Will the UK economy ?bounce back? this year?

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BBC

Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Today, we look at the drop in the rate of inflation from 4% to 3.4%. Joining James Cook, are Faisal Islam - who?s come straight from interviewing the Prime Minister - and Dharshini David to discuss what it all means: for you, for the Prime Minister?s electoral fortunes and for the economy.

And we discuss the latest twist in the news surrounding the Princess of Wales. James speaks to Russell Myers, Daily Mirror Royal Editor, who broke the story reporting an alleged breach at the private hospital where Kate received treatment. The hospital in question says ?any breach? of patient information would be investigated. James and Russell reflect on the way Kensington Palace has handled the online speculations regarding Kate?s absence. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by James Cook. It was made by Miranda Slade with Madeleine Drury and Teodora Agarici. The technical producer was Matt Hewitt. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts.
0:06.4	Attention newscast customers.
0:09.4	Inflation figures are out to date, which means it's time to unpack the newscast basket of goods with Faisal Islam and Darshini. David, hello.
0:19.2	Hello.
0:19.8	Hello.
0:20.6	Now, if you're new to the virtual newscast supermarket, welcome.
0:24.7	I have here a basket of goods which contains 11 everyday items and for a long time
0:30.0	we've been using it to keep tabs on the price rises affecting your shopping newscasters.
0:35.4	So with the help of Cantar who crunch the numbers for us,
0:38.2	we've taken a look at how the average price paid for items in the newscast basket of goods
0:44.1	has changed. Average price paid isn't quite the same as inflation itself, but it gives us an
0:48.7	indication of the price of food. So here we go. It's a quiz now.
0:53.8	Oh, hang on a minute.
0:56.2	Did anybody tell you it was going to be a quiz?
0:58.4	I had something.
0:58.9	No.
0:59.8	Sorry.
1:00.6	Anyway, the price of which of these items in the newscast basket has risen most sharply since
1:08.0	2022.
1:09.5	So in the past couple of years, you have three options, and they are.
1:13.1	Cheddar cheese, canned dog food or milk.
1:16.9	Oh, since 2020.
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