we met with verity— it's a beautiful city. we met with verity booked our flights to qatar.orld finals in qatar remains for gareth bell. fresh from winning his champions league title, he flew from madrid to portugal to be with the rest of the squad and then to poland but it is highly unlikely that wales will score be taken to the field tomorrow. the same goes for aaron ramsey. the the field tomorrow. the same goes for aaron ramsey.— the field tomorrow. the same goes for aaron ramsey. the biggest game ou've not for aaron ramsey. the biggest game you've got is — for aaron ramsey. the biggest game you've got is on _ for aaron ramsey. the biggest game you've got is on sunday _ for aaron ramsey. the biggest game you've got is on sunday and - for aaron ramsey. the biggest game you've got is on sunday and that - for aaron ramsey. the biggest game you've got is on sunday and that is i you've got is on sunday and that is no disrespect to poland, we will show_ no disrespect to poland, we will show them nothing but respect tomorrow but we are not going to 'ust tomorrow but we are not g

our economics correspondent andy verity reports. 360, 65, 70...s is how inflation happens. 380... when there's not enough to go round, buyers bid up prices. that's what has happened to the global price of energy, and this is what those global energy prices have to do with the price of fish. well, the biggest price rises that we've seen is the cost of actually importing the fish, because the cost of fuel for the vessels bringing the fish from iceland has gone up, the cost of transport, the fish actually arrives from iceland into immingham and it's brought by container ship into immingham and then it's brought by road into grimsby. so, the fuel charges, there has been fuel surcharges all the way along to get the fish here. once the fish is here, obviously, the fish market itself is chilled, we've got refrigeration, we've got ice—making machinery, we've got grading equipment, everything is run with electricity, so we've seen a marked increase in the cost of operation, and that has had an effect basically on the bottom line, which is profit. and what

andy verity, bbc news, cheshire.ed more than 50 new fines for breaches of covid rules in downing street and other government buildings. these fixed penalty notices are in addition to more than 50 handed out last month, including to borisjohnson and chancellor rishi sunak. neither mrjohnson nor his wife carriejohnson are among those to be fined this time. our political correspondent ben wright reports. are you shocked at the scale of lawbreaking in number ten, are you shocked at the scale of lawbreaking in numberten, prime minister? how could you let that happen? the fallout from whitehall will break and has followed the prime minister to stoke. for a cabinet away day. cabinet secretary, can you confirm you have been fined by the police? the police have issued more than 100 fines to people who partied in number ten and government offices during lockdown. the met has said it will not name those who have been fined as it investigates a dozen events that happened when covid restrictions were in force. we do know that bor

lottery, us, russian speaking community protested against the russian invasion and held a rally insular verity with ukraine. b. o, o, o. in the center of the latin capital russian speakers leading here wanted to show that they do not support the policies of vladimir putin. oh . but not every one think so notes russian language journalist in that love aka a big part of russians believe the russian propaganda and stand behind put in. she says, oh, she's thorazine m i e society is divided right now. i can feel that our communities are not united, and that scares me. this is a big problem for the security of our country as the system blocker says the linguistic divisions in lot of our fir, the separate people. and she believes that the responsibility lies with russians who want integrate. but she suspects rush us of all, and ukraine could now change event. yes, there watching you was to purchase the law. i thought only found very clearly that i am a part of this country at this time. it's a difficult admission to court, but i don't want to be part of russia anymore. so even though it's the country

andy verity, bbc news. going down politically? well, it�*s a bigger package than some people expected it to be and has been widely welcomed at westminster, both by conservative mps who desperately wanted the government to come up with an answer to the cost of living questions they were being asked, and by opposition mps. 0ne were being asked, and by opposition mps. one of the things in particular that we have heard from economists who have looked at this is that it is going to help the poorest the most, the people who are struggling most, the people who are struggling most with the cost of living crisis will get the most support from the government. so when it comes to the spending, that has gone down pretty well. when it comes to where the money has coming from, as you just heard in andy�*s piece there, the windfall tax is a bit more controversial. some conservatives are uncomfortable with it. that goes right up to cabinet level. the business secretary, kwasi kwarteng, for example, is nervous about the fac

andy verity, bbc news.rises?— question is is this enough or will we see further rises? what was very clear from the _ we see further rises? what was very clear from the press _ we see further rises? what was very clear from the press conference, - clear from the press conference, actually, given by the governor of the bank of england, andrew bailey, is that he thinks a lot of the increases in costs that your viewers are seeing daily in the supermarkets in the shops, online are actually going to bring inflation down in and of itself and that package, speaking to shoppers i think in nottingham, talks to the fact that already there is some weakness, so actually when fed into the bank of england's forecast it sees inflation actually undershooting 2% in three years' time. there is a lot of economic news and journey to travel before we get there, but certainly interest rates are not going to be the whole part of getting the economy back to a level of prices we are used to. and the bank of england has quite a sort

andy verity, bbc news. said that things will get more expensive for consumers in the weeks to come. it get more expensive for consumers in the weeks to come.— get more expensive for consumers in i the weeks to come.— the weeks to come. it will get two double digits _ he weeks to come. it will get two double digits before the weeks to come. it will get two double diuits he weeks to come. it will get two double digits before the the weeks to come. it will get two double diuits he weeks to come. it will get two double digits before the end the weeks to come. it will get two double digits _ he weeks to come. it will get two double digits before the end of the weeks to come. it will get two double digits _ the weeks to come. it will get two i double digits before the end of the the weeks to come. it will get two double digits before the end of the year and it will stay high for a number of months. we haven't had this forfour decades. number of months. we haven't had this for four decades. and when we did have in

tom: europeans have been reaching out to you to get that other, give us some verity on the volume youinto the second half as a result of this dissertation in the markets ahmed: we have produced two major product, ammonia and -- which is used in the fertilizer. in the second half, as the gas prices can need to be elevated, we are sending volumes in egypt, it allows european producers to buy from decreased national gas needs and incorporate it as a fertilizer. manus: you have the advantage of the gas low -- gas flow. when prices remain high, are you seeing any disruption in the dust will side of the demand? ahmed: on the industrial side of ammonia, roughly 20% goes in. for the most part has been running well we're seeing some reduction when ammonia went from the $250 range last year to $1600 a ton in europe. there is some volatility around that. that ammonia it will be redirected into the markets. tom: just to build on that, the pricing around fertilizer, to that being elevated and how to set factor into crisis and what that means individual household across the globe? ahmed: that is th

andy verity, bbc news.ur political correspondent jonathan blake. thank you forjoining us, how long is this support going to go on for? it is indefinite at the moment, what is interesting is to hear slightly different words used, given emphasis by the chancellor and prime minister about whether more help may well be needed further down the line, particularly in the autumn, rishi sunak has left open the possibility of further action in the wake of this big intervention that he and the government have made. the prime minister speaking earlier said he hoped this would get us through until the pricy statue of bait and we will be any much longer position. —— prices start to abate. less government intervention, if any, would be needed, the pattern minister hopes. they cannot be certain about that. while this has been broadly welcomed, as an economic support measure, here at westminster and beyond, there are questions about how long it will be continuing and whether more will end “p continuing and whether more will

andy verity, bbc news, cheshire.between the bbc economics editor, faisal islam and the chancellor rishi sunak. i'm completely aware of the challenges of what people are facing. challenges of what people are facina. ., .., , challenges of what people are facin. ., , ., facing. you can see the action right now viewed — facing. you can see the action right now viewed by _ facing. you can see the action right now viewed by so _ facing. you can see the action right now viewed by so many. _ facing. you can see the action right now viewed by so many. we've - facing. you can see the action right l now viewed by so many. we've taken si . nificant now viewed by so many. we've taken significant action _ now viewed by so many. we've taken significant action already _ now viewed by so many. we've taken significant action already but - now viewed by so many. we've taken significant action already but i - significant action already but i sound ready to do more and every week that is going on since the spring statement, we are learn

he is coming up but first we will get a few more thoughts from our economic correspondent andy verityis sheer scale of it. try to save ever more large sums involved in people and has abated?— more large sums involved in people and has abated? yes, fair to say. in the last cour>le _ and has abated? yes, fair to say. in the last couple of— and has abated? yes, fair to say. in the last couple of years _ and has abated? yes, fair to say. in the last couple of years we - the last couple of years we have been reduced to big fiscal announcement outside of years we have been reduced to big fiscal announcement outside budget so when you look at these measures and look at the universal measures that can help everybody and that is something like £6 billion and largely expected... doubling of energy bill from £2400 and you have to pay it back and that is that cost. in addition to that you have targeted support of £9 billion and some of that wasn't expected so for example the amount they are given to people who receive means tested benefits, 8.4 million households were going to get 600 and 50p eac

andy verity reports.he global economy reopening after a pandemic and a war in ukraine, don't ask what that has got to do with the price of cheese. the answer is everything. price of cheese. the answer is everything-— price of cheese. the answer is everything. prices are going up weekl , everything. prices are going up weekly. you — everything. prices are going up weekly, you know? _ everything. prices are going up weekly, you know? will- everything. prices are going up weekly, you know? will -- - everything. prices are going up weekly, you know? will -- nol everything. prices are going up - weekly, you know? will -- no prices weekly, you know? will —— no prices have gone up vastly in the last three or four months, but is going up three or four months, but is going up £5 a case, and then it has gone up up £5 a case, and then it has gone up another £5 a case, which is good forfarmers, they are up another £5 a case, which is good for farmers, they are getting a decent price for their milk. at the knock—on ef

andy verity, bbc news, cheshire.is liz williams, co—owner of cave valley kitchens. tell us how your business has been affected in recent weeks and months. it was literally an overnight change. we had started up another new business in march, that was going really well, it was performing over what we expected, and the 1st of april, our business just slashed by about 50%. whether that was through the fear of what was to come, whether was conscientious decisions by customers to cut back their spending in preparation, make their spending in preparation, make the savings they needed to to deal with what was going on at home. just tell us how your business works. you are a corporate catering company, is that right? we are a corporate catering company, is that riuht? ~ ., , ., , , that right? we have several strings to the business. _ that right? we have several strings to the business. so _ that right? we have several strings to the business. so we _ that right? we have several strings to the business. so we do - that righ

let's talk to our economics correspondent andy verity.what we were expecting? one word answer, bigger. we were expecting 10 billion, we've got 15 billion. also, it's much more targeted. before the announcement there was some concern on the part of anti—poverty charity is that this would be universal and apply to everybody. an element of it was, so we had 6 billion paying for £400 off energy bills for every household. that's not only twice is because the government said in april, it's also not going to have to be paid back. the catch with the support visit was a rebate that would be repaid. that's not going to happen now, it's £400 going to every household. so, that was larger than anticipated in april but the big thing was further targeted support, 9 billion of targeted support, 9 billion of targeted support. this is almost exactly what the likes of the joseph rowntree foundation have been calling for. the best way to target support on those hardest hit by the crisis, the poorer half of households, some of whom are heading for destitution

andy verity, bbc news.onomics editor faisal islam sat down with the bank of england governor andrew bailey. we can see a case in which there will need to be a further rise in the bank rate, but it depends how the economy evolves, frankly, and so the one thing i can always say about the mpc is there will be another meeting. and i say that quite seriously because we will have to come back in about six weeks�* time and reassess all the evidence again. and, because the situation is so unprecedented, that reassessment is particularly important because we are seeing things that have not been seen before. this seems to be a situation with stagflation happening this year. we are stagflation happening this year. - are at a very difficult moment and i've used this analogy before. we are walking a very narrow path between, on the one side, inflation which of course is far higher than it should be and you want it to be. an the other side, because we are being hit by very big external shocks which are causing, largely c

our economics correspondent andy verity reports. 360, 65, 70...s is how inflation happens. 380... when there's not enough to go round, buyers bid up prices. that's what has happened to the global price of energy, and this is what those global energy prices have to do with the price of fish. well, the biggest price rises that we've seen is the cost of actually importing the fish, because the cost of fuel for the vessels bringing the fish from iceland has gone up, the cost of transport, the fish actually arrives from iceland into immingham and it's brought by container ship into immingham and then it's brought by road into grimsby. so, the fuel charges, there has been fuel surcharges all the way along to get the fish here. once the fish is here, obviously, the fish market itself is chilled, we've got refrigeration, we've got ice—making machinery, we've got grading equipment, everything is run with electricity, so we've seen a marked increase in the cost of operation, and that has had an effect basically on the bottom line, which is profit. and what

have big numbers insiders have used the weakness to load up on stocks as always, it is our thanks to veritythis time, we are counting down five to one here we go the fifth most insider buy this week morgan stanley board member buying $1.9 million of the bank. number four, liberty latin america. the media mogul buying $4.6 million. he owns 10% of the company he sold some of the stack buyin. number three, starbucks founder and returning ceo howard schultz stepping up with the $14.9 million buy. starbucks down 23% in three months as coffee prices surge and labor woes increase. that would normally be the biggest buy of the week so far not this week. an insider buying first. top two stocks are more than $20 million buys by just one executive. number two dish network. $24.3 million by the executive vp who has been there in 20 years and not sold in seven years. the most insider buy this week is a new name. honestly, a company i never heard of american homes for rent. amh. calabasas, california company that buys and fixes up homes and rents them out board member buying $27.6 million of amh it is th

challenge from the democratic has primary which means aoc fac jessica cisneros and her too close to call verity himself in controversy after an fbi rate at this earlier this year. >> in our conceit, sarah huckabee-sanders winning the go nomination. >> when i worked in the white house nobody cheered when i wen up to the podium, so this is different breath. >> also an arkansas curmudgeon securing his spot and the state senate race this fall. >> in the alabama gop right, no clear winner yet, so they are headed to a runoff. with that, let us bring in john duffy and former wisconsin gop congressman. your reaction. i have the segment of georgia, very popular senator, very popular family. he lost in 2020 which gave control on the senate to democrats, i think there's a lo of angst about that with republicans in the states and republicans around the country because again i give up 50-50 split in thin the give control to the democrats. this is something. he did it was 70 plus percent o the votes especially when kemp had the endorsement. it is much closer, something else was going on here that kem would o

. >> it's classic trump, jon, where he sort of blurts out a widely accepted verity in washington, thatis own party in that moment, but i think right there what you're seeing is, this sort of deeper red and blue in american politics, i think you were around to cover some of the 1990s, early 2000s votes on guns, you had conservatives democrats opposing measures and more liberal republicans voting for gun control measures. where you had more diversity within the parties. that's not the case anymore. the book you mentioned earlier that we have out now, there's a reason it's called "it will not pass." if we do see ten republicans vote for the bill that murphy is talking about, i guarantee you, those ten republicans are going to be folks who are retiring either this year, in 2024, or 2026, because they don't want to be voting for this kind of a bill and be on a primary ballot ever again. mark my words. if there are ten, at least eight of those ten won't run for office again. >> do you think there will be ten? >> i think it's possible if you watch murphy today and what mcconnell has done, the

our economics correspondent andy verity has the details. we have a fall in living standards.glean quite a lot from these figures about how different groups are doing. it is clear that some people are seeing above inflation pay rises, particularly in the financial services sector where use of pay, including bonuses, go up by 10.7%. but that is not the general picture and it is clearly the better of —— better off segments of society, the people on higher incomes already who are getting inflation busting pay rises. further down the income scale, you see a big drop in living standards and of course that is going to get worse as the squeeze on living standards intensifies. for example, in the hospitality industry, accommodation and restaurants, you've seen an 8.5% rise in pay including bonuses. that is comfortably enough to beat inflation. by contrast, in the public sector, it is 1.6%, so public sector pay is significantly lagging behind inflation. and that is a problem too, because we have skills shortages there. how do you fill skill shortages if you can't offer people inflation

department of agriculture announced it would invest $250 million to boost verity fertilizer productionand i turned to tom and said double that and make it 500 million. it's so desperately needed. >> laura: why stop there? what's desperately needed though is a president who doesn't offer fake empathy when what we need are real solutions. but fake empathy is all he can offer and it's exactly what we got when he went on to chicago. >> i come from a family, and like most of you, the price of gas went up significantly, price of food went up that's what we talked about at the dinner table, kitchen table. i couldn't afford child care. not a joke. i was making $42,000 a year, which was a lot of money, as a u.s. senator. i couldn't afford it. thank god i got a big family. my dad would say family's the beginning, middle and the end. >> laura: then biden tried to make you feel better about the disastrous state of our economy and our lower standard of living by comparing life at the height of the pandemic to the days of biden infrastructure. >> we gave them a whole lot of money. we added back 460,

you know, it's one thing to have knowledge, but joe has his rise with that knowledge and he had a verity of vision and together, you know, empathy -- empathy is a fancy word for meaning to feel. not like to feel the fabric, but to absorb and i think that joe can absorbs what's going on around him and the positions, we have to get back to feeling connected, you know? otherwise jon would speak to this more than i. as a people, as the democracy, the world's greatest democracy, we can disagree for sure, but we've got to stop this demagogue because you don't agree with me, you no good s-o-b and your mother wears combat boots and we've got to stop this tough. >> empathy is j -- without the capacity to put yourself in someone else's shoes, there's no reason to be part of anything, part of a covenant and it's not all about, you know, loving your neighbor and-- . if everybody loved their neighbor jesus wouldn't have had to command them to do that. >> and we catholics know that. >> and that's the new testament and we'll test your biblical knowledge later. i think without the ability and capacity t

this billboard from the group verity now has been circling the department of transportation in southeasthe week. dozens of lawmakers also sent this letter to the bot in february, saying the absence of female crash test dummies in the current crash test system needs to change. hundreds of women are dying, unnecessary deaths every day and car crashes and the government has both the knowledge and power to change it today. and that was josh rosenthal reporting now there are some female dummies currently being used during crash tests. critics argue that their insufficient because they're basically scaled down versions of male dummies, now a spokesperson for the national highway traffic safety administration released a statement saying in part quote safety is the top priority for the u. s. department of transportation and n h. t s a and equity and safety is central to our mission for all drivers and occupants. the agency uses both the 50th percentile male and fifth percentile. female crash test dummies. in both the compliance and consumer information programs to ensure that vehicle manufacture

george p will come back and run again and to continue to build the base have ideas and solutions veritys a very creative member of their publican party. gig at the state of georgia has changed quite a bit since we have been there. we go there quite often we both have longtime friends i. what has changed because i was there when the state flipped from blue to red, and now it looks like it's red to purple, what is your take on the state and why is it changing again? >> first of all, i stay close t georgia as i have family in atlanta, my daughter and son-in-law, my grandchildren, s i have a very deep interest and the states. i have many personal friends, i think a couple of things, one i it's a huge influence for example when georgia adopted a very good talks laws to attract hollywood, they did. they succeeded, georgia is a major production area. that has been part of the change , and i think for a while there, the republicans in georgia were so dominant. sometimes you build a natural counter reaction to that, and that's what happened for a while . have to say i think this may be the year

moves and give us some insight into the well timed buys is ben silverman, director of research at veritya great to have you with us. > >> perhaps this is a good sign overall for markets? >> it is not surprising when stocks sell off like they have been historically insiders will buy i would say right now we're seeing some encouraging signs, earnings season is wrapping up over the next week or so and that's going to free insiders of virtually every company to be able to buy stocks so right now the early signs are encouraging. >> it seems like when you parse through who is buying and why they're buying, it is important to keep in mind that, you know, ceos and c suite execs are like any other investor, sometimes they buy well and sometimes they don't. so who has a good track record in terms of buying well, buying well timed purchases of stock? >> that's an excellent point so when looking out at the recent buying, some people who stand out are lester knight, he bought $4 million in shares. he's got a strong buying track record, stretching back over ten years. he's bought in $50 million of sto

andy verity there.last year. shell's rival bp also revealed a sharp rise in income earlier this week. our international business correspondent theo leggett told us these companies are trading in energy products which have come under pressure because of the war in ukraine and the covid recovery. a year ago ayearagoa a year ago a barrel of oil was trading at around $65. today it is trading at around $65. today it is trading at around $65. today it is trading at $110. that is a huge increase, and it translates directly through profits for the oil companies, and shell has been making a lot of money out of the fact that it produces refined products, and refined products like diesel in short supply at the moment. bring all of this together, and rising prices for oil and gas as well, incidentally, energy products as a whole, means that companies who supply those products doing well. theo leggett there. just a reminder voting is under way in elections for local councils in great britain and the northern ireland

andy verity, thanks forjoining us.s from their last stronghold in mariupol. more than 260 soldiers have left the steel plant and have been taken to areas held by russian—backed rebels. president zelenskyy has held that may kill them here as part of the fighters spent more than two months trapped inside the plant which is surrounded by russian forces in early march. they are expected to be exchanged for russian prisoners of war. 0ur ukraine correspondence has this report. if this is the end of the battle for mariupol, is not how many would have envisioned it. if this is the end of the battle for mariupol, it's not how many would have envisaged it. ukrainian fighters being frisked by the russian soldiers they'd been in a bloody battle with for more than 80 days. some of these men are seriously wounded — it was said, without treatment, they would die. these pictures were released by the russian ministry of defence. the whole process was carried out in coordination with the red cross and united nations, with one aim in min

our economics correspond in and andy verity said this is a significant intervention by the governmenton by the government. rishi sunak i'm saying is going to do more in the autumn clearly has decided more to be done now. this isn't the sort of measures you would expect from a conservative chancellor who says he is interested in fiscal conservatism and curbing inflation. he is spending more. if you look at the amount of money he is spending universally that figure comes at a £15 billion in the additional money he has in a survey so that is going to everybody in the form of that £a00 million discount we're going to get on the bills and the key is that we won't have to repay it as previously we would have had to repay it. £a00 for every household who pays the bills and then in addition to that you have targeted support far more than most people anticipated, £9 billion of targeted support, things like the £600 billion that is going to go into a billion households that receive benefits. that is exactly the sort of thing that anti—poverty charities like thejoseph rowntree foundation were ca

let's talk to our economics correspondent andy verity.his is a very big set of measures, isn't it, announced outside — measures, isn't it, announced outside the scale of things. the chancellor said he wasn't going to move _ chancellor said he wasn't going to move until— chancellor said he wasn't going to move until october but he's been forced _ move until october but he's been forced to— move until october but he's been forced to act and do a couple of u-tums — forced to act and do a couple of u-turns. �* ,.., ., , , u-turns. and, the scale of this is be ond u-turns. and, the scale of this is beyond anything _ u-turns. and, the scale of this is beyond anything we _ u-turns. and, the scale of this is beyond anything we normally - u-turns. and, the scale of this is| beyond anything we normally see outside budgets. you're talking about £15 million —— billion pounds of new measures. that would still be a big headline if i was reporting the budget for you but what we are looking at here is an emergency. we are in a way, in the same territory

let�*s bring in our business correspondent andy verity. nice to see you. did they get it right?. did they get it right? that _ are delivering it. did they get it right? that is _ are delivering it. did they get it right? that is a _ right? that is a subjective judgment. they did surprise people with the size of the package. most people predicted perhaps £10 billion, it was predicted that they increase the generosity of the grants they were giving under discounts on energy bills from £200 or 250 to twice that, £400, or 500 books, but are keeping there was that previously, would have that are fewer and year but you would have to repay it in the eskom. they have change that now and you will have to repay it at all. things that they weren�*t expecting them to do, things anti—poverty charity is a been calling for, people on the left of the government, the chancellor rishi sunak who has proclaimed to be conservative, he has turning on spigot and releasing funds there is more generous than was expected. if for example, you benefit from all of the support here, if you are a pensioner, i

this billboard from the group verity now has been circling the department of transportation in southeast change. hundreds of women are dying, unnecessary deaths every day and car crashes and the government has both the knowledge and power to change it today. now that was josh rosenthal reporting there are some female dummies currently being used during crash tests. critics argue their insufficient because they're basically scaled down versions of male dummies in a written statement. a spokesperson for the national highway traffic safety administration said in part safety is the top priority for the u. s department of transportation and n h s t a and equity and safety is central to our mission for all drivers and occupants. the same goes on to say with n h. t s a continues to examine data to a evaluate remaining gender disparities in fatality and injury outcomes and to determine how to eliminate them. well may is asian, american and pacific islander heritage month, a time to honor the contributions of the aapi community here in the united states in san francisco, bruce lee is being celebr

let's speak to our economics correspondent, andy verity. good morning. so, wages. between different groups, isn't there? abs, big different groups, isn't there? a big contrast, different groups, isn't there? a big contrast. yes- _ different groups, isn't there? a big contrast, yes. so _ different groups, isn't there? a big contrast, yes. so we _ different groups, isn't there? a big contrast, yes. so we have - different groups, isn't there? a big contrast, yes. so we have a - different groups, isn't there? an contrast, yes. so we have a fall in living standards. that was predicted by the bank of england last year, and also by other economists. we are seeing living standards are slipping by 1.2%. seeing living standards are slipping by i.2%. that is after inflation, and remember that inflation in the first three months of this year was running at about 5.5%. but that predate the big rises in the energy price cap, and also in petrol prices since the ukraine war began, so the squeeze on living standards has intensified since these figures came out. nevertheless, you ca

let's talk to our economics correspondent andy verity. not improving living centres because prices are rising even faster for reasons we all know. partly the reopening of the global economy post—dynamic and it's also the other big reason is the war in ukraine which is pushed up energy prices even further. including bonuses, you see a much different picture, based 7% increase including bonuses but that masks great differences between financial services we have a 10.7% increase in the public sector at 1.6%, he says not without bitterness. there is a great difference between different sectors of the economy and not every sectors of the economy and not every sector is improving their living standards. sector is improving their living standards— sector is improving their living standards. , ., standards. when it comes to 'obs, if ou're standards. when it comes to 'obs, if you-e looking — standards. when it comes to 'obs, if you're looking for i standards. when it comes to 'obs, if you're looking for a h standards. when it comes to 'obs, if you

andy verity, bbc news.fficer has received legal advice that it would be lawful to override parts of the post—brexit treaty for northern ireland without the approval of the eu. this means there could be new legislation scrapping checks on goods going from britain to northern ireland. our chief political correspondent adam fleming is in westminster. there is a lot to this, a lot to net there is a lot to this, a lot to get your head around. and there is also a lot of objection to this potential change? a lot of ob'ection to this potential chan . e? �* , a lot of ob'ection to this potential chance? �* , ., a lot of ob'ection to this potential chance? �*, ., . ~ ., a lot of ob'ection to this potential chance? �*, ., ., ., change? let's go back to basics. remember— change? let's go back to basics. remember the _ change? let's go back to basics. remember the brexit _ change? let's go back to basics. remember the brexit deal - change? let's go back to basics. remember the brexit deal from | change? let's go back to

let's talk to our bbc economics correspondent andy verity.s of pounds of the average household bill through the form of a grant rather than a discount that has to be repaid so alone. that will mean a big chunk of money for the treasury to have to come up with. we are told it will be around £10 billion. you could offset some of that money you might raise with the windfall tax you might be able to raise around £7 billion from the oil companies. those huge profits they have been making with the simply because the price of energy has gone up so much because of the war in ukraine and also because of the reopening of the global economy post—pandemic. anyway, the higher bills is a transfer of wealth from households to corporations so by levying that windfall tax for the government would be doing would be simply taking some of that back. tt a taking some of that back. if a windfall tax _ taking some of that back. if a windfall tax pays _ taking some of that back. if a windfall tax pays for the bulk of the chance of the's announcement, that will be se

our business correspondent andy verity is here.ou are but i remember. i don't know how old you are but i can — remember. i don't know how old you are but i can just _ remember. i don't know how old you are but i can just about _ remember. i don't know how old you are but i can just about remember i are but i canjust about remember when inflation was higher, march 1982 was the last time it was this high and then it got up to above 9%. our older viewers will remember the 0ur older viewers will remember the 19705 0ur older viewers will remember the 1970s when it was 20 or 25%. this isn't a record rate although it is a record acceleration, going from 7% to 9% is faster than we've had as an acceleration of price rises for a very long time. it reflects the success of policy in a way, in controlling inflation for the last 30 or a0 years. but there's a few things pushing inflation up and it is largely global, a series of supply shocks, shocks to the supply of global commodities from petrol to gas to wheat. 0ne of global commodities from pe

is a personal finance expert and ceo at money magpie dot—com and our economics correspondent andy verityt? this is an easy one because of an answer— so fast? this is an easy one because of an answer all— so fast? this is an easy one because of an answer all week _ so fast? this is an easy one because of an answer all week basically. it i of an answer all week basically. it is to do with a series of shocks to supply. prices of about supply and demand. if you have lots of demand and lots of people wanting to buy stuff the price tends to go up. people selling things think they can jack up the price and someone will still want it. if you have lots of demand for goods are not in supply prices rise and that exactly what has been happening. we have a global reopening of the economy post—pandemic in huge demand as people went back to the shops, went back to work and yet supply that is already happening and we are already getting the fastest inflation in 30 years before the war in ukraine but that aggravated matters because they export lots. the russians export gas obviously but ukraine is a big