Is the UK Getting a Pay Rise?

Newscast

BBC

Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Wage growth has overtaken inflation for the first time in two years, in a sign that cost of living pressures may now be starting to ease. The Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned, however, that the UK remains stuck in a bind between high inflation and weak economic growth. Their director, Paul Johnson, joins Adam alongside the BBC’s chief economics correspondent, Dharshini David, to unpack the day’s economic headlines. And it’s the final day of SNP conference as Humza Yousaf delivers a closing speech which pledged an extra £300m to help cut NHS waiting lists by 100,000 patients by 2026. We’re joined by the SNP’s Emma Roddick to find out the party’s reaction to Yousaf’s first speech as party leader. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Today's Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by George Dabby with Gemma Roper and Josh Jenkins. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The senior news editors are Jonathan Aspinwall and Sam Bonham.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:04.9	Hello, we're going to focus on things happening in the UK today in this episode of newscast,
0:09.8	but if you would like the latest on what's happening in the Middle East, then you can go
0:13.5	to our brand new pop-up sister podcast, The Conflict, Israel Gaza, which is available
0:20.2	on BBC Sounds and in the latest episode, Anna Foster is on the Lebanese border and she's
0:25.8	talking about what role Lebanon has to play in this conflict and specifically the armed
0:31.6	group backed by Iran, his baller.
0:34.5	And so she will be able to bring you right up to date with all of that on the conflict
0:38.8	on BBC Sounds.
0:39.8	And we will bring you up to date with lots of other stuff happening in the UK here on
0:43.8	this episode of newscast.
0:45.6	Newscast.
0:46.6	Newscast from the BBC.
0:47.6	Why can't people buy a house?
0:50.0	Look at their wages.
0:51.0	There are any questions on things that are not related to maths.
0:53.1	People who say that we were partying simply do not know what they are talking about.
0:57.4	The era of global warming has ended, the era of global boiling has arrived.
1:02.0	It's the first time ever, I've been able to say, well done here.
1:06.0	I'll end by tempting her to update newscast and update this house.
1:10.2	The Prime Minister is not under a desk.
1:13.6	Hello, it's Adam in the studio and later on in this episode we will be virtually traveling
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