Ian King has the latest as the government’s warned about a £62bn black hole in the public finances.
He also speaks to Matthew Percival, director for skills and Inclusion at the CBI, after its figures showed three quarters of businesses were affected by labour shortages in the last year.
Plus, Fraser McKevitt, head of retail and consumer insight at Kantar, speaks to Ian about rising grocery prices and what consumers are doing to cut costs.
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