Economy Class

Newscast

BBC

Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Why is UK inflation dropping... while some food prices are still rising? Newsnight's Sima Kotecha is in the hotseat for today’s episode, and she’s joined by the BBC’s Evan Davis and Claer Barrett from the FT, to chew over the latest economic trends. Also, after the head of the food watchdog suggested that it’s unwise to bring cake into the office, The Great British Bake Off winner and Today programme host, Martha Kearney, tells us whether she’ll be taking on that advice. Today’s episode was presented by Sima Kotecha and made by Tim Walklate with Chris Flynn, Dany Wittenberg, and Rufus Gray. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The senior news editor was Sam Bonham.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:05.3	Hello there, it's Seema Katecher, UK editor of News Night, taking over from Adam while
0:10.8	he takes a well and break.
0:12.6	Now, one of the things that the newscast team will be hoping Adam brings back on his return
0:18.4	from his holidays, of course, a few sweet treats.
0:21.0	I mean, come on, you've got to bring something back with you.
0:23.7	But apparently, that might not be a good idea.
0:26.6	Professor Susan Jairb, Chairwoman of the Watchdog, the Food Standards Agency, or FSA, is
0:31.4	it sometimes referred to, has been speaking to the Times newspaper and said that people
0:35.8	should not bring cake into the office for the sake of their colleague's health.
0:40.6	She says that eating a piece of cake is a choice, but colleagues can help each other by providing
0:46.0	a supportive environment and prepared cake eating to passive smoking.
0:52.0	She said, if nobody brought cakes into the office, I would not eat cakes.
0:57.5	So I guess what should we make of this?
0:59.8	Should we bring treats into the office anymore?
1:01.8	Well, one of the people who I think of when I think of bringing cakes into offices, someone
1:05.8	who does all the time and I've worked with them in the past, that's today's programme's
1:10.5	Martha Carney and she's on the line.
1:12.3	Hello!
1:13.3	Hello!
1:14.3	And I have actually been using quite a lot of cake today.
1:16.5	Oh no, why am I not surprised?
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