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5 Things You Need To Know, Today, on Monday 12th December 2022
5. Twitter's paid-for verification feature is rolling out once again today. It was paused last month after being swamped by impersonators.
It is still $8 per month - but there is now an increased fee of $11 for those using the Twitter app on Apple devices.
4. British banks and building societies expect to lend 23% less to home-buyers next year, taking mortgage volumes back to their level before the COVID pandemic.
Trade body UK Finance forecast that gross mortgage lending for house purchase would fall to 131 billion pounds ($161 billion) in 2023 from 171 billion pounds this year and a peak of 189 billion pounds in 2021.
3. The boss of the biggest rail workers' union has called on the prime minister to meet him in an attempt to resolve the long-running strike action.
Rail workers in Britain have been locked in a dispute over pay, jobs and working conditions since the summer.
2. All flights have been suspended at Stansted Airport after it was forced to close its runway due to bad weather.
Heathrow and Gatwick also cancelled or delayed flights after snow, ice and freezing fog swept the UK.
1. British manufacturers expect output to fall by 3.2% next year after a 4.4% decline in 2022, as they are hit by rising raw material prices and borrowing costs and a slide in consumer demand, trade body Make UK said today.
The trade body said it wanted a temporary relaxation of immigration controls, lower property taxes and greater tax incentives for training and investment.