take to come to this country, to take up jobs . up jobs. >> okay. thank you very much, mark. it'll be interesting to see what comes out. what james cleverly says in the election yean the cleverly says in the election year, the tone year, you've got to get the tone of right. of that right. >> and let me tell you, he's on manoeuvres because they all are. yeah, he'll be a contender for the leadership. he's got a pretty there in essex. pretty safe seat there in essex. and he's got an and of course he's got an immigration issue his own immigration issue in his own constituency because they're trying into trying to move migrant s into is it camp in his it a former raf camp in his constituency? scampton can see that 111 them anyway. that 111 of them anyway. >> to come. uh, >> right. still to come. uh, this misgender

office of national statistics complete the numbers for 2023. the gdp numbers , for 2023. the gdp numbers, though they are subject to revision and on current estimates , the ukt going down. unlike a lot of economies. you know, germany has beenin economies. you know, germany has been in and out of recession for well over a year now. brexit um, oh, germany were in the eu last time i checked. um but but anyway. but the chancellor, when ispoke anyway. but the chancellor, when i spoke to him earlier and we played a clip of that interview , played a clip of that interview, um, just before we started speaking, he was at pains not to blame the bank of england for all these interest rate rises that have squeezed out inflation. he was at pains not to bank of england to say bank of england monetary policy nine policy committee. the nine economists of economists at the bank of england, lower interest england, please lower interest rates. meet rates. now they're going to meet on they're not on march the 21st. they're not going interest on going to low interest rates on march why because march 21st. why because inflation isn't falling . inflation isn't falling. inflation

uk has slipped into recession. so the time recession. so the first time since pandemic, well the since the pandemic, well the office national statistics officer national statistics will publish details in a little over an hour showing whether the economy has for that economy has fallen for that second a row. so second quarter in a row. so let's talk to financial analyst danni hewson. morning, danni. what are the chances ? what are the chances? >> good morning. i think it's very . finely balanced. >> good morning. i think it's very. finely balanced. but at the moment most people do expect that the uk will have fallen into a technical recession in the last quarter of the year, but i must stress that it is only by the most small margin. we are looking at nought point 1% and the expectation . is it'll 1% and the expectation. is it'll be blink and you miss it. so as soon as we enter recession, we're already coming out the other side because there are a lot of green shoots the uk lot of green shoots in the uk economy the moment . economy at the moment. >> but this does make people very nervous doesn't i very nervous, doesn't it? i mean, word reces