office? that is a bigger question he was saying confidently that the answer is yes.— was saying confidently that the answer is es. a, , r, ~ answer is yes. nick eardley, thank ou with answer is yes. nick eardley, thank you with the _ answer is yes. nick eardley, thank you with the latest _ answer is yes. nick eardley, thank you with the latest from _ you with the latest from westminster. time for a look at the weather, here's louise lear. we have some lovely autumn sunshine, but it may be full�*s gold for later in the week because it is all change, probably around wednesday, we will see it turning increasingly unsettled with wet and windy weather moving in from the west. we have got some showers around and you can see in scotland and northern ireland, plenty of sharp showers at the moment. they will start to thin and ease as they push their way steadily north and east. strong winds accompanied by that and that on the southern flank of an area of low pressure drifting away. it is pulling away, that was the early morning rain we had across essex and kent and that left a veil of high cloud. but for many it is all about the autumn sunshine through this afternoon. a beautiful afternoon,

light winds, pleasant enough and shower is starting to ease in northern ireland and close to the scottish border. just some linking across the northern and western isles in particular. in terms of the feel of things, 11 to 14 degrees and the stronger winds to the north but further south where the wind remained light is, perhaps those temperatures may peak at around 18, 19 degrees. not bad for this time of year. clear skies by day will allow clear skies through the night, so it is going to turn quite chilly and with lighter winds, we could see some fog forming almost anywhere at risk, england and wales in particular. then some of it could be pretty stubborn to clear away first thing tomorrow morning. chilly start in comparison to the morning just passed across england and wales. a northerly breeze will drive in a few scattered showers across aberdeenshire and early morning fog will live to more sunshine. lovely day in prospect for most of us tomorrow. cloud gathers in to the south—west and we will see showery outbreaks of rain later on. those

temperatures quite promising as we head towards the latter stages of october. high teens once again. here it is, this is the change, low pressure moving in from the atlantic and this is going to throw these weather fronts around in an anticlockwise direction. moving on from the south—west, just like the last couple of days, so for wednesday, scotland, northern england may be sheltered eastern areas will have the best of any dry weather but it will be breezy and showery the further south and west you go. that will be the story for the rest of the week as well. let's take a look at that in more detail... as you can see in the far north persistent rain and a cooler feel. it stays mild for england and wales but still plenty of sharp, blustery showers. on another dramatic day at westminster, the new chancellor, jeremy hunt has ditched most of last month's controversial mini budget,

reversing tax cuts and scaling back energy support. me. the stake that is at 3:30pm this afternoon. i'll be back tomorrow. - reversing tax cuts and scaling back energy summ— energy support. growth requires confidence _ energy support. growth requires confidence and _ energy support. growth requires confidence and stability - energy support. growth requires confidence and stability and - energy support. growth requires confidence and stability and the | confidence and stability and the united kingdom will always pay its way. this government will therefore take whatever tough decisions are necessary to do so. that take whatever tough decisions are necessary to do so.— take whatever tough decisions are necessary to do so. that is all from the bbc news _ necessary to do so. that is all from the bbc news at _ necessary to do so. that is all from the bbc news at one _ necessary to do so. that is all from the bbc news at one and - necessary to do so. that is all from the bbc news at one and it - necessary to do so. that is all from the bbc news at one and it is - the bbc news at one and it is goodbye from me and we joined the bbc news teams where you are. good afternoon, it's just after 1.30 and this your latest sports news. scotland have made a winning start to their t20 world cup campaign in australia with a shock victory over west indies in the initial group stage. george munsey helped scotland to a total of 160, making an unbeaten 66. west indies would have been confident of reaching their target but scotland were superb

with the ball, and bowled them out for just 118. the day's other t20 group b match between ireland and zimbabwe is reaching its climax. ireland won the toss and chose to field. zimbabwe made 174—7, sikandar raza top scoring with an unbeaten 82 from 48 balls. joshua little took three wickets for ireland who are now chasing down that target of 175 to win. ireland then battled with the bat, but they fell short of their target with zimbabwe winning by 31 runs. liverpool have launched an investigation after manchester city manager pep guardiola alleged coins were thrown in his direction during his side's1—0 defeat at anfield. it really was not a great day for guardiola. phil foden had put his side ahead but var spotted a foul by erling haaland in the build—up. it remained goalless until this ball from the liverpool keeper alisson found salah who made it 1—0 with 1a minutes remaining. cue a tense end to the game, so much so thatjurgen klopp

was sent off for protesting the decision not to award a foul to salah. he was though quick to condemn those who threw coins at his rival manager. horrible. i'm sorry, i apologise for that. i had no idea about it. i was obviously not in the stadium in that moment, probably i didn't see any more after the game. oh, yeah, i saw him. yeah, it never should happen, never, never. did you see it? no. you didn't see the coins thrown? of course not. i saw pep. so liverpool will investigate that incident and they have also condemned what they describe as "vile" chanting from the city fans. they say, "we are deeply disappointed to hear vile chants relating to football stadium tragedies from the away section during the game at anfield. the concourse in the away section was also vandalised with graffiti of a similar nature" aston villa manager steven gerrard says he "won't hide" from the task

facing himself and his team after a fifth loss of the season left villa just one point above the relegation zone. two mason mount goals at villa park handed graham potter his third straight win as chelsea manager. there were audible boos at the final whistle for gerrard after his team's 2—0 defeat. they've won just twice this season in the league. i've said on many occasions, i've had support from above. unfortunately a lot of the support is in the treatment room right now. but from my position, i keep fighting, keep leading, keep trying to change this. i will take whatever criticism and pressure comes my way, i will always do that and accept that. and if that helps the players perform like they did for the first hour, i don't think this team have any issues. harlequins wing caden murley has been called into eddiejones' england squad for the first time. he is one of six uncapped players preparing to face argentina, south africa, new zealand and japan this autumn. the other four potential debutants eddiejones has selected are northampton duo alex coles and david ribbans along with gloucester�*s val rapava ruskin,

newcastle's george mcguigan and saracens hugh tizzard. following financial turmoil wasps and worcester only one player, wasps back row jack willis, has been named in the 36—man squad from the troubled teams. great britain exceeded expectations at the world track cycling championships. that's the view of six—time olympic gold medallist sir chris hoy after the current team claimed ten honours in paris. neah evans produced a perfectly timed sprint in the points race to secure her first world title on the final day. that was britain's third title of the championships. the success was a big boost for the team who lost veteran olympic champions sirjason kenny and ed clancy to retirement after tokyo 2020. to have three gold medals and to be one gold medal off being the top nation as well, and the ten medals shows the breadth of performances is notjust shows the breadth of performances is not just one shows the breadth of performances is notjust one or two of the big names coming in and stealing the show. i

think reason for optimism and i think reason for optimism and i think they probably punched above their weight at this stage in a four—year olympic cycle. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. now it is over tojoanna in westminster. it has been an extremely busy day here in westminster and there is plenty more to come. let me bring it up—to—date. the new chancellor, jeremy hunt, has overturned almost all of the tax measures that when i was just three weeks ago as part of liz truss' growth plan. he says he wants to reassure financial markets and the public, although he has warned there will be more difficult decisions ahead. the changes were announced in an emergency statement this morning and it included a scrapping of the plan of a 1p cut in the basic income tax next april. he also said energy help with energy bills for all households will now only be

guaranteed until april while a treasury led review will be held. previously the help was due to go on for two years. let's listen again to whatjeremy hunt said. good morning. a central responsibility for any government is to do what is necessary for economic stability. this is vital for businesses making long—term investment decisions, and for families concerned about theirjobs, their mortgages and the cost of living. no government can control markets, but every government can give certainty about the sustainability of public finances. and that is one of the many factors that influence how markets behave. for that reason, although the prime minister and i are both committed to cutting corporation tax, on friday she listened to concerns about the mini—budget and confirmed we will not proceed with the cut

to the corporation tax announced. the government today has decided to make further changes to the mini—budget and, to reduce unhelpful speculation about what they are, we have decided to announce these ahead of the medium—term fiscal plan, which happens in two weeks. i will give a detailed statement to parliament this afternoon and answer questions from mps, but because these decisions are market sensitive i have agreed with the speaker the need to give an early, brief summary of the changes which are all designed to provide confidence and stability. firstly, we will reverse almost all the tax measures announced in the growth plan three weeks ago that have not started parliamentary legislation. whilst we will continue with the abolition of the health and social care levy and stamp duty changes, we will no longer be proceeding with the cuts to dividend tax rates,

the reversal of off payroll working reforms introduced in 2017 and 2021, the new vat—free shopping scheme for non—uk visitors or the freeze on alcohol duty rates. secondly, the government's current plan is to cut the basic rate of income tax to 19% from april 2023. it is a deeply held conservative value, a value that i share, that people should keep more of the money that they earn. but at a time when markets are rightly demanding a commitment to sustainable public finances it is not right to borrow to fund this tax cut. so i have decided that the basic rate of income tax will remain at 20% and it will do so indefinitely until economic circumstances allow for it to be cut. taken together with the decision not to cut corporation tax and restoring

the top rate of income tax, the measures i have announced today will raise every year around £32 billion. finally, the biggest single expense in the growth plan was the energy price guarantee. this is a landmark policy supporting millions of people through a difficult winter, and today i want to confirm that the support we are providing between now and april next year will not change. but beyond that the prime minister and i have agreed it would not be responsible to continue exposing public finances to unlimited volatility in international gas prices. so i am announcing today a treasury—led review into how we support energy bills beyond april next year. the objective is to design a new approach that will cost the taxpayer significantly less than planned, whilst ensuring enough support for those in need.

and support for businesses will be targeted at those most affected and the new approach will better incentivise energy efficiency. the most important objective for our country right now is stability. governments cannot eliminate volatility in the markets, but they can play their part and we will do so because instability affects the prices of things in shops, the cost of mortgages and the values of pensions. there will be more difficult decisions, i am afraid, on both tax and spending as we deliver our commitment to get debt falling as a share of the economy over the medium term. all departments will need to redouble their efforts to find savings and some areas of spending will need to be cut. but, as i promised at the weekend, our priority in making the difficult

decisions that lie ahead will always be the most vulnerable. i remain extremely confident about the uk's long—term, economic prospects as we deliver our mission to go for growth. but growth requires confidence and stability and the united kingdom will always pay its way. this government will therefore take whatever tough decisions are necessary to do so. thank you. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, with that five—minute statement earlier that five—minute statement earlier that was meant to be a taster for what is coming in the commons when he speaks later with the full statement. but we got the full flavour there, and that is all the tax cuts that were announced in the so—called mini budgetjust three weeks ago are being scrapped, bar the ones that are already in progress in terms of legislation, and that is stamp duty and national

insurance, the cuts to national insurance. it is a sweeping reversal of the position that had gone before. there has been another political development in that the speaker of the house of commons has granted permission to sir keir starmer to ask an urgent question in the commonsjust before starmer to ask an urgent question in the commons just before the chancellor gets to his feet after four o'clock, and that question was designed to bring liz truss to the house to answer the question around the sacking of the previous chancellor, kwasi kwarteng, in this time of economic instability. we are hearing that liz truss is refusing to answer that question. instead she will be sending the leader of the house of commons, penny mordaunt, to answer that question from sir keir starmer instead. so there has been a lot of speculation around whether or not liz truss would go. it is

obviously going to be difficult politically either way, but she has decided she will not go and penny mordaunt will instead be going. scott's first minister nicola sturgeon has been responding to what the chancellor said. to sturgeon has been responding to what the chancellor said.— the chancellor said. to say that this is now _ the chancellor said. to say that this is now a — the chancellor said. to say that this is now a uk _ the chancellor said. to say that this is now a uk government i the chancellor said. to say that | this is now a uk government and the chancellor said. to say that i this is now a uk government and a prime minister without a shred of credibility is an understatement. indeed it is perhaps a sign of how badly broken uk politics is that the prime minister's resignation has not already been tendered. i also reflect as first minister that if i had given in to demands made by tories and indeed some commentators on the day of the mini budget to match the uk government's tax plans, i would also today would be dealing with something of a financial disaster. it should, i think, with something of a financial disaster. it should, ithink, be with something of a financial disaster. it should, i think, be a relief to everyone across scotland that the scottish government did not

act so rashly. that the scottish government did not act so rashly— act so rashly. nicola sturgeon responding — act so rashly. nicola sturgeon responding to _ act so rashly. nicola sturgeon responding to the _ act so rashly. nicola sturgeon| responding to the chancellor's announcement. she has also been setting out the scottish government was not plans for scotland was my independence and she calls for a second referendum to take place next year. speaking at a news conference in edinburgh she confirmed the plans to move to a new currency, the scottish pounds, if independence is achieved. this is what she said about that. i achieved. this is what she said about that-— achieved. this is what she said about that. , . ., , ., about that. i very much hope that for the sake _ about that. i very much hope that for the sake of _ about that. i very much hope that for the sake of people's _ about that. i very much hope that. for the sake of people's mortgages and living standards the statement from the chancellor earlier will deliver some stability in the markets. however, to say that this is now a uk government and a prime minister without a shred of credibility is an understatement. indeed it is perhaps a sign of how badly broken uk politics is that the prime minister's resignation has not already been tendered. i also reflect as first minister that, if i

had given into demands made by tories and indeed some commentators on the day of the mini budget to match the uk government's tax plans, i would also today be dealing with something of a financial disaster. it should, i think, be a relief to everyone across scotland that the scottish government did not act so rashly. it will also be galling, i think, that the one measure that the prime minister has repeatedly cited to effectivelyjustify prime minister has repeatedly cited to effectively justify the prime minister has repeatedly cited to effectivelyjustify the market turmoil of recent weeks, the energy price cap, has also now been curtailed, leaving many people and possibly many businesses without the support with energy bills that they were before today expecting. there is no doubt this is a self—inflicted crisis for liz truss and it is

humiliating in a quite unprecedented way in terms of the climb down. i think the sooner this prime minister andindeed think the sooner this prime minister and indeed this entire government departs office the better that will be for everyone. let me turn out to something i hope is more optimistic in laying out an alternative for scotland. now, i have a lot of detail that i want to cover today, so i would ask people, particularly the journalists in the so i would ask people, particularly thejournalists in the room, to bear with me and once i have finished speaking i will give every journalist in the room who wants to the opportunity to ask a question. in today's paper we make the economic case for independence. fundamentally we argue in this paper that a stronger, fairer, more sustainable economy is more possible for scotland with independence than it ever will be with continued

westminster control. by combining scotland's many economic strengths and abundant resources, particularly our vast renewable energy potential, with the policy levers that come with the policy levers that come with independence and an economic model built on social partnership and good stable governance we can build a well—being economy that works for all. we also address in this paper are key questions on currency, fiscal sustainability and trade. i will say more on these topics shortly. in 2014, the choice before the scottish people was framed by westminster parties as the strength and stability of the uk on the one hand and the uncertainty of independence on the other. the reality in the years since has been very different. it is glaringly obvious now that the uk does not offer economic strength and stability or financial security. on top of an already crippling cost of

living crisis, calamitous decisions in recent weeks taken by a government scotland did not vote for, have set mortgage rates through the roof and brought pension funds to the brink of collapse. it is now very clear that we also now face another round of austerity cuts that will damage our public services, perhaps existentially push more people into poverty and further shred the safety net that is so essential to any decent society. so thatis essential to any decent society. so that is the so—called certainty that continued westminster governance offers us. while recent events have brought this into sharper focus, this is a crisis long in the making and it is not a temporary phenomenon. the uk economy is in long—term decline, the uk economic model is failing and failing badly. the facts speak for themselves. the

uk is poorer than many of its international comparators, indeed as the first paper in this series demonstrated, it is substantially poorer than independent european countries comparable to scotland. it has more national income per head, wider inequality, higher rates of child and pensioner poverty and more lower productivity. more and more the uk looks like an outlier in economic policies, performance and social outcomes.— social outcomes. nicola sturgeon outlinina social outcomes. nicola sturgeon outlining the _ social outcomes. nicola sturgeon outlining the case _ social outcomes. nicola sturgeon outlining the case for— social outcomes. nicola sturgeon outlining the case for scottish - outlining the case for scottish independence. let's go to our scottish correspondent james shaw. james, still constitutional hoops to get through for there to be a referendum.— get through for there to be a referendum. , ., , . ., referendum. yes, that is right. what was interesting, _ referendum. yes, that is right. what was interesting, first _ referendum. yes, that is right. what was interesting, first of— referendum. yes, that is right. what was interesting, first of all— referendum. yes, that is right. what was interesting, first of all about - was interesting, first of all about today, was the timing of what nicola sturgeon did. she had originally been timed to speak at 11 o'clock, the same time asjeremy hunt. she delayed it until 12. what that

enabled her to do was offer a critique of whatjeremy hunt is planning to do as the chancellor of the exchequer. that, i think, planning to do as the chancellor of the exchequer. that, ithink, put wind in her sales because she was able to talk about the situation at westminster and compare it to what the scottish government wants to do. but as you say, there are still these unanswered questions about how independence would happen. nicola sturgeon started to go some way to answering those questions. for example, on the issue of a separate currency for scotland she said that should happen as soon as practicable. she would not say exactly when that was, but when she was pressed she seemed to say that she hoped it would happen within five years. that is really important for her plan because without a separate currency scotland could not rejoin the eu, which is another central part of the snp's prospectus

for independence. then on the question of trade and trade barriers, if scotland is part of the european union she accepted there would have to be some checks, as she put it, on rail links in the two main road links between england and scotland. there were also questions about the fiscal deficit, that the scottish government would face if scotland becomes independent. again a really difficult question. how big with the gabby between how much the scottish government gets in and how much it pays out? her answer to that really is there is so much uncertainty around in terms of the economy of the united kingdom it was not possible to answer that question. but these are the questions that will come back if scotland does look as if it is starting to approach something like an independence referendum. even that in its own right is a completely open question at the moment because we have the supreme court making a decision within the next few weeks or months on whether

scotland could hold a consultative referendum. scotland could hold a consultative referendum-— scotland could hold a consultative referendum. ., ,, , ., , referendum. thank you. let me bring ou referendum. thank you. let me bring you up-to-date _ referendum. thank you. let me bring you up-to-date with _ referendum. thank you. let me bring you up-to-date with what _ referendum. thank you. let me bring you up-to-date with what is - you up—to—date with what is happening in westminster because the situation is that there is going to be an urgent question from sir keir starmer in the comments. that would normally imply that it would be responded to by the prime minister but we now know that liz truss is not going to be coming to the commons to answer the urgent question on the sacking of the chancellor, kwasi kwarteng, who has been replaced byjeremy hunt. instead it is going to be the leader of the house, penny mordaunt, who will be answering that question. so that has led to a huge amount of discussion around what that implies for liz truss' premiership, the fact she has chosen not to come to the commons to answer that. also at the same time as chancellorjeremy hunt will be coming to the commons immediately after that urgent question is asked and answered to

outline fully what is happening now with the so—called mini budget that outlined a raft of tax—cutting measures, £45 billion worth of unfunded tax—cutting measures, and also the support for energy bills. we have heard from him already this morning, he gave a statement to give us a sense of the flavour of it, but it was absolutely clear what the direction is, all of the tax—cutting measures that were announced in that mini budget are being scrapped. the only ones that survive are the ones for which there was already legislation under way, and that is the cut in stamp duty and the cut in national insurance. it has been a dramatic day here at westminster. the next steps in the commons will be the urgent question by sir keir starmer and a statement byjeremy hunt, the chancellor, and meanwhile the speculation goes on as to the future of liz truss as she chooses

not to come to the commons to answer the urgent question from the leader of the opposition. stay with us, we will have plenty more coverage from here and plenty more reaction. for now it is time to look at the weather. overnight rain is clearing away and for many of us it is an afternoon of sunny spells to look forward to. not a bad start to the working week. by day time it will feel mild in the sunshine, but a slight change from wednesday towards the end of the week, with low pressure making it very unsettled with sharp showers around. we have still got some showers from this low and it is trailing away. blustery winds along its southern flank, so showers in scotland, in particular the northern and western isles later this afternoon. early morning cloud easy away from essex and kent were the best of the sunshine is coming through in england and wales. with light winds and temperatures will

respond. you can see where the sharp showers are sitting and there will be one or two in central scotland as well, accompanied by blustery winds. here are top temperatures around 13 or 14, here are top temperatures around 13 or14, but here are top temperatures around 13 or 14, but in the sunshine we could see highs of 19. with clear skies by date leading to clear skies overnight and light wind, we could see patchy fog in england, the midlands and the south—east and it will be slow to left. it will be a chillier start to the day, particularly in england and wales with low single figures first thing. the fog lifts and we see another drive, settled, sunny story. a northerly wind could drag in more cloud of the north sea coast in the afternoon, but still pleasant enough and still does temperatures into the mid to high teens, which is pretty good for this time of year. however, as we moved to the middle part of the week this area of low pressure will dominate the weather story. by the end of the afternoon we will see

rain pushing into the south—west. on wednesday for scotland, northern england and eastern england we should see a good deal of dry weather, albeit cloudy skies than recently. some of the showers could be heavy as we go through the day, top temperatures not quite as warm, we are looking at nine to 16 degrees. sunny spells and blustery showers are set to stay with us right throughout the working week, but those temperatures are still on the mild side for the end of october.

this is bbc news, i'mjoanna gosling at westminster. the headlines... the new chancellorjeremy hunt scraps most of last month's controversial mini budget, ditching the promise of a 1p cut in basic income tax, while help with energy bills will only last till april. growth requires confidence and stability and the united kingdom will always pay its way. this government will therefore take whatever task decisions are necessary to do so. the chancellor's emergency statement was designed to calm turmoil on the financial markets and early reaction there has been positive. but labour say the government's in panic.

the country will pay a lasting