this is bbc news. i'm annita mcveigh at westminster. the headlines: sorry — but staying... liz truss will chair a meeting of her cabinet today after apologising for the mistakes made since becoming uk prime minister. last night she insisted that she will lead the conservative party into the next general election due in two years i do want to accept responsibility and to say sorry for the mistakes that have been made. the uk's chancellorjeremy hunt has axed most of liz truss�*s mini budget announced by the government last month, in a bid to stabilise the financial markets. and in other news... ukrainian officials say russia has launched attacks on criticial civilian infrastructure across the country with several large explosions heard

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hello and welcome to viewers in the uk and around the world. liz truss says she will not be stepping down as prime minister, despite her premiership hanging by a thread after her new finance minister ditched most of her economic policies. in an interview with the bbc, ms truss apologised for what she called "mistakes" over the past six weeks — but she insisted she would lead the conservatives into the next general election. asked about that last night, one tory backbencher said: "well, we'll have to see". the new cabient meets this morning. ourfirst report this morning from our political correspondent, jonathan blake. inside number 10 last night, after a day in which her programme for government was largely scrapped, liz truss sat down for an interview and offered an apology. i do want to accept responsibility and say sorry for the mistakes that have been made. i wanted to act — to help people

with their energy bills, to deal with the issue of high taxes, but we went too far and too fast. i've acknowledged that. i've put in place a new chancellor with a new strategy to restore economic stability. your very vision for britain is dead, isn't it? what i'm focused on is delivering on energy supplies, on delivering new roads, new opportunities across oui’ country. we have to make sure, though, that we have economic stability, and that has to be my priority as prime minister. i've acted in the national interest. i remain committed to the vision. but we will have to deliver that in a different way. and that's what i'm determined to do with the new chancellor, jeremy hunt. a low—tax, high—growth economy was still the prime minister's vision, she said, but it would have to be delivered differently. what about the impact

of her early moves in office? lots of people are facing massive increases in mortgage payments, and analysts say at least some of that is because of what you've done in the last five or six weeks. what do you say to them? well, look, i understand it is very difficult for families across the country. and they're blaming you. and the fact is, we are facing both a difficult economic situation internationally where interest rates are rising, as well as pressure, pressure here in, pressure here in britain. but do you accept that you have made it worse? well, what we've been through over the last few years is a very low interest rate world, and that is changing and that is changing across the globe. but do you accept that what you've done in the last five weeks since you took office has made it worse for people? it's made it harderfor people to pay their bills. well, first of all, i have said sorry for the fact

that we did act too far. we went too far and too fast. liz truss said the job had been tough and acknowledged with understatement her time as prime minister hadn't been perfect. she urged mps questioning herfuture to focus on the public. i'm sticking around because i was elected to deliver for this country and that is what i am determined to do. and will you lead the conservatives into the next general election? i will lead the conservatives into the next general election. definitely? well, look, yeah. i'm not focused on internal debates within the conservative party. earlier, the prime minister had come to the house of commons to witness her new chancellor, jeremy hunt, confirm most of her economic plans were being thrown out. all the prime minister could do was watch and listen, as policy after policy was scrapped in an attempt to restore financial stability and the government's credibility.

labour say the prime minister's apology won't undo the damage she's done. it's unlikely to be enough on its own to secure herfuture in office. jonathan blake, bbc news. the minister for armed forces and veterans, james heappey, has defended liz truss this morning — saying the prime minister has owned the mistake that was made and apologised for it. the prime minister has, actually, if you listen to the interview she gave with your political editor, chris mason, last night, she's very clear—eyed about the mistake that was made. it's also important to note that, yes, the mini—budget went too far, too fast. but there are also global economic circumstances that are causing all major economies around the world to face real challenge at the moment. i think the imf overnight have pointed to other major european countries that look like they're going into recession. bloomberg overnight have said that the us is almost certainly

going into recession. so there is... ..there is a global economic challenge. nobody�*s pretending that the mini—budget was anything other than unhelpful to the uk economic circumstance. but by the same token there were things within that mini—budget that survive and that will be of enormous importance to your viewers. the national insurance tax cut is still there, the stamp duty tax cut is still there. and most importantly of all, the huge intervention on energy bills is still there, too. responding to last night's apology from the prime minister, labour's shadow chancellor, rachel reeves says the damage has already been done, despite u—turns from the government the only thing left now from the prime minister's plan is higher mortgage rates and higher bonuses for bankers. it didn't need to be this way. but the problem is, even

with all of the zigzagging u—turns and chaos, the damage, the lasting damage with people coming off fixed rate mortgages, who are now worrying about how they're going to pay the higher rates, people trying to get on the housing ladder for the first time, their dreams becoming a nightmare. the damage has been done and that is because of the decisions. and, you know, an arsonist is still an arsonist even when they turn up with a bucket of water and run back into the burning building. the fire was started by the conservatives. they've lost all credibility. they can't put this fire out. our political correspondent iain watson is with me. how iain watson is with me. much trouble is liz truss ir today? how much trouble is liz truss in today? element a similar amount of trouble as yesterday, quite a lot, despite what she was saying to chris mason. , , ., , mason. very few people in the conservative _ mason. very few people in the conservative party _ mason. very few people in the conservative party would - mason. very few people in the | conservative party would agree mason. very few people in the - conservative party would agree with her that she would read that party into the next general election. the reasons are fairly obvious, you just have to look at the opinion polls

and the fact that many of her campaign pledges shredded byjeremy hunt yesterday. she will give the impression of business this usual, meeting the cabinet this morning, but cabinet ministers think we are listening more closely tojeremy listening more closely to jeremy hunt than liz truss because he will be setting out some of the eye watering the difficult decisions he was talking about yesterday to the cabinet members, effectively calling for them to look at the departments and think about making spending cuts. we will get his, if you like, to factor budget on halloween come october to 31st, i don't there is a feeling amongst conservative mps that we ought to see what that looks like —— i think there is. liz truss can perhaps breathed a sigh of relief until that time. there are other obstacles between now and then she will have to overcome.— she will have to overcome. labour and other opposition _ she will have to overcome. labour and other opposition parties - she will have to overcome. labour and other opposition parties will l she will have to overcome. labourl and other opposition parties will be keeping the pressure up on what morally likely to hear from keeping the pressure up on what morally likely to hearfrom labour about the idea of an early general election? , , , , election? they will push very stron al election? they will push very strongly for _ election? they will push very strongly for an _ election? they will push very strongly for an early - election? they will push very strongly for an early general| strongly for an early general election, but of course they cannot

actually deliver that and i think it's that fear of an early general election that is helping keep less trust place place amongst conservative mps giving the pollen deficit —— liz truss. it is prime minister's questions, and diff cure stomach is therapeutically hard time in points out that many of the campaign pledges have been shredded, talks about the political repetition, how she deals with it will be crucial to longevity. if you look so she not handling it well some conservative mps do we want to see this on repeat every week? at what point is that balance of risk change, which is more risky leadership contest? she is due to me again with the chairman of the backbench, 1922 committee, that run leadership elections. i think they will be effectively taking soundings amongst backbench mps about how she prefers tomorrow. nothing is inevitable in politics, it has been a surprising thing for all of us, she could leave the conceptus into the next general election, she could possibly not even make it until it's

over the 31st. wright briefly on that point, you've seen lots of extraordinary times here around westminster.— extraordinary times here around i westminster._ rangit extraordinary times here around - westminster._ rangit is westminster. how does this rangit is ri . ht westminster. how does this rangit is riaht u- westminster. how does this rangit is right up there. _ westminster. how does this rangit is right up there, probably _ westminster. how does this rangit is right up there, probably top - westminster. how does this rangit is right up there, probably top of- westminster. how does this rangit is right up there, probably top of the i right up there, probably top of the list. i am old enough to remember previous conservative leadership problems, 17 years ago, we've seen the ousting of borisjohnson, we've seen lots of problems in labour�*s ranks withjeremy corbyn but to see prime minister effectively notjust sack a chancellor but ditch her own campaign pledges only a few weeks old and then to try to continue to stay in office, with opinion poll for the opposition higher than to just been since about 1997, this is absolutely extraordinary times. one mp she spoke to last night addressed a group of mps, put it rather like this, since we are talking pretty halloween budget, he had a gaudy analogy but said it was the first time he heard a corpse delivering

its own eulogy. time he heard a corpse delivering its own eulogy-— time he heard a corpse delivering its own eulo: . . ~ ,, , . joining me now is james dodsworth, from the young conservative network, a grassroots group for young party members. he voted for liz truss in the leadership ballot. thank you for joining us. notwithstanding the fact that when liz truss was one of the final two candidates and people said this was a continuation of what has gone before because her and rishi sunak were in the previous government, for the conservatives it was supposed to be a fresh start. how are you today? hat was supposed to be a fresh start. how are you today? not particularly ositive. it how are you today? not particularly positive. it has _ how are you today? not particularly positive. it has not _ how are you today? not particularly positive. it has not been _ how are you today? not particularly positive. it has not been a - how are you today? not particularly positive. it has not been a fresh - positive. it has not been a fresh start we wanted at all. liz truss has not delivered the stability we were hoping would come. it has been anything but, already you turning on her entire economic platform like has previously been said. the doing

dreadfully in the polls, has been a very tough few weeks what is. what very tough few weeks what is. what did ou very tough few weeks what is. what did you make _ very tough few weeks what is. what did you make of— very tough few weeks what is. what did you make of her— very tough few weeks what is. what did you make of her interview with our political editor chris mason last night? she apologised and said she had to fix the mistakes. i last night? she apologised and said she had to fix the mistakes.- she had to fix the mistakes. i think it was important _ she had to fix the mistakes. i think it was important that _ she had to fix the mistakes. i think it was important that she _ she had to fix the mistakes. i think it was important that she did - she had to fix the mistakes. i think it was important that she did offer| it was important that she did offer an apology, for the decisions her decisions her and her previous chancellor made, which have had dire impacts on some people's lives, those trying to get on the property ladder. it was very important she did that, whether it was enough to rectify all of those mistakes, i think it probably won't be, if we are being completely honest. one interview is not going to do that, it's going to have to be the impacts of the policies thatjeremy hunt has just introduced that will hopefully recover some of our repetition but she is basically starting from rock bottom in terms of approval ratings, so hopefully the only way is up. we will have to wait and see. [30 so hopefully the only way is up. we will have to wait and see.— will have to wait and see. do think at this stage _ will have to wait and see. do think at this stage she _ will have to wait and see. do think at this stage she has _ will have to wait and see. do think at this stage she has in _ will have to wait and see. do think at this stage she has in fact - will have to wait and see. do think at this stage she has in fact fixed l at this stage she has in fact fixed anything? i at this stage she has in fact fixed an hint ? ., �* ~' at this stage she has in fact fixed an hina? .,�* ~m at this stage she has in fact fixed an hina? .,�* «a anything? i don't think she has, i think her chancellor _

anything? i don't think she has, i think her chancellor may - anything? i don't think she has, i think her chancellor may have . anything? i don't think she has, i i think her chancellor may have done, i think the markets seem to have responded very positively to his interventions yesterday, so there is some positivity coming to but liz truss as prime minister, her reputation is currently on the floor, unfortunately, needs recovered fairly quickly for her to be able to stay in that position. given everything you have just said, i wonder what your reflections on the way in which the conservative party elects its leader is? do you think the membership, you obviously can't speakfor think the membership, you obviously can't speak for everyone, but do think the membership is looking at what is happening and feel some responsibility for the position the parties and now, because the parliamentary party wanted rishi sunak but the wider membership went for liz truss? i sunak but the wider membership went for liz truss?— for liz truss? i think potentially there may _ for liz truss? i think potentially there may be — for liz truss? i think potentially there may be some _ for liz truss? i think potentially there may be some contrition, l for liz truss? i think potentially - there may be some contrition, there was a poll put out yesterday that side of this was run again, rishi sunak would win with about 60% of the votes but that still despite everything that happens, 40% wanting to vote for liz truss. the feeling

i'm seeing is quite a lot of the people that were quite adamantly in favour of liz truss being pm feel quite let them by heart for not sticking to her guns and not having the political wherewithal to get through some of her most important policies through the commons, basically. so, yes, ithink there are some who regret their vote, but i think there are quite a few who still stand by their field i think there are quite a few who still stand by theirfield given i think there are quite a few who still stand by their field given the circumstance at the time and feel let down or disappointed by the events of the past few weeks. mi events of the past few weeks. all the predictions of rishi sunak, the other candidate in the final two, made by what would happen if liz truss tried to instigate her economic policies, those predictions came to pass, didn't they? yes. came to pass, didn't they? yes, unfortunately — came to pass, didn't they? yes, unfortunately they _ came to pass, didn't they? yes, unfortunately they have. - came to pass, didn't they? yes, unfortunately they have. it - came to pass, didn't they? yes, unfortunately they have. it may| came to pass, didn't they? 1a: unfortunately they have. it may be something for the party to reflect on, the mps to reflect on, but they did put forward, he did put forward some good predictions about what would happen if liz truss did get

in, but they chose a man that in terms of his popularity with party members probably didn't have a chance of making it through the final two. chance of making it through the finaltwo. i chance of making it through the final two. i think there are quite a lot of questions going round at the moment about how the party elects its leaders. i know some mps want to remove members entirely when we are in power. that would not go down well with party members who obviously are the backbone of our entire campaigning scene, so it's all a bit of a mess, unfortunately. we've been left with a leader who the mps don't really want any members are not particularly happy with. ~ ., ., ,, ~' members are not particularly happy with. ~ ., ., ., with. what do you think should ha en with. what do you think should happen next — with. what do you think should happen next reis _ with. what do you think should happen next reis liz _ with. what do you think should happen next reis liz truss - with. what do you think should j happen next reis liz truss sink with. what do you think should i happen next reis liz truss sink in that interview yesterday she will lead the conservatives into the next general election. do you think that is desirable or completely impossible? i is desirable or completely impossible?— is desirable or completely imossible? ~ ., ., impossible? i think at the moment it looks hiuhl impossible? i think at the moment it looks highly unlikely. _ impossible? i think at the moment it looks highly unlikely. unless - impossible? i think at the moment it looks highly unlikely. unless there i looks highly unlikely. unless there is quite a significant turnaround in the parties fortunes and in her fortunes, it would be very hard to go into a general election was someone who is as unpopular as

jeremy corbyn was at its most popular. that is not something the conservative party needs. for the country don't need and we don't need is another long membership leadership election at the time of crisis. liz truss has to see this through, through the current period we are going to, we can have such a dreadful period of instability made even worse by another change in leader and prime minister, so there is to hopefully be some stability brought about by the statement made ijy brought about by the statement made byjeremy hunt both yesterday and on the 31st of october. if that goes to plan, hopefully they can see is through the next two to six months orso through the next two to six months or so and we can take stock there and decide what we need to do. ii and decide what we need to do. if there is a change, would you be content for that to be decided by the parliamentary party in the circumstances, given that six months from now, the timeframe you mention, we'd be getting ever closer potentially to the next election? i think given the circumstances, i could perhaps understand it. i don't

think making a concrete constitutional change to the party system is a particularly good idea, but given the extreme circumstances we are in, i can certainly understand why they would do it. with me now is sebastian payne, whitehall editor at the financial times. good are happy with this as ever. —— good to have you with us as ever. what are your sources telling you today about the position the prime minister in, how precarious is her job? minister in, how precarious is her “ob? ., ., minister in, how precarious is her “ob? ~ , , , job? the mood in westminster this mornin: job? the mood in westminster this morning as — job? the mood in westminster this morning as things _ job? the mood in westminster this morning as things are _ job? the mood in westminster this morning as things are -- _ job? the mood in westminster this morning as things are -- things - job? the mood in westminster this i morning as things are -- things have morning as things are —— things have calmed down, withjerry mount getting rid of the rest of liz truss's mini budget and the fact liz truss's mini budget and the fact liz truss chose someone from the left of the tory party has meant that one nation caucus they represent, moderate centre—left mps, tory mps

are being calmer now, and tonight they will speak to the european research group of brexiters, so she is clearly trying to show that proposition. forthe is clearly trying to show that proposition. for the moment things have stabilised a little bit but i don't think that has necessarily saved the prime minister, moore brought her a stay of execution. i spoke to a former cabinet minister before i came here and they likened liz truss to a piece of paper fluttering in the winter could blow away at any moment, and likened it to the fact that when boris johnson went it was gradually and then suddenly, bit by bit, lots of things happened and then we came to that awful chris pincher affair and that is what finally did it for the prime minister, so the feeling as she is not immediately practical, but anything, something could still tip over the edge. a anything, something could still tip over the edge-— over the edge. 24 hours is a long time in politics _ over the edge. 24 hours is a long time in politics at _ over the edge. 24 hours is a long time in politics at the _ over the edge. 24 hours is a long time in politics at the moment, l over the edge. 24 hours is a long i time in politics at the moment, we have pmqs tomorrow, i think it was tony blairjudged to be a very competent performer at pmqs and in terms of public speaking he has written, hasn't he come about how

terrifying pm hughes was for him. she has that to face tomorrow in the circumstances. potentially a lot could write on that.— circumstances. potentially a lot could write on that. yes, and the fact she sent _ could write on that. yes, and the fact she sent a _ could write on that. yes, and the fact she sent a leader— could write on that. yes, and the fact she sent a leader of- could write on that. yes, and the fact she sent a leader of the - could write on that. yes, and the i fact she sent a leader of the house of commons to sub in for her shows the weakness of her position, and pmqs will be a big test for liz truss, not the most natural arena, she is not a great debater, she has admitted that her self, there are other formats she prefers to communicate in, but pmqs is a great barometer of where people's political power is and if you think of the last pmqs of borisjohnson's premiership, the power was probably draining away within the chamber when tory mps were not cheating, labour mps were openly laughing at the government and you saw some of that yesterday with penny mordant, you have to remember liz truss is still the de facto prime minister, but in many respects just a powerless figurehead, jeremy hunt as the chancellor who is making all the key decisions at the moment. that is not sustainable for a long period of time, because even if we get to this immediate turbulence, get through to

october the 31st, with the government is going to set out its longer—term fiscal plan, and crucially where the spending cuts are going to fall, then what? what can liz truss do? what policies can she put forward? what would you catch pass? the answer is none of those things. even though she told the bbc yesterday she was going to fight the next general election, i do think there is a single person in the conservative party who thinks thatis the conservative party who thinks that is actually going to happen. today, 41 days in a job where i think i'm right in saying. you've been writing today about possible mechanisms by which liz truss would be removed from the job, mechanisms by which liz truss would be removed from thejob, and a successor appointed. be removed from thejob, and a successorappointed. do be removed from thejob, and a successor appointed. do you think we are at that stage already?— are at that stage already? there's two wa s are at that stage already? there's two ways to _ are at that stage already? there's two ways to get — are at that stage already? there's two ways to get rid _ are at that stage already? there's two ways to get rid of _ are at that stage already? there's two ways to get rid of a _ two ways to get rid of a conservative party leader, one is a cabinet revolt, minutes simply go to the premise and say look, your time is up, you need to go and if you don't we will start resigning and that will put you in an impossible position. that is what happened with borisjohnson at position. that is what happened with boris johnson at the position. that is what happened with borisjohnson at the very end of his administration, but liz truss's

cabinets filled with loyalists, people she install because they were loyal to her, so i don't see any sign of a cabinet rebelling, the other mechanism is conservative mps, if lots of them expressed unhappiness they will write no—confidence letters to graham brady who runs a 1922 committee, it kind of trade union for tory mps. technically under 1922 roles she cannot be challenged until september 2023, but if enough conservative mps write letters and express she has to 90, write letters and express she has to go, then graham brady will be forced out, and on wednesday evening the executive of the 1922 will meet to assess the regulation, the regular weekly we can, but it is a fair point to say this will certainly be on the agenda. my senses —— senses lots of no confidence letters have gonein lots of no confidence letters have gone in but we are not at the point yet where graham brady will be forced to act. let's talk a little bit more now about those real—world impacts of what we saw yesterday.

as we've been hearing, yesterday the new chancellor ditched almost all of liz truss's tax cuts announced in the government's mini budget three weeks ago. the measures that change is to do with the way freelancers and contractors are paid. the government had promised to change the so—called ir 45 reels, make sure workers that would have been considered an employee left providing services to a client play broadly the same natural insurers contribute and other employees about the government will no longer introduce those reforms. i'mjoined by will no longer introduce those reforms. i'm joined by an employment lawyer, georgina clark. tell us a little more about what 135 is our, because i havejust given little more about what 135 is our, because i have just given a very brief explanation in the introduction?— brief explanation in the introduction? , , ., ., introduction? yes, these are off to a man working _ introduction? yes, these are off to a man working rules _ introduction? yes, these are off to a man working rules and _ introduction? yes, these are off to a man working rules and sets - introduction? yes, these are off to a man working rules and sets out i

a man working rules and sets out that any business who employs a self employed contractor is due to check the status of that contractor to make sure they are self employed and then the tax liability sits with that business, so if they get it wrong the business essentially has to pay the tax liability. what liz truss's government has said is they will be ripping away the reversal and responsibility of businesses, who have to check the status of these contractors, and it would go back to the rules before where the contractors would simply engage with the business and they would through their limited company pay their tax in a tax efficient way, but on the 6th of april 2021 that changed via borisjohnson and essentially 6th of april 2021 that changed via boris johnson and essentially that responsibility sat with the business to do the check, and if they got it wrong, they also had to pay that tax liability. what are effectively dead was mean many businesses just decided they were not going to use contractors any more, because there was an exposed risk to that tax

burden, effectively. so was an exposed risk to that tax burden, effectively.— burden, effectively. so you're hintin: burden, effectively. so you're hinting there _ burden, effectively. so you're hinting there that _ burden, effectively. so you're hinting there that one - burden, effectively. so you're hinting there that one of- burden, effectively. so you're hinting there that one of the l hinting there that one of the impacts of this, tell us more about the impacts as you say to through these lack of changes to ir 35 is? effectively this reversal, i think the government introduced it to free up the government introduced it to free up time and money for businesses, to engage contractors freely, and this reversal in my view has caused a lot of confusion because many businesses spent a lot of time getting up to speed with these new legislations, and had a huge impact for contractors, because their pay was reduced of around 30% and the introduction of the rules that effectively the ir 35 rules would no longer be in place meant that many contractors who potentially may have moved abroad and had to basically engage with the system in a different way become directly

employed rather than via a limited company. this was great news for them and meant they could go back to engaging freely with businesses, and businesses would not have that administrative burden when engaging them. ~ ., administrative burden when engaging them. ~ . . administrative burden when engaging them. ~ . , ., them. what will the impact be on arowth, them. what will the impact be on growth. the _ them. what will the impact be on growth, the growth _ them. what will the impact be on growth, the growth of _ them. what will the impact be onj growth, the growth of businesses owned by these independent contractors, for example? effectively the independent contractors they usually would use, and might usually be one contractor, the limited company that has set up, but what we found was that industry... the introduction in april 2021, this was an opportunity for the sector to grow again. it is a massive impact for the self—employed sector. they were able to provide their services, and usually there are skilled contractors, providing skills and expertise to different businesses across the uk, and now businesses

have to engage them directly via employee status and it means many of the contractors are going overseas. so what i think, we are going to have less skilled uk contractors who would ordinarily provide their services in this way, saying actually i'm going to go and provide the services to other countries outside of the uk. could it be seen as something that is going to discourage growth? this as something that is going to discouraue urowth? , ,., discourage growth? this government, liz truss in particular _ discourage growth? this government, liz truss in particular has _ discourage growth? this government, liz truss in particular has talked - liz truss in particular has talked so much about growth, within the context of an anti—gross coalition or whatever, context of an anti—gross coalition orwhatever, because context of an anti—gross coalition or whatever, because this measure be seen as discouraging growth, then? effectively that is the issue, she has introduced it with the viewpoint to make it easierfor has introduced it with the viewpoint to make it easier for businesses to engage in these contractors, and so, this reversal, i think it is just another huge impact to their agenda, because ultimately it is going to

impact businesses, the seesawing backwards and forwards. people really don't know what they're doing with this, i heard it had been reversed three weeks ago, and we had spent almost, many businesses, around a year and a half trying to get to grips with the legislation in the first place, and now to be told this is back again and again... i think her intention to grow the economy is doing the exact opposite. as we've been hearing, yesterday the new chancellor ditched almost all of liz truss's tax cuts announced in the government's mini budget three weeks ago. nina warhurst�*s been in birmingham this morning — getting reaction from people in the market yes, hello from the cabbages, cauliflowers, the lovely leeks, winter is definitely coming.

with that, big decisions for everyone about heating, managing household bills. we heard the u—turn, the extra elements yesterday. lets talk to steve, a fishmonger here. what did you make of it yesterday? i think it was a necessary evil, a lot of home truths were told finally, an adult conversation about where we are as a country, hugely in debt, more money going out than there is coming in, some of that is a legacy from the banking crisis, a lot from covid, and it cannot continue, we cannot go living beyond our means. world markets will react, interest rates will shoot up, we have to live within our means and show we are a responsible country fiscally. and get our house in order. that means you pay more tax, your customers pay more tax, potentially not able to buy as many products from you. absolutely but what can we do? we cannot magic the money up

or print money, although we did try with quantitative easing but that will get us into more trouble. we have to pay our way or make cuts, one of the other. probably a bit of blood. you said we can't keep cutting taxes, that is away with the fairies. what yesterday's announcement does mean that come spring time highly likely most households will not be protected any more by the government support scheme that is in place at the moment. let's be clear on this, the average dual fuel use, the energy price cap is not a cap on how much you can use, you can't use as much as you want. exactly, it is not an all—you—can—eat buffet, the cap is on the unit price, so at the moment that 34p a unit for electricity, about 10p for gas, but in april we don't know what it's going to be, so that's massive uncertainty for loads of customers, so a lot of people are worried out there and we just want an answer as soon as possible. some estimates are putting average dual fuel use up to £4000 come spring, what advice would you give to consumers? first of all, don't suffer in silence we cannot pay, reach out to your energy supplier

make sure there is a payment plan, because if you say you can't afford it, they cannot cut you off. if you are looking to save energy, concentrate on the big cost of the items, tumble dryer, washing machine, heating, because that's where big savings can be made. finally, make sure you are giving those regular metre readings because that means you are not getting charged for energy you are not using. this morning what most traders have been saying to us is they were really concerned about what they described as the chaos of the past few weeks. yes, they will be paying more tax and getting less support for their businesses come the spring and for their households, but they say that is a price well worth paying for a bit more stability in the markets. interesting to hear from interesting to hearfrom nina interesting to hear from nina and birmingham and a previous interview with an employment lawyer about confusion and uncertainty. share confusion and uncertainty. are common themes _ confusion and uncertainty. are common themes in both those interviews. that is not what the

government wants to hear. liz truss is meeting her cabinet today. she will be trying to get a bit of breathing space, after the turmoil and scrutiny of yesterday, but many within the party are openly questioning whether she can continue much longer, despite that interview with our political editor last night when she said she would be leading the conservative party into the next election. we will keep you up—to—date with all of the goings on throughout the day. for the moment, back to the studio. thanks annita. there've been fresh russian strikes on the ukraine capital kyiv this morning. there were several explosions as energy infrastructure was attacked, sending smoke rising over the city and reports of power cuts in kyiv and elsewhere in the country. it's a day after russian drone strikes killed at least four people. president zelenskiy has accused russia of terrorising and killing civilians. our correspondent in kyiv, hugo bachega, gave me this update. we heard explosions right up until nine o'clock in the morning

here just two hours ago, and plumes of smoke coming from the eastern side of the bank of the dnipro river, and from the area of the power station, it seems this power station was attacked, we have not had confirmation yet from the authorities, they usually take some time before giving details of what has been hit, but we are having reports of multiple attacks across the country, in the city of dnipro in the south—east of the country, an energy facility was hit in another city, in zitoma, the entire city now without power and water, hospitals now operating on back—up power because the electricity has been hit there, the power supplies have been hit and also reports that energy facilities have been targeted in the city of kharkiv, the second—largest city in the north—east of the country.

a wave of attacks tackling targeting civilian infrastructure, seems a strategy by russia to damage the country's electricity production ahead of winter. we are starting to hear residents being concerned about how they are going to face the months ahead. the authorities have been telling residents here to reduce electricity consumption. they say a third of the country's energy and power structure has been hit as a result of these attacks and we are seeing in the last few weeks russia has intensified those attacks, targeting civilian infrastructure across the country as it faces military defeats on the battlefield. president zelensky accusing russia of a murderous intent — clearly there is a shift in the world now? yes, and zelensky and senior ukraine officials are urging western countries to provide ukrainians with air defence capabilities, they say this is the kind

of equipment they need to protect ukrainian cities and towns from russian missiles, but also from those iranians applied drones, those so—called kamikaze attack drones that have been used by russia to attack civilian sites and civilian infrastructure across the country. we saw yesterday the destruction that those drones can cause here in kyiv, when a residential building was hit, four people killed including a pregnant woman, and i think we are hearing very strong reaction from president zelensky accusing russia of trying to terrorise the civilian population of this country with these attacks. they have been targeting cities across the country, some of the cities away from the front lines, such as kyiv, lviv, and zitoma in the west of the country. this is the reaction we are hearing from the authorities that they need air defence systems to protect

cities from russian attacks. elnaz rekabi took part in a climbing competition in south korea and videos of her climbing without a headscarf went viral. sources had told the bbc her phone and passport had been confiscated and that her wherabouts were unknown. but a statement from iranian embassy in seoul claims she left korea this morning and added that it �*strongly denies all fake news'. an instagram post has appeared on account in which she apologises for any concern, and she insisted that her bare headed appearance had been unintentional. entrepreneur and women's rights activist, negin shiraghaei has been following this story and joins me now. tell us about this lady under context to this incident and where she is now.

context to this incident and where she is now-— context to this incident and where she is now. , ., ., ,.,, ., , she is now. her instagram post has been updated _ she is now. her instagram post has been updated and _ she is now. her instagram post has been updated and we _ she is now. her instagram post has been updated and we were - she is now. her instagram post has i been updated and we were expecting something like this coming from iranian intelligence, because this is what they have been doing. they are trying to say that this was a mistake, they are apologising for it, but we know that she had planned this even before going to south korea, she wanted to take off her hijab is an act of resistance, solidarity with other iranian women doing the same inside the country, she planned to go back and not seek asylum after this. this is a rare case that someone dares to do something like this and going back to the country and facing the consequences, and these consequences can be massive, from torture, imprisonment, we know that already her brother has been called in by the intelligence system. we know that there was a lot of pressure on her family to kind that there was a lot of pressure on herfamily to kind of that there was a lot of pressure on her family to kind of saying that this was an act —— accidental act,

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that she has to face. so, it is related to her personality, and how great she was always throughout her life. , ., , ., ,, ., , life. tells about her. she was there, competing _ life. tells about her. she was there, competing in - life. tells about her. she was there, competing in south i life. tells about her. she was i there, competing in south korea life. tells about her. she was - there, competing in south korea in these championships, wasn't she? to these championships, wasn't she? trr give you a little bit more context, the female athletes in iran have been under oppression more than even the ordinary women, because the type of things they chose to do is so limited, and monitored by the iranian government in every single step, and they can be really easily bought off as they do something wrong. and we have had cases of female athletes who have decided to leave the country or seek asylum when some incidents similar happen, but for elnaz rekabi, she was, this was things i have read about her, i

have never known her, she was not a well—known household name because the iranian government does not allow women in sports to become household names, but in recent years, as part of the resistance you are seeing today in iran, there has been a build—up for supporting the female athletes and women's sport in the opposition inside the households in iran, and her name became a little bit known by them but now it is completely different scale. she has been known by everyone. there have been calls from inside iran, people taking it upon themselves to find out where she is, they decided to go to the airport and that is the other reason i think the iranian government decided not to allow people to know where her flight was going to land, and when, so they are trying to kind of prevent another protest around the airport. and trying to kind of prevent another protest around the airport. and of course to give _ protest around the airport. and of course to give a —

protest around the airport. and of course to give a context, - protest around the airport. and of course to give a context, for - protest around the airport. and of course to give a context, for the i course to give a context, for the past month there have been huge protests right across iran, which show no sign of stopping, and this was sparked by a woman who died in police custody for not wearing her hijab correctly. the police custody for not wearing her hijab correctly-— police custody for not wearing her hijab correctly. the death of mahsa amini has sparked _ hijab correctly. the death of mahsa amini has sparked massive - hijab correctly. the death of mahsa | amini has sparked massive protests inside the country, that has been going every day. in around 300 cities that the bbc actually counted. more than 300 cities now. and every night there is one of the other act of protest that people are showing. there are strikes in oil and petroleum centres, people taking to the streets and protesting, there are athletes, artists, taking off their hijab inside the country and saying that they are not going to work with the government any more. in every layer of the society, we

see different individual and collective acts of resistance that has been going on. an outside the countries, they are asking the international community to take action, for the g7 countries to cut their diplomatic ties with the iranian government, for the un human rights council to hold a session on women's rights inside iran, for the council and decide something, and what is happening in iran from that. negin shiraghaei, thank you for updating us on the disappearance of elnaz rekabi. to france now and the main union — the cgt — has called for a nationwide strike today, as they demand "real wage increases" of at least 10%. the latest action is set against the backdrop of fuel shortages caused by weeks of strikes by oil workers.

hugh schofield has more from paris. it's not clear that this is the beginning of what the left and the radical unions want it to be, which is a rolling movement which will lead to a general strike and government u—turns and more money available for workers at all. i think everyone in france is trying desperately and not very successfully to gauge the public mood, because the mood does certainly, the mood is certainly sort of fractious and uncertain. there's a degree of sympathy for the strikers, but there's a degree also of anger with some of the strikers. a lot of people don't really feel that they identify that much with the old heavy brigade of the cgt, the radical union in their big battalions, at the oil refineries and the railways and so on. many, many people are really struggling to get by in much less well—paid jobs and are very resentful of the way that the petrol shortages, for example, have been affected. so it's a country which is in a very delicate state of mind, i would say, at the moment.

and it's true in the back of everyone's minds is how the yellow vest movement three or four years ago kicked off out of nowhere, which is not to say that that's going to happen here. now, i think everyone feels that, you know, if that would happen again, it wouldn't be on the same issues, but it might come just as unexpectedly. so not necessarily today, the start of anything major. and in fact, the initial signs seem to be that it's not that disruptive, but still this very tense mood in the country. hugh schofield. rail workers in the rmt union are to begin voting on whether to hold more strikes. the current six—month mandate — which ends on the 26th of november — has seen eight days of industrial action in a dispute over pay, jobs and working conditions. the uk ministry of defence is issuing an intelligence alert following reports that former british military pilots are being lured to china with large sums of money. it is thought that up to 30 former pilots have been recruited to train and pass on their expertise to the chinese military and while the former pilots are said not to have broken the official secrets act, they are being

encouraged to return home. joining me now with more on this story, is the bbc�*s security correspondent, gordon corera. welcome to you. tell us more about this. , , ., welcome to you. tell us more about this. , , . . , welcome to you. tell us more about this. , , ., ., , ., welcome to you. tell us more about this. , ., , ., _ this. this is an alert put out by the ministry — this. this is an alert put out by the ministry of _ this. this is an alert put out by the ministry of defence - this. this is an alert put out by i the ministry of defence basically this. this is an alert put out by - the ministry of defence basically to tell those former pilots and others that they don't like this activity even though it is not actually breaking the law. what appears to be happening is that retired pilots are being approached through intermediaries, headhunters, if you like, flying schools and the like, with very lucrative packages to go to china and to use their experience to china and to use their experience to help train the chinese military. this started about three years ago. it is believed by western officials. notjust it is believed by western officials. not just the it is believed by western officials. notjust the uk, other allied countries as well. then it dipped a bit during a pandemic because travelling to china became very hard, but i think the concern is that there are signs that this is ramping up and there are more people being approached to do this with these large packages of $270,000,

£240,000, to go to china and there are even more than this number of around 30, tempted to go there, and that this could be damaging to uk interests, because they are potentially passing on knowledge of how these jets are flown and the kind of tactics and capabilities that these jets have. kind of tactics and capabilities that thesejets have. and of kind of tactics and capabilities that these jets have. and of course it is possible, not certain, that the uk could come up against chinese pilots in combat. say if there was a conflict over taiwan. it pilots in combat. say if there was a conflict over taiwan.— conflict over taiwan. it might surrise conflict over taiwan. it might surprise many _ conflict over taiwan. it might surprise many viewers - conflict over taiwan. it might surprise many viewers to - conflict over taiwan. it might i surprise many viewers to know conflict over taiwan. it might - surprise many viewers to know that this is not against the rules.- this is not against the rules. there has been amazement _ this is not against the rules. there has been amazement including - this is not against the rules. ii77 has been amazement including from former raf officials that this does not breach the official secrets act. but it does not break any law. the ministry of defence have really looked into this carefully to see if it does. the reason for the alert, this quite unusual public alert, is to try to deter this activity and perhaps embarrass those who might be doing it, but there is no

legislation going through parliament at the limb, a new national security bill which covers wide range of offences including a foreign agent registration scheme and new powers for the police and the expectation is that some of the powers within that new national security bill might be able to be used to stop activity like this in future. that might be able to be used to stop activity like this in future.- activity like this in future. at the moment there _ activity like this in future. at the moment there is _ activity like this in future. at the moment there is nothing - activity like this in future. at the moment there is nothing to - activity like this in future. at the j moment there is nothing to stop people doing it if they want to. there is no legal power to compel them to return or anything like that so the hope is that the publicity. any well more going out there, it is the recruitment benefits that seem to be go on threes middlemen, headhunters, and the like. thank you for updating — headhunters, and the like. thank you for updating us _ headhunters, and the like. thank you for updating us on _ headhunters, and the like. thank you for updating us on that _ headhunters, and the like. thank you for updating us on that story. - the drop measures from this trust include the tax—cutting plans. confidence is vital for growth and these measures will have an impact on the hospitality industry. we are

joined by clive watkin, chief executive of city pub group which has 40 pubs across the south of england and wales, thank you for joining us. what impact do the latest announcements have on you and your business is? the latest announcements have on you and your business is?— your business is? the main impact is further uncertainty. _ your business is? the main impact is further uncertainty. four— your business is? the main impact is further uncertainty. four weeks - your business is? the main impact is further uncertainty. four weeks ago, j further uncertainty. four weeks ago, we thought we were going to get this energy support for business and consumers, consumers fortwo energy support for business and consumers, consumers for two years, businesses for at least six months. but that support package has now been watered down. so that creates a lot of uncertainty for our customers. and it creates uncertainty for us knowing where we are going to go with the energy support package, beyond april next year. support package, beyond april next ear. , , ., , ., ., year. this is the time of year that ou are year. this is the time of year that you are making — year. this is the time of year that you are making plans _ year. this is the time of year that you are making plans for - year. this is the time of year that you are making plans for next - year. this is the time of year that i you are making plans for next year. how is your planning going and what are yourforecasts? it is how is your planning going and what are your forecasts?— are your forecasts? it is difficult because again. _ are your forecasts? it is difficult because again, everything - are your forecasts? it is difficult| because again, everything keeps flip—flopping. things changed by the

minute. so it is difficult to forecast. we decided a few weeks ago to basically shell any expansion plans and just hold on to what we have got and to ride out the storm for as long as it is going to be. and what impact has the current economic situation had so far on the industry? it economic situation had so far on the indust ? , ., ,, , industry? it is massively challenging. _ industry? it is massively challenging. everyone i industry? it is massively - challenging. everyone knows that. industry? it is massively _ challenging. everyone knows that. it is going to mean a lot of smaller pubs will close, because the energy costs are high proportion of their profitability so it is not economic for them to remain open and there are obviously lots of other costs like food inflation, shortages, there is big challenges as well so we are facing it from every way, and now, of course, the government taxing and increasing duties on alcohol, that is another challenge for the industry to face. itruihat

for the industry to face. what chan . es for the industry to face. what changes in — for the industry to face. what changes in consumer - for the industry to face. what i changes in consumer behaviour for the industry to face. what changes in consumer behaviour are you seeing, less customers, buying less, what is happening? to you seeing, less customers, buying less, what is happening?— less, what is happening? to be honest, when _ less, what is happening? to be honest, when the _ less, what is happening? to be honest, when the energy - less, what is happening? to be i honest, when the energy support package was announced four weeks ago, i think the consumer felt a sigh of relief. i think that actually encourage people to go back out to the pub so we actually saw an uptick, but the concern heading into christmas, which is a really important time for the hospitality industry is that that might change again and people will start to be concerned about electricity costs, especially if they know that things might unwind in six months�* time. tells about the price of a pint, where do you see them going? fihlr; tells about the price of a pint, where do you see them going? only in one direction- — where do you see them going? only in one direction. the _ where do you see them going? only in one direction. the only _ where do you see them going? only in one direction. the only thing - where do you see them going? only in one direction. the only thing we - where do you see them going? only in one direction. the only thing we can i one direction. the only thing we can try and do is mitigate the increase in the price of a pint of beer, rather than putting it up the full 10%, which would alienate customers,

we are trying to do it in dribs and drabs, to recover some of our cost increases, but we do not want to alienate consumers.— increases, but we do not want to alienate consumers. thank you for tellin: us alienate consumers. thank you for telling us more _ alienate consumers. thank you for telling us more about _ alienate consumers. thank you for i telling us more about your industry. organisers of the glastonbury festival have revealed that tickets for next year�*s event will cost £340. you last time tickets went on sale in 2019 they cost £265. that edition of the festival ended up being postponed due to the pandemic and went ahead earlier this year. organiser emily eavis said they�*d "tried very hard to minimise the increase in price" but added that they�*re "facing enormous rises in the costs". matt charlton is a musicjournalist — i asked him earlier if he thought it was worth the new price...

this i would honestly say fair enough. made things source it does not seem that much when you actually break it down. and there is so much that goes into this, and brexit and the pandemic have made the prices of things absolutely sore, similar to the travel industry. a lot of people have had to leave the music industry during the pandemic, that being lighting and sound techs, so those that are left are quite in demand and those costs have gone up as well because of fuel prices, because of the raw materials that go into it, as well. we are in the midst of a cost of living crisis. it is a big hike. you think people will be put off from going? i don�*t think so. it had record attendance last year, 210,000 people, that was just the punters, it is a whole city. and demand was extraordinary. it sold out within minutes. i don�*t think it is going to affect it at all. people usually go from wednesday to monday. a lot of people just treat that as their holiday. £340 broken down over that

many days, with music, with performing arts, with sculpture, it�*s amazing. it is a good deal if you think about it. how much money do you spend when you are there? people do take their own food and drink but you do spend when you are there. it is unique in that you can bring all of your drinks onto site, the pyramid stage arena, so you can bring drinks and things in with you. yes, the alcohol prices are higher, let�*s say they are sort of london alcohol prices. it is expensive. but it is such an experience. and i am still talking about the first time that i went, what, 18 years ago now. it is something that stays with you for your entire life. sometimes the mud stays with you for your entire life but that is a whole trauma thing i don�*t want to talk about our national tv! but these stories will stay with you. and it is an experience

that is completely worth it. how much is it compared to other music festivals? it is more. the reading festival this year was around £200. but it is, it is unique in music festivals. it is known the world over as the one to go to and the one to play, and it is so much more than a music festival as well. it is comedy, sculpture, performing arts, bbc sounds sounds there as well so there is so much going on. it is a city. 210,000 people. and i cannot remember how big the site is but there is so much going on. matt chilton, a big fan of glastonbury. exxon mobil is launching a legalfight glastonbury. exxon mobil is launching a legal fight over a

refinery that has been taken from it in russia. bird keepers with more than 500 birds in england, scotland and wales have been told they must implement strict biosecurity measures to stop bird flu from spreading. the move follows england�*s largest ever bird flu outbreak, with 30 confirmed cases since the beginning of this month. the measures include restricting access for non—essential people and the regular disinfecting of equipment. the government has said the risk to human health from the virus remains very low. a coalition of environmental agencies has put concluded that banks are providing finance to companies responsible for deforestation in three of the worlds largest tropical forest regions. a new report said that most of those companies had inadequate policy to protect the world�*s threatened forest regions in indonesia, the amazon and west and central africa despite net zero pledges made at the global climate summit in glasgow

last year. now, we say goodbye to viewers on bbc world news. now let�*s take a look at the weather. carol has the latest. hello again. from tomorrow, the weather is going to turn much more unsettled, with more of us are seeing some showers and indeed some rain. today, things are very quiet, breezy out towards the west, this low pressure will bring unsettled conditions as we go through this evening and overnight. a lot of dry weather. some local are coming in across north—east england and south—east scotland with more cloud at times across southern england which could be used —— that could produce showers in devon and cornwall but, most will miss them. the chance of a shower across the north—east of

scotland, using as we go through the course of the day. temperatures nine in lerwick, 12 in newcastle, and 17-18 in lerwick, 12 in newcastle, and 17—18 pushing across southern counties. this evening and overnight, cloud in the east becomes more extensive, pushing westwards. we have all of this showery rain coming in from the south—west moving north, some a bit heavy and thundery but, under it, it will be a mild night with temperatures in double figures. away from it, a more chilly night. heading into tomorrow, this band of showery rain, still heavy and thundery, moves northwards across parts of western england, wales and into northern ireland. a lot of cloud still in scotland and northern england but staying dry with some sunshine in western scotland, especially the outer hebrides and drying out quite nicely behind it were some hazy sunshine coming our way. temperatures between 8—19 celsius but instant halle, we could see 21 chelsea. wednesday into

thursday, this system continues the journey steadily northwards and eastwards taking a screen with it. we still have low pressure anchored to the south—west. —— taking its rain with it. that rain pushing to the north and east with cloud behind it but brightening up across much of england and wales and northern ireland with some sunny spells coming through. temperatures between 11-19 coming through. temperatures between 11—19 celsius. you can see what is waiting in the wings. that area of low pressure will be with us going through the early part of the weekend. into friday and saturday, still a mixture of sunshine and showers, and some of those showers will be heavy and, once again, potentially thundery.

this is bbc news — i�*m annita mcveigh at westminster. the headlines: ministers have been arriving at downing street for a cabinet meeting — where the new chancellor, jeremy hunt, is expected to discuss the need to agree on savings. the chancellor will get reaction from his fellow cabinet members in response to his mini budget u—turns. it is going to have to be at the inside of policies thatjeremy hunt hasjust inside of policies thatjeremy hunt has just introduced that will hopefully recover some of our reputation, but basically starting from rock bottom in terms of approval ratings. we will have to wait and see. concern over the whereabouts of an iranian climber who disappeared after competing while not wearing a headscarf — iran says elnaz rekabi is simply returning home. ukrainian officials say russia has

launched attacks on criticial civilian infrastructure across the country — with several large explosions heard near the capital, kyiv. and, a happy birthday to the bbc — it�*s 100 years old today — making it the world�*s longest running national good morning. liz truss says she will not be stepping down as prime minister, despite her premiership hanging by a thread after her new chancellor ditched most of her economic policies. in an interview with the bbc, ms truss apologised for what she called "mistakes" over the past six weeks, but she insisted she would lead the conservatives

into the next general election. asked about that last night, one tory backbencher said, "well, we�*ll have to see." the new cabinet in meeting this morning. with me now is conservative mp and former minister, liam fox. good and former minister, liam fox. morning to you. a; don�*t good morning to you. apologies, we don�*t have liam foxjust good morning to you. apologies, we don�*t have liam fox just at the moment. we will press on and hopefully speak to him in the next few minutes. a little earlier, i try to get a sense of how people who voted for liz truss in the leadership election were feeling. a grassroots group for young party members member says he accepts rishi sunak�*s predictions about the impact of this truss�*s economic policies were correct. of this truss's economic policies were correct-—

of this truss's economic policies were correct. ~._ , ,., ., were correct. maybe something for the -a were correct. maybe something for the party to — were correct. maybe something for the party to reflect _ were correct. maybe something for the party to reflect on _ were correct. maybe something for the party to reflect on while - were correct. maybe something for the party to reflect on while mps i the party to reflect on while mps reflect on choosing a man in terms of his popularity with party members probably didn�*t have a chance of making through the final two. i think there are a lot of questions going around at the moment about how the party elects its leader is, and some mps want to remove members entirely when we are in power. that would not go down well with party members who are obviously the backbone of our entire containing team. it is all a bit of a mess, unfortunately. we had been left with a leader who then please don�*t really want and members aren�*t happy with. really want and members aren't happy with. ~ ., ., ,, ~' really want and members aren't happy with. ~ ., ., ., with. what do you think should ha en with. what do you think should happen next? _ with. what do you think should happen next? liz— with. what do you think should happen next? liz truss - with. what do you think should happen next? liz truss were i with. what do you think should - happen next? liz truss were saying yesterday she would lead the conservatives into the next general election. they think that is desirable, or completely impossible? i think at the moment it was highly unlikely. unless there is quite a

significant turnaround in the party�*s fortunes, her fortunes, significant turnaround in the party�*s fortunes, herfortunes, it would be very hard to get into a general election with someone who is as unpopular asjeremy corbyn was at his most unpopular. however, what we are in the partey�*s fortunes, her fortunes, it would be very hard to get into a general election with someone who is as unpopular as jeremy corbyn was at his most unpopular. however, what we and the country don�*t need, is another long leadership election at the time of crisis. this truss has to see us through the current period we are going through. we can�*t have such a dreadful period of instability made worse by another change in leader and prime minister. there needs to be some stability brought about by the statement made byjeremy hunt yesterday. if that goes to plan, hopefully they can see through the next six months or so, and then we can take stock there and then decide what to do. , ., , ., ., what to do. remy now is liam fox. he was running — what to do. remy now is liam fox. he was running the _ what to do. remy now is liam fox. he was running the government _ what to do. remy now is liam fox. he

was running the government today? i was running the government today? the prime minister, the cabinet is meeting _ the prime minister, the cabinet is meeting today and we will be having prime _ meeting today and we will be having prime minister's questions tomorrow. it is business as usual from administrative point of view. for much of what — administrative point of view. fr?" much of what we seen yesterday from very morton and jeremy hunt, it didn�*t really look like liz truss without their leading, did it? the chancellor without their leading, did it? tie chancellor did the chancellor statement.— chancellor did the chancellor statement. . , , ., , chancellor did the chancellor statement. , ., , ., statement. there has been a bit of instability for _ statement. there has been a bit of instability for stuff _ statement. there has been a bit of instability for stuff i _ statement. there has been a bit of instability for stuff i think - statement. there has been a bit of instability for stuff i think mps - instability for stuff i think mps are looking for calm on the markets. i are looking for calm on the markets. i returned _ are looking for calm on the markets. i returned to — are looking for calm on the markets. i returned to political stability as well. as we have seen this morning, well. as we have seen this morning, we seen a return to calm on the markets, which i think is the key job that i think the government must now have. abs, job that i think the government must now have. �* , ., job that i think the government must nowhave. �* , ., , job that i think the government must nowhave. m ., i, now have. a bit of instability is -auttin it now have. a bit of instability is putting it mildly. _ now have. a bit of instability is putting it mildly, i— now have. a bit of instability is putting it mildly, i think - now have. a bit of instability is putting it mildly, i think you i now have. a bit of instability is - putting it mildly, i think you would agree, given that the platform that liz truss stood for the leadership has pretty much gone, a substantial part of it. where do you thing that leaves her position? yes, the

markets are calmer, but there�*s still a lot of concern about her ability to lead.— ability to lead. the concern is around the — ability to lead. the concern is around the ball— ability to lead. the concern is around the ball rolling, - ability to lead. the concern is i around the ball rolling, because ability to lead. the concern is - around the ball rolling, because we are a country that has to borrow a great deal, and add to that the pandemic. this borrowing has to be paid back, but also the interest on the debt. we seen this year, some £83 billion in debt interest. therefore, it is important we get the cost of borrowing down because that saves the government a great deal of money, and it is also important we show our creditors we are a good risk is also the truncating of energy packages is a huge concern. truncating of energy packages is a huge concern-— huge concern. how are your thing situates feeling _ huge concern. how are your thing situates feeling about _ huge concern. how are your thing situates feeling about their - huge concern. how are your thing | situates feeling about their energy bills be much higherfrom next april? bills be much higher from next aril? ., ., , bills be much higher from next aril? ., .,, april? the government has said it will ut in april? the government has said it will put in place — april? the government has said it will put in place a _ april? the government has said it will put in place a treasury - april? the government has said it will put in place a treasury study i will put in place a treasury study to see the best way going forward after april. we don�*t know what few places will be like. we�*ll see if we see a reduction from tensions in

ukraine. it makes sense to focus money on those least able to pay the increase in at the cost of fuel. i think that makes a great deal of sense because we want to help those who are vulnerable, but we also to make sure you are not spending taxpayers�* money unnecessarily, money that would have to be borrowed and paid back. itruihat money that would have to be borrowed and paid back-— and paid back. what you think is the calculation amongst _ and paid back. what you think is the calculation amongst conservative i and paid back. what you think is the i calculation amongst conservative mps today? james heappey was doing the round of interviews this morning, and he said there were a small number who were irreconcilable to the idea of liz truss being prime minister at this point. clearly that there are a larger number concerned about where her leadership goes. as the calculation looking at the opinion polls, the latest one saying that labour would have a 36 point lead in the next general election. is it better to not to try and replace a prime minister who has only been on the job for 41 days? or do you replace her sooner rather than later because of those polls?

people will take a balanced judgment. people will take a balanced judgment-— people will take a balanced 'udrment. ~ ., , m judgment. what is your 'udgment? of course we look— judgment. what is your 'udgment? of course we look at _ judgment. what is yourjudgment? of course we look at opinion _ judgment. what is yourjudgment? of course we look at opinion polls, - judgment. what is yourjudgment? of course we look at opinion polls, but i course we look at opinion polls, but there is not good to be an election for two years. we look at the other wider parameters, what�*s happening on the global economy. there is high inflation in the us and across europe, with rising interest rates. that will happen anyway, we will see that in the uk. the question is, kindly minimise the impacts over not adding any further instability to what is a globally difficult position. i think we will be looking to see what is happening on the markets and the polls, we will be looking to see what happens at pmqs. all these factors will be put together. but i think there is a reticence to see big political change unnecessarily. oi reticence to see big political change unnecessarily. of course, lots of people — change unnecessarily. of course, lots of people looking _ change unnecessarily. of course, lots of people looking towards i lots of people looking towards tomorrow�*s prime minister�*s questions, to see how the prime minister deals with that. given that

herjudgment has been found wanting, both by the markets add many of her colleagues, what is best for the conservative party at the moment? and what is best for the country, more importantly? because many of your colleagues would say it is important to put country before party. so, what�*s best for the country and the party, and do those two things match up? i country and the party, and do those two things match up?— two things match up? i think having jeremy hunt — two things match up? i think having jeremy hunt that — two things match up? i think having jeremy hunt that we _ two things match up? i think having jeremy hunt that we have _ two things match up? i think having jeremy hunt that we have seen - two things match up? i think having jeremy hunt that we have seen a i jeremy hunt that we have seen a return to more orthodox financial measures. he return to more orthodox financial measures-— measures. he is not the prime minister. _ measures. he is not the prime minister. he — measures. he is not the prime minister, he is _ measures. he is not the prime minister, he is the _ measures. he is not the prime minister, he is the chancellor. | measures. he is not the prime i minister, he is the chancellor. he is the minister, he is the chancellor. he: is the chancellor, that is exactly the point. i think he has reassured the point. i think he has reassured the markets. he has put control of the markets. he has put control of the public finances first. if tax cuts are to come, we have to earn, and they can come up later. that is very much the sort of policy at we have traditionally had from the time of margaret thatcher and onwards. i think we have the return to several orthodoxy, i think the markets have calmed. i think will make political judgments in due course based on a

range of those factors.— range of those factors. thank you very much — range of those factors. thank you very much for— range of those factors. thank you very much for your _ range of those factors. thank you very much for your time - range of those factors. thank you very much for your time today. i range of those factors. thank you very much for your time today. a| very much for your time today. a little more on the real world impacts on the utah of the so—called mini budget. let�*s look at how it is having an impact on the hospitality sector. let�*s speak now to kate nicholls, she�*s the ceo of uk hospitality which is a membership trade association advocating for hospitality businesses. just to remind our viewers, we are going to talk about alcohol duty, because that was going to be frozen, but now it is not. your reaction to that? i but now it is not. your reaction to that? “ but now it is not. your reaction to that? ~ ., but now it is not. your reaction to that? 4' :, but now it is not. your reaction to that? ~ ., , , that? i think what we saw yesterday was the wholesale _ that? i think what we saw yesterday was the wholesale scrapping i that? i think what we saw yesterday was the wholesale scrapping of i that? i think what we saw yesterday i was the wholesale scrapping of some of the _ was the wholesale scrapping of some of the plans. it makes it very difficult — of the plans. it makes it very difficult for businesses in our sector— difficult for businesses in our sector to _ difficult for businesses in our sector to be able to look ahead with any confidence and certainty and to make _ any confidence and certainty and to make plans. we still don't know what the duty— make plans. we still don't know what the duty increases will be we wait to hear_ the duty increases will be we wait to bear but — the duty increases will be we wait to hear but that will be. but the threat _ to hear but that will be. but the threat that our businesses were facing _ threat that our businesses were facing was that you are seeing an increase — facing was that you are seeing an increase in— facing was that you are seeing an increase in those duties, let's not

forget _ increase in those duties, let's not forget that— increase in those duties, let's not forget that attacks on production, that it _ forget that attacks on production, that it is — forget that attacks on production, that it is passed down our supply chain. _ that it is passed down our supply chain. two— that it is passed down our supply chain, two other pubs, bars and restaurants _ chain, two other pubs, bars and restaurants at the end of it. they are potentially going up to the rate of inflation, which could be double digits— of inflation, which could be double digits by— of inflation, which could be double digits by tomorrow. further inflationary pressure into the supply— inflationary pressure into the supply chain, adding to the costs that businesses are seen with food, drink. _ that businesses are seen with food, drink, labour, and of course energy costs. _ drink, labour, and of course energy costs. and — drink, labour, and of course energy costs, and that further squeezes the pubs and _ costs, and that further squeezes the pubs and bars, and we're not seeing any support— pubs and bars, and we're not seeing any support coming through from the government for those viable businesses at the end of the supply chains _ businesses at the end of the supply chains 50— businesses at the end of the supply chains 50 a — businesses at the end of the supply chains. so a real cause for concern for our— chains. so a real cause for concern for our businesses who are facing a double _ for our businesses who are facing a double whammy of the supply chain costs. _ double whammy of the supply chain costs. and _ double whammy of the supply chain costs, and they hit on consumer confidence. _ costs, and they hit on consumer confidence, as our customers have heard _ confidence, as our customers have heard that — confidence, as our customers have heard that they are not guaranteed energy— heard that they are not guaranteed energy support from april. in terms of, sa , energy support from april. in terms of. say. the — energy support from april. in terms of. say. the price — energy support from april. in terms of, say, the price of— energy support from april. in terms of, say, the price of a _ energy support from april. in terms of, say, the price of a pint, - energy support from april. in terms of, say, the price of a pint, or- energy support from april. in terms of, say, the price of a pint, or a i of, say, the price of a pint, or a glass of wine, can you give us a sense of how much that will cost now? �* : : sense of how much that will cost now? �* . . , ., �* sense of how much that will cost

now? . . , .. :, now? i'm afraid we 'ust don't know. that is now? i'm afraid we 'ust don't know. that is the _ now? i'm afraid we 'ust don't know. that is the level i now? i'm afraid we 'ust don't know. that is the level of i now? i'm afraid we just don't know. that is the level of uncertainty i that is the level of uncertainty that we — that is the level of uncertainty that we have got for businesses that are trying _ that we have got for businesses that are trying to plan ahead for christmas. we just don't know what those _ christmas. we just don't know what those rates — christmas. we just don't know what those rates of increase will be. the government have said they will come back and _ government have said they will come back and confirm that in due course. but businesses thatjust back and confirm that in due course. but businesses that just two weeks a-o but businesses that just two weeks ago were _ but businesses that just two weeks ago were able to make a plan for that being — ago were able to make a plan for that being frozen from february, now have no— that being frozen from february, now have no idea. of course that is only one component of the price coming through— one component of the price coming through from our suppliers. brewers and distillers were also top already putting _ and distillers were also top already putting up prices by 8—10%. christmas party ads are everywhere at the moment. but are members of your association saying that they are seeing a drop of in interest, in bookings this year compared to, say, the same time last year?— the same time last year? obviously, last ear the same time last year? obviously, last year we — the same time last year? obviously, last year we were _ the same time last year? obviously, last year we were facing _ the same time last year? obviously, last year we were facing integers i last year we were facing integers reopening and the challenges of omicron. — reopening and the challenges of omicron, so it is difficult to compare _ omicron, so it is difficult to compare. but we are seeing slower to come _ compare. but we are seeing slower to come and _ compare. but we are seeing slower to come and slower booking levels, and

interest _ come and slower booking levels, and interest and — come and slower booking levels, and interest and footfall has died off over the — interest and footfall has died off over the last month, as we have seen that the _ over the last month, as we have seen that the economy plunged into chaos and real— that the economy plunged into chaos and real uncertainty, and a head on consumer— and real uncertainty, and a head on consumer and business confidence. for our— consumer and business confidence. for our sector, it is that confidence and certainty level that our customers have that gives us the ability— our customers have that gives us the ability to— our customers have that gives us the ability to plan ahead, and we are certainly— ability to plan ahead, and we are certainly seeing that being harmed at the _ certainly seeing that being harmed at the moment. it is certainly seeing that being harmed at the moment.— at the moment. it is essentially difficult to _ at the moment. it is essentially difficult to get _ at the moment. it is essentially difficult to get people _ at the moment. it is essentially difficult to get people through i at the moment. it is essentially i difficult to get people through the doors in the same members, whether it is a pub, restaurant, bar or hotel. as it was earlier in the period between what counts when people will try to get a little bit more. from that pure cost of living perspective, it is really difficult when people don�*t exactly know where they�*re going to get the money from to pay their bills, their mortgages with interest rates higher now as well. another real squeeze on your sector. would you be looking to the government, potentially, for some

support here? we government, potentially, for some support here?— government, potentially, for some su ort here? ~ . , ., ., support here? we have seen and heard at the prime — support here? we have seen and heard at the prime minister _ support here? we have seen and heard at the prime minister and _ support here? we have seen and heard at the prime minister and chancellor i at the prime minister and chancellor say that— at the prime minister and chancellor say that hospitality is a vulnerable sector. _ say that hospitality is a vulnerable sector, after two years of covid, the challenges the sector faces, and we are _ the challenges the sector faces, and we are uniquely positioned seeing those _ we are uniquely positioned seeing those huge cost increases coming down _ those huge cost increases coming down the — those huge cost increases coming down the supply chain and a squeeze on disposable and discretionary spend _ on disposable and discretionary spend coming from consumers. we have heard them _ spend coming from consumers. we have heard them say we are vulnerable, we have heard _ heard them say we are vulnerable, we have heard him say that additional support— have heard him say that additional support is— have heard him say that additional support is needed. i would businesses need to know where that is, businesses need to know where that is. we _ businesses need to know where that is. we need — businesses need to know where that is, we need a clear line of sight coming — is, we need a clear line of sight coming out _ is, we need a clear line of sight coming out of the energy support going _ coming out of the energy support going forwards through to april. in particular. — going forwards through to april. in particular, we want to tackle the cost of _ particular, we want to tackle the cost of doing business, we need reductions— cost of doing business, we need reductions in business rates, an extension— reductions in business rates, an extension of those business rates relief. _ extension of those business rates relief. and — extension of those business rates relief, and very time is right a boost — relief, and very time is right a boost in — relief, and very time is right a boost in spending discretionary spending and a cut in vat. with me now is katy balls, deputy political editor of the spectator. from the people you have been

talking to today, what is the prime minister�*s position today? hagar minister's position today? how vulnerable _ minister's position today? how vulnerable is _ minister's position today? how vulnerable is she? _ minister's position today? how vulnerable is she? i— minister's position today? hm" vulnerable is she? i think liz minister's position today? hon-o" vulnerable is she? i think liz truss is clearly vulnerable, but once again as it is very mixed. being very honest, it�*s quite hard to read where the tory party is. she has some mps, former ministers who are adamant that liz truss will be ousted in a day next week or so, at least there will be an attempt to do so. but don�*t know other mps in at the centre of the party who are saying, hold on, we have already got rid of one leader, we need to think this through. what is the alternative? i think the party is a very bad place and that is deep unhappiness at liz truss�*s leadership. i think prime minister�*s questions will be very important, given it is liz truss�*s first had to publicly engage with her party. i think looking at the tory backbenchers and how they interact will be very telling. abs, backbenchers and how they interact will be very telling. abs. lat backbenchers and how they interact will be very telling.— will be very telling. a lot of --eole will be very telling. a lot of people talking _ will be very telling. a lot of people talking about i will be very telling. a lot of people talking about pmqs| will be very telling. a lot of _ people talking about pmqs tomorrow, how she will be able to perform, what sort of answers she will give?

can she respond in a fleetfooted way to the questions being put to her? that of course will the pressure on someone who has admitted it is not her comfortable place, standing up and speaking like this. the her comfortable place, standing up and speaking like this.— and speaking like this. the tory -a has and speaking like this. the tory party has not — and speaking like this. the tory party has not picked _ and speaking like this. the tory party has not picked liz - and speaking like this. the tory party has not picked liz truss, i party has not picked liz truss, first and foremost for her communication skills. instead it was because she had a low tax promise, which now has been largely binned, and also she said she could deliver. how does she pitch this to her party? i think there is a wrist you can start to seem quite tone deaf, if she says nothing has changed. if she says the group and is largely still there, lots of mps will look at whatjeremy hunt has just done and wondered if these two figures are really in lockstep and who is calling the shots? i think it is going to be a really tricky performance for her. we know she said to the bbc she was sorry, which was the first time we have heard that from her, so perhaps will get

more contrition. abs, that from her, so perhaps will get more contrition.— that from her, so perhaps will get more contrition. a lot of people are sa in: it more contrition. a lot of people are saying it is — more contrition. a lot of people are saying it is jeremy _ more contrition. a lot of people are saying it is jeremy hunt _ more contrition. a lot of people are saying it is jeremy hunt who i more contrition. a lot of people are saying it is jeremy hunt who has i saying it isjeremy hunt who has fixed it. of course, your destination of the problems of the economy being fixed very much depends on what politicos were effective you�*re coming from. ultimately, jeremy hunt was brought in by liz truss, now he is the one making the key decisions. she recognised the position could not hold and made a responsible decision. as you say, the damage and pain is still to come in terms of the fallout from this. of course they are global factors. but there is a clear fallout from the not so many budget, even those changes rolled back. ithink many budget, even those changes rolled back. i think the market has been encouraging to a degree for downing street. but there�*s still a long way to go, lots of challenges and spending cuts. filllur long way to go, lots of challenges and spending cuts.— and spending cuts. our car is a lanaruae and spending cuts. our car is a language cut — and spending cuts. our car is a language cut it? _ and spending cuts. our car is a language cut it? not _ and spending cuts. our car is a language cut it? not alone. ii and spending cuts. our car is a i language cut it? not alone. i think --eole language cut it? not alone. i think people are — language cut it? not alone. i think people are asking _ language cut it? not alone. i think people are asking if _ language cut it? not alone. i think people are asking if she _ language cut it? not alone. i think people are asking if she has i language cut it? not alone. i think people are asking if she has days, | people are asking if she has days, weeks, or months. calmer markets gives a better chance of been weeks

and months. ithink gives a better chance of been weeks and months. i think i gives a better chance of been weeks and months. ithink i may gives a better chance of been weeks and months. i think i may stay she has will have to spell out what that is to her government. shill has will have to spell out what that is to her government.— is to her government. all of the events we _ is to her government. all of the events we have _ is to her government. all of the events we have been _ is to her government. all of the events we have been talking i is to her government. all of the i events we have been talking about here and reporting on over the last few days in westminster have consequences for everyone�*s cost of living. this afternoon we will be putting your questions to consumer experts on what to do about outgoings like energy bills. we have heard that energy help will end in april and the general squeeze on household finances. that�*s in your questions answered at 2.30pm this afternoon here on the news channel. get in touch by emailing yourquestions@bbc.co.uk, or on social media using the hashtag #bbcyourquestions. there�*ve been fresh russian strikes on the ukraine

capital kyiv this morning. there were several explosions as energy infrastructure was attacked, sending smoke rising over the city and reports of power cuts in kyiv and elsewhere in the country. it�*s a day after russian drone strikes killed at least four people. president zelenskiy has accused russia of terrorising and killing civilians. our correspondent in kyiv, hugo bachega, gave me this update. we heard explosions right up until nine o�*clock in the morning here just two hours ago, and plumes of smoke coming from the eastern side of the bank of the dnipro river, and from the area of the power station, it seems this power station was attacked, we have not had confirmation yet from the authorities, they usually take some time before giving details of what has been hit, but we are having reports of multiple attacks across the country, in the city of dnipro in the south—east of the country, an energy facility was

hit in another city, in zitoma, the entire city now without power and water, hospitals now operating on back—up power because the electricity has been hit there, the power supplies have been hit and also reports that energy facilities have been targeted in the city of kharkiv, the second—largest city in the north—east of the country. a wave of attacks targetting civilian infrastructure, it seems, a strategy by russia to damage the country�*s electricity infrastructure ahead of winter. we are starting to hear residents being concerned about how they are going to face the months ahead. the authorities have been telling residents here to reduce electricity consumption. they say a third of the country�*s energy and power structure has been hit as a result of these attacks, and we are seeing in the last few weeks russia has intensified those attacks, targeting civilian infrastructure across the country as it faces military defeats on the battlefield.

president zelensky accusing russia of a murderous intent — clearly there is a shift in the war now? president zelensky and senior ukraine officials are urging western countries to provide ukrainians with air defence capabilities, they say this is the kind of equipment they need to protect ukrainian cities and towns from russian missiles, but also from those iranians applied drones, those so—called kamikaze attack drones that have been used by russia to attack civilian sites and civilian infrastructure across the country. we saw yesterday the destruction that those drones can cause here in kyiv, when a residential building was hit, four people killed including a pregnant woman, and i think we are hearing very strong reaction from president zelensky accusing russia of trying to terrorise the civilian population

of this country with these attacks. they have been targeting cities across the country, some of the cities away from the front lines, such as kyiv, lviv, and zitoma in the west of the country. this is the reaction we are hearing from the authorities, that they need air defence systems to protect cities from russian attacks. there�*s been concern over the whereabouts of an iranian athlete who competed internationally without covering her hair. elnaz rekabi took part in a climbing competition in south korea, and videos of her climbing without a headscarf went viral. sources had told the bbc her phone and passport had been confiscated, and that her wherabouts were unknown. iran now says she is on her way home and has strongly denied what it calls fake news. iran is currently suppressing women�*s rights protests over forced hijab that have swept the country. and in the last few minutes, a post has appeared on elnaz rekabi�*s instagram account in which she apologises for any concern she has caused, adding that she did not wear

the hijab due to a "malfunction" and that she is on her way back to iran. our reporter pooria jaferehjoins me now. tell us a bit more about this lady and we now about where she might be enough. and we now about where she might be enou:h. , :, . and we now about where she might be enou:h. , ., ., and we now about where she might be enou:h. , :, . ., enough. first of all, let me say how sirnificant enough. first of all, let me say how significant this _ enough. first of all, let me say how significant this is. _ enough. first of all, let me say how significant this is. she _ enough. first of all, let me say how significant this is. she is _ enough. first of all, let me say how significant this is. she is only i enough. first of all, let me say how significant this is. she is only the i significant this is. she is only the second iranian female athlete to compete under the flag of iran without a hijab. the other one was nhs competition, but obviously chess doesn�*t get the same kind of tv coverage like lining. considering the timing of the protest and iran come up with women asking for disposing of this compulsory hijab, was very concerning. considering she wasn�*t in that headlines yesterday, i try to contact her and talk to her, and she wasn�*t available. i called up the hotel, and the hotel said the team had checked out early.

apparently some iranians wanted to go see her and celebrate her and thanked herfor what go see her and celebrate her and thanked her for what they see something very brave she has done. but then again she wasn�*t available for a few hours. what i understand now she is in transit in doha airport, going back home of the team. i think she wanted to go back home and face the consequences, whatever that might be. but we just had a statement come in a few minutes ago from the international climbing federation that they are monitoring the situation. we climbing federation that they are monitoring the situation.- monitoring the situation. we are lookin: at monitoring the situation. we are looking at pictures _ monitoring the situation. we are looking at pictures of _ monitoring the situation. we are looking at pictures of her i looking at pictures of her computing. hugely significant she chose not to wear the hijab. we understand she spoke about it afterwards, that this was a deliberate, they are monitoring the situation. we are looking at pictures of her computing. hugely significant she chose not to wear the hijab. we understand she spoke about it afterwards, that this was a deliberate, interview with her a few

years back, and she says wearing this hijab does not help at all during the competition, which makes sense. : , during the competition, which makes sense. : y , ., during the competition, which makes sense. : y i. ., sense. anything you are uncomfortable - sense. anything you are uncomfortable with i sense. anything you are uncomfortable with will| sense. anything you are i uncomfortable with will kind of reduce your, will give you a lower hand in the competition, and she was never happy with that. what is that you have all these arena women coming to the competition, trying to compete with other athletes from other countries, some from muslim countries, and they have to wear this hijab. now we understand all of them are not willing to do that. they said they will be another press conference when she comes back home. also, there are concerns they might try to get hurt on another flight going back to tehran, because a lot of people i saw on social media were planning to go to the airport and support her. obviously, the reigning government wants to have their own

story covering this issue —— the iranian government. from whati understand, she has told people that she was happy to do this, and she was always going to face the consequences. it was always going to face the consequences.— was always going to face the conseuuences. , , , ., consequences. it is interesting you sa she consequences. it is interesting you say she has — consequences. it is interesting you say she has gone _ consequences. it is interesting you say she has gone back _ consequences. it is interesting you say she has gone back willingly. i consequences. it is interesting you i say she has gone back willingly. the question is whether or not she is being forced to go back, and what will happen to her when she does. yes, we don�*t know that. i think they will be consequences because of how significant this is. with the iranian protests in the last month, it is just iranian protests in the last month, it isjust coming iranian protests in the last month, it is just coming and iranian protests in the last month, it isjust coming and going. you have events like this, that they just ignite another protest, and people going back to what they�*re asking from the government about compulsory hijab. you look at the pictures, and ifound it very difficult to believe that she didn�*t know what she was doing, if the

instagram post and a ship put that “p instagram post and a ship put that up willingly, considering her phone wasn�*t available for a few hours. thank you for taking us through that. to france now, and the main union — the cgt— has called for a nationwide strike today, as they demand "real wage increases" of at least 10%. the latest action is set against the backdrop of fuel shortages caused by weeks of strikes by oil workers. hugh schofield has more from paris. it�*s not clear that this is the beginning of what the left and the radical unions want it to be, which is a rolling movement which will lead to a general strike and government u—turns and more money available for workers at all. and government u—turns and more i think everyone in france is trying desperately and not very successfully to gauge the public mood, because the mood is certainly sort of fractious and uncertain. there�*s a degree of sympathy for the strikers, but there�*s a degree also of anger with some of the strikers. a lot of people don�*t really feel that they identify that much with the old heavy brigade of the cgt, that the radical union

in their big battalions, at the oil refineries and the railways and so on, many, many people are really struggling to get by in much less well—paid jobs and are very resentful of the way that the petrol shortages, for example, have been affected. so it�*s a country which is in a very delicate state of mind, i would say, at the moment. and it�*s true in the back of everyone�*s minds is how the yellow vest movement three or four years ago kicked off out of nowhere, which is not to say that that�*s going to happen here. i think everyone feels that, you know, if that would happen again, it wouldn�*t be on the same issues, but it might come just as unexpectedly. so, not necessarily today the start of anything major. and in fact, the initial signs seem to be that it�*s not that disruptive, but still this very tense mood in the country. rail workers in the rmt union are to begin voting on whether to hold more strikes. the current six—month mandate —

which ends on november 26 — has seen eight days of industrial action in a dispute over pay, jobs and working conditions. bird keepers with more than 500 birds in england, scotland and wales have been told they must implement strict biosecurity measures to stop bird flu from spreading. the move follows england�*s largest ever bird flu outbreak, with 30 confirmed cases since the beginning of this month. the measures include restricting access for non—essential people and the regular disinfecting of equipment. the government has said the risk to human health from the virus remains very low. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. for many of us today, it is going to be another unseasonably mild day. a lot of sunshine around this afternoon, it will turn a bit hazy. many showers and enough is tending to fade, but we could catch when across parts of devon and cornwall out of the thick cloud. low cloud

comes on across north—east england and also parts of eastern scotland. that will spread a bit further west of the night, at the same time we have got showery rain pushing northwards, some of that will be heavy and thundery, the breeze picking up as well. temperatures mild overnight in the south, chilly in the north. tomorrow we pick up that showers it advances northwards, namely a western feature, not getting into western scotland, where we hang onto some sunshine. the rest of scotland and over england, fairly cloudy, but brighter skies follow on in the south, with highs of 18 or 19. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: ministers have met in downing street for a cabinet meeting with the new chancellor, jeremy hunt, expected to discuss the need to agree on savings. the chancellor will hear reaction

from his fellow cabinet members concern over the whereabouts of an iranian climber who disappeared after competing while not wearing a headscarf — iran says elnaz rekabi is simply returning home. ukrainian officials say russia has launched attacks on criticial civilian infrastructure across the country with several large explosions heard near the capital kyiv. and a happy birthday to the bbc! it�*s 100 years old today, making it the world�*s longest running national broadcasting organisation. sport, and a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre. good morning. mps will consider rugby union�*s domestic financial crisis next month and will question representatives from both the rfu and the premiership at a dcms committee hearing that will examine the viability of the game. yesterday it was confirmed wasps have gone into administration.

167 people including players and coaches across the rugby and netball teams have lost their jobs. they�*re the second club forced out of business in three weeks following worcester warriors. there is a process we are going through with rugby and the football union, depending which entity takes it forward and that isn�*t a quick process so first we have to find someone who wants to take rugby forward, if we just talk about rugby, and then when we have that preferred entity we have to make sure they can introduce the rfu to start their fit and proper process and given the scrutiny they have had recently over that process, i�*m sure that will be a more robust and longer process of delving into forecasts so that will take time, so thatis forecasts so that will take time, so that is the problem, time is what we don�*t have.

the unrelenting first half of the football season continues tonight as the premier league packs in games before the world cup. there are two matches, one of which involves bottom club nottingham forest who play at brighton knowing they can�*t afford to keep falling behind their rivals. we have to have the attitude are being very good today and in the next game because if we have that mentality of waiting then who knows? things could be too late and we have already put ourselves in a situation now we have to get some wins to catch up in terms of getting out of the relegation zone. we have to face up the relegation zone. we have to face up to that, we are in the relegation zone and want to get out of it. it is still fairly early. a climberfrom iran is understood to be missing in south korea, two days after she competed in an international tournament without a hijab. friends of elnaz rekabi had been unable to contact the athlete since sunday after she appeared at the asian sport climbing championships. it comes as protests continue in iran following the death in police custody of a woman who was arrested for allegedly

failing to properly wear her headscarf in accordance with islamic law. the international federation of sport climbing say they are trying to get in touch with her. england bowler reece topley could miss their opening game of the t20 world cup after twisting his ankle in training. they play afghanistan on saturday in perth. the preliminary stage of the tournament continues this morning with netherlands beating namibia chasing down 122 with five wickets and three balls to spare. the dutch have two wins out of two and have a great chance of making the super 12 stage. they�*ll qualify if sri lanka lose to the uae in the day�*s other game. it�*s involved the first hat—trick of the world cup. karthik meiyappan took it for the uae. it helped restrict sri lanka to 152

for eight off their 20 overs. both sides are looking for their first wins of the tournament. that�*s all the sport for now. whew, thank you very much. welcome back to westminster. liz truss has been chairing a meeting of her cabinet this morning after saying she will not be stepping down as prime minister, despite most of her economic policies being ditched. ms truss has apologised for what she called "mistakes" over the past six weeks — but she�*s insisted she will lead the tories into the next general election. i�*m joined by labour�*s alison mcgovern, shadow work and pensions minister. thank you for your time today. labour, as our viewers will now, it has been calling for an early general election. that is not immediately in your power but what would you be doing to try to affect change given that liz truss has apologised and that there seems to be a sense with the markets calming that she may have but a bit of time here? ., that she may have but a bit of time here? :, :, that she may have but a bit of time here? ., ., , . .,, ., here? you would expect me as a

labour politician _ here? you would expect me as a labour politician to _ here? you would expect me as a labour politician to say _ here? you would expect me as a labour politician to say we i here? you would expect me as a labour politician to say we need i here? you would expect me as a | labour politician to say we need a change of government because the tories in parliament have tested to destruction the idea that they are capable of coming up with a plan for our country but what we saw yesterday to me was worrying because while liz truss has sacked her chancellor bought the terrible crime of putting forward the idea is that she stood on in her leadership election in the summer, even now jeremy hunt hasn�*t published the reports on the financial situation of our country, the obr report and i don�*t think he has done enough to demonstrate trust in the us government. it�*s notjust about taxing, this is about a lack of trust in the government so we will challenge them in the days to come to do better because this is a tory catastrophe none of us can afford. you�*re saying the new chancellor�*s ditching of liz truss�*s policies has to be stress tested, you are waiting

to be stress tested, you are waiting to hear from the to be stress tested, you are waiting to hearfrom the obr but to be stress tested, you are waiting to hear from the obr but it sounds like you think liz truss has a bit of breathing space. i�*m like you think liz truss has a bit of breathing space.— like you think liz truss has a bit of breathing space. i'm not sure that is true- _ of breathing space. i'm not sure that is true. she _ of breathing space. i'm not sure that is true. she came - of breathing space. i'm not sure that is true. she came to i of breathing space. i'm not sure that is true. she came to the i of breathing space. i'm not sure i that is true. she came to the house of commons yesterday, after saying she couldn�*t answer questions she came and sat silently. i have no idea what is going on inside the tory party but this is no way to run a country. what the tories must do is look seriously at some of the proposals rachel reeves has made on bringing revenue in, windfall tax on the energy companies that we now could generate revenue to make the situation better. on the non—dom is tight situation we need to resolve that and bring that revenue and so the tories could continue their pattern of listening to rachel reeves and that would make things better but in the end we really saying these are people who are capable of running our country while i don�*t think there is any evidence

that and that is why! i don�*t think there is any evidence that and that is why i think lots of people come to the conclusion we need a election before long. everyone seems to agree pmqs will be a big moment tomorrow for liz truss and for keir starmer to ask the questions that will put her under crasher. to questions that will put her under crasher. ., , ., , , ., crasher. to be honest with you given lives trust's — crasher. to be honest with you given lives trust's behaviour _ crasher. to be honest with you given lives trust's behaviour yesterday i lives trust�*s behaviour yesterday when she refused to answer questions, that tells its own story. on the labour side we have put forward a plan of energy and greening our economy that has received warm support. we have worked with business and trade unions and others to fill out our growth plan to make sure we know how we can help the economy moved forward and those are the things that here and all of us will put forward because there is an alternative, we don�*t have to have this tory shambles forever. you

mentioned _ this tory shambles forever. you mentioned windfall _ this tory shambles forever. you mentioned windfall taxes, the government�*s energy support plant has been curtailed or they say they will review the situation next april. what would labour do beyond the windfall tax to help people with their energy bills, which is one of their energy bills, which is one of the prime concerns for the public at our conference in september we put forward a plan for help now which people need to help them get through the winter. but people need to help them get through the winter. �* ., ., , ., ., the winter. but also a plan for the future to change _ the winter. but also a plan for the future to change the _ the winter. but also a plan for the future to change the energy i the winter. but also a plan for the future to change the energy mix i the winter. but also a plan for the| future to change the energy mix to have more renewable energy but also a plan for our public company that means the whole country could share in the profits of energy and the development of the green economy so that plant means notjust help now but a better structure in future so we don�*t get into these situations. alison mcgovern, thank you for your time today. one of the measures that has been

scrapped is to do with the weight freelance workers and contractors are paid. the government had promised to change ir35 rules. they make sure that workers, who would have been an employee if they were providing their services directly to a client, pay broadly the same income tax and national insurance contributions as other employees. but the government will no longer reform them. georgena clarke, who�*s an employment lawyer, gave me her reaction. it ensures any business who employs a self employed contractor is due to check the status of that contractor to make sure they are self employed and then the tax liability sits with

that business, so if they get it wrong the business essentially has to pay the tax liability. what liz truss�*s government has said is they will be ripping away the reversal and responsibility of businesses, who have to check the status of these contractors, and it would go back to the rules before where the contractors would simply engage with the business and they would through their limited company pay their tax in a tax efficient way, but on the 6th of april 2021 that changed via borisjohnson and essentially that responsibility sat with the business to do the check, and if they got it wrong, they also had to pay that tax liability. what it effectively did was mean many businesses just decided they were not going to use contractors any more, because there was an exposed risk to that tax burden, effectively. so you�*re hinting there that one of the impacts of this, tell us more about the impacts as you say see it of these lack of changes to ir35s? effectively this reversal, i think the government introduced it to free up time and money for businesses to engage contractors freely, and this reversal in my view has caused a lot of confusion because many businesses

spent a lot of time getting up to speed with these new legislations, it had a huge impact for contractors, because their pay had reduced around 30% and the introduction of liz truss�* rules that effectively were the ir35 rules would no longer be in place meant that many contractors who potentially may have moved abroad and had to basically engage with the system in a different way become directly employed rather than via a limited company. this was great news for them and meant they could go back to engaging freely with businesses, and businesses would not have that administrative burden when engaging them. what will the impact be on growth, the growth of businesses owned by these independent contractors, for example? effectively the independent contractors they usually would use,

it might usually be one contractor, the limited company they set up, but we found that that industry had shrunk significantly in april 2021. this was an opportunity for that sector to grow again. it is a massive impact for the self—employed sector. they were able to provide their services, and usually their skilled contractors, providing skills and expertise to different businesses across the uk, and now businesses have to engage them directly via employed status and it means many of the contractors are going overseas. so what i think, we are going to have less skilled uk contractors who would ordinarily provide their services in this way, saying actually i�*m going to go and provide the services to other countries outside of the uk. could it be seen as something that is going to discourage growth?

this government, liz truss in particular, has talked so much about growth, within the context of an anti—growth coalition or whatever, so could this measure be seen as discouraging growth, then? yes, effectively that is the issue, she has introduced it with the viewpoint to make it easier for businesses to engage these contractors, and so, this reversal, i think it is just another huge impact to their agenda, because ultimately it is going to impact businesses, this seesawing backwards and forwards. people really don�*t know what they�*re doing with this, i heard it had been reversed three weeks ago, and we had spent almost, many businesses, around a year and a half trying to get to grips with the legislation in the first place, and now to be told this is back in again... i think her intention to grow the economy is doing the exact opposite.

georgina clark, an employment lawyer speaking to me earlier. liz truss has been showing that cabinet meeting in downing street this morning, latershe meeting in downing street this morning, later she will speak to more backbench mps to try to build support at what is a very shaky time for her. clearly talking to people today, she is farfrom out of for her. clearly talking to people today, she is far from out of the woods, she is still in a vulnerable position but the markets have rallied a little after her new chancellorjeremy hunt�*s chancellor jeremy hunt�*s announcement yesterday chancellorjeremy hunt�*s announcement yesterday effectively ditching the economic policies liz truss was elected on to become conservative leader. she will hope for some respite from the scrutiny of yesterday but that respite if it comes will not last long because tomorrow she has prime minister�*s questions, that will no doubt prove another very testing moment for her.

for the moment, from westminster, back to symantec in the studio. —— some answer. there�*s a warning today that energy bills may rise above four thousand pounds in april. the forecast by cornwall insight comes comes after the government announced changes to energy price support. the government said the most vulnerable would continue to be protected from soaring energy prices. joining me now is our international business correspondent, theo leggett. a pretty stark warning today about how high rows bills could go. 5tark how high rows bills could go. stark but inevitable _ how high rows bills could go. stark but inevitable because _ how high rows bills could go. ci— but inevitable because yesterday the chancellor set out that the energy price guarantee which was set to continue for two years will now be reviewed in april and may be reined back in, focused on people who need it most. that was something the government had to do because an open—ended guarantee 48 years was potentially costly. nobody knows how high international energy prices will go out and the government was

saying we will cap domestic prices whatever the cost and that�*s the kind of thing international investors were queasy about along with liz truss�*s unfunded tax cutting programme so the government knows there is a mechanism in place to get about the coming winter and thatis to get about the coming winter and that is pretty much costed, gas is bought in advance, most of the energy companies will have bought part of what they need for the winter and that will continue until april, after that steps will have to be taken to protect consumers because if energy prices remain high and we don�*t know where they will 90. and we don�*t know where they will go, a lot of that depends what happens in ukraine and whether new sources of gas can be found, but if they remain high and once the guarantee lapses households will face huge increases in their bills at a time when they are also likely to be facing increases in mortgage rates and the cost of living is rising so the government will have to introduce a new scheme and that

scheme will have to be very cleverly designed but we don�*t know who it will help and how. last designed but we don't know who it will help and how.— will help and how. last winter at the average _ will help and how. last winter at the average bill _ will help and how. last winter at the average bill was _ will help and how. last winter at the average bill was £1277 i will help and how. last winter at the average bill was £1277 a i will help and how. last winter atj the average bill was £1277 a year and that these predictions put them at 4347. the big question as we have seen is how the government will pay for whatever they do.— for whatever they do. people have already seen _ for whatever they do. people have already seen big _ for whatever they do. people have already seen big increases. i for whatever they do. people have already seen big increases. the i for whatever they do. people have l already seen big increases. the cap under the energy price guarantee said the average result shouldn't pay more than £2500 a year. that depends on use but if that cap ends in april then you can see we will probably end up getting through the summer months when consumption goes down but if there is still a squeeze on the energy markets by next winter, prices could go up by the amount we have seen. the information we have seen from cornell insight and others is forecasting, things

could change, the international perspective could change but if people are faced with increases of that magnitude it will become difficult notjust that magnitude it will become difficult not just for the that magnitude it will become difficult notjust for the purpose people who spend more of their income as a percentage on heating and cooking but also for higher earners because not many people have dismissed extra cash to meet increases in their bills of hundreds of pounds per month so something will have to go into place. the measures announced by the chancellor reduced the unknown bills the government faces but it will still face a steep belt subsidising energy prices next winter in all likelihood.— prices next winter in all likelihood. ., ~ ., .«r , likelihood. thank you for taking us throu~h likelihood. thank you for taking us through that- _ likelihood. thank you for taking us through that. i— likelihood. thank you for taking us through that. i want _ likelihood. thank you for taking us through that. i want to _ likelihood. thank you for taking us through that. i want to tell- likelihood. thank you for taking us through that. i want to tell you - through that. i want to tell you about something coming out of the trade union congress, the information there will be a ballot on teachers. that teaching union will ballot their members on industrial action, school leaders

across england and wales will proceed without formal ballot on industrial action. the naht represent school leaders in the majority of primary schools and 64% of its membership responded to a survey, 84% of respondents said they want to be balloted on taking action short of a strike should an agreement on pay and funding an upbeat rate. 55% said they wanted to be balloted on taking strike action. mr whiteman said over the last few months he has travelled the country talking to members but as never heard more anger and despair. that is coming out of the trade union conference today. the ministry of defence has issued an intelligence alert following reports that former british military pilots are being lured to china with large sums of money. it is thought that up to 30 former pilots have been recruited to train and pass on their expertise to the chinese military and while the former pilots are said not to have broken the official secrets act, they are

being encouraged to return home. our security correspondent gordon corera gave me this update. this is an alert put out by the ministry of defence basically to tell those former pilots and others that they don't like this activity even though it is not actually breaking the law. what appears to be happening is that retired pilots are being approached through intermediaries, headhunters, if you like, flying schools and the like, with very lucrative packages to go to china and to use their experience to help train the chinese military. this started about three years ago. it is believed by western officials. notjust the uk, other allied countries as well. there were just a few cases. then it dipped a bit during a pandemic because travelling to china became very hard, but i think the concern is that there are signs that this is ramping up and there are more people being approached to do this with these large packages of $270,000, £240,000, to go to china

and the fear is that even more than this number of around 30 might be tempted to go there, and that this could be damaging to uk interests, because they are potentially passing on knowledge of how these jets are flown and the kind of tactics and capabilities that these jets have. and of course it is possible, not certain, that the uk could come up against chinese pilots in combat, say, if there was a conflict over taiwan. it might surprise many viewers to know that this is not against the rules. that is what is extraordinary. there has been amazement including from former raf officials that this does not breach the official secrets act. but it does not break any law. the ministry of defence have clearly looked into this carefully to see if it does. so the reason for the alert, this quite unusual public alert, is to try to deter this activity and perhaps embarrass those who might be doing it, but there is no legislation but there is new legislation going through parliament at the moment, a new national security

bill which covers a wide range of offences including a foreign agent registration scheme and new powers for the police and the expectation is that some of the powers within that new national security bill might be able to be used to stop activity like this in future. at the moment there is nothing to stop people doing this if they want to. there is no legal power to compel them to return or anything like that so the hope is that the publicity we'll either deal with those out there or stop any more. the concern is these recruitment efforts seem to be ongoing through these middlemen. today marks 100 years since the british broadcasting company was created. it started with just four employees and a promise of no news broadcasts before 7pm. one inspiration for creating a service offering entertainment on the airwaves was an experimental programme broadcast from chelmsford in 1922. there's now an exhibition about these maverick pioneers, as david silitto reports. 2lo, marconi house, london, calling.

the voice you're listening to is arthur burrows, the man who pretty much came up with the idea of the bbc. he was the first voice ever broadcast on the bbc in 1922. however, when it comes to the idea of using the airwaves for entertainment, there was another pioneer. one of my favourites, hilda matheson, who's also a character in the book i'm doing. 100 years on, i went to meet the comedian paul kerensa, who's created a show about arthur and his rather more entertaining rival. who actually was the first real radio broadcaster, who did what we understand as a radio programme? well, i think you've got to look to peter eckersley, who became the first chief engineer of the bbc, really. peter eckersley? peter eckersley, this wild broadcaster who would improvise. the kenny everett of his day? the kenny everett of his day, the pre—goon goon. he was the guy who actually, really, i think, sparked demand for radio sets and he just wanted to have fun with it.

this is peter eckersley. his reputation has been rather tainted by a laterflirtation with a british union of fascists, before later redeeming himself somewhat byjoining the british war effort. but in 1922, he created britain's first regular radio programme. and its popularity helped inspire the creation of the bbc. and here's a taste of peter's style. dearest, the concert's ended, sad wails the heterodyne. you must soon switch off your valves, i must soon switch off mine. this is why we've had to come to chelmsford, because this is the writtle hut where back in 1922 a group would gather once a week, and invented the idea of entertainment on the airwaves. broadcasting. it pretty much all began here. this is the hut where peter eckersley broadcast every tuesday.

and while the hut isn't open to the public, chelmsford museum has created a digital version of the writtle huts to celebrate these pioneers of entertainment. so this is the technology. what were they actually doing? what was their broadcasting? well, their brief was to kind of create experimental entertainment broadcasts. and what came out was veryjovial, very... not very bbc? not very bbc at all, no, no. it was quite anarchic in many ways. a lot of the shows almost feel like they were kind of precursors to the goon show or something like that, but kind of 40 years earlier. they were having a laugh. they really were, yeah, but they all went to the pub beforehand. oh, they went to the pub before they broadcast? as part of their planning for the programme for the evening. these were gin—fuelled broadcasts. absolutely, yes, certainly one of them was. so a bit more... not quite, we imagine sort

of the bow ties and dinner suits of the early bbc. this is a bit more anarchic. absolutely, yes. you must soon switch off your valves, i must soon... and a hundred years on, you can still hear echoes of the two men, the bbc of serious highbrow arthur versus his rather more anarchic colleague, captain eckersley. david sillitoe, bbc news, chelmsford. good night, cq, god bless you and keep you. ican't! god bless you, good bye, good night. fantastic look into the archives there. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. for many of us today it will be another unseasonably mild die. a lot of sunshine around, this afternoon it will turn a bit hazy, many of the shower is tending to

fight but we could catch some coming out of the thick cloud and we have low cloud coming in across north—east england and parts that will spread further west through the night and we have showery rain pushing north, some of that will be heavy and thundery and a breeze picking up. temperatures overnight mired in the south, chilly in the north south tomorrow we pick up that showery rain as it advances north, mainly a western feature, not getting into western scotland where we will hang on some sunshine. the rest of scotland and northern england fairly cloudy but brighter skies follow behind in the south with highs of 18 or 19.

this is bbc news — i'm annita mcveigh at westminster. the headlines: ministers havejoined a cabinet meeting in downing street — with the new chancellor, jeremy hunt, expected to brief them on the need to agree savings. the uk hospitality sector says the chancellor's u—turns on the many budget are causing confusion. fiur budget are causing confusion. our businesses _ budget are causing confusion. oi" businesses need to know what that is, we need a clear line of sight, out of the nj support, coming forward through to april. in particular we want to tackle the cost of doing business, so we need a reduction in business rates and the extension of that business rates relief. ukrainian officials say russia has launched attacks on criticial civilian infrastructure

across the country — with several large explosions heard near the capital, kyiv. concern over the whereabouts of an iranian climber who disappeared after competing while not wearing a headscarf — iran says elnaz rekabi is simply returning home. and, a happy birthday to the bbc. it's100 years old today — making it the world's longest running national broadcasting organisation. liz truss says she will not be stepping down as prime minister, despite her premiership hanging by a thread after her new chancellor ditched most of her economic policies. in an interview with the bbc, ms truss apologised for what she called "mistakes" over the past six weeks, but she insisted she would lead the conservatives into the next general election. asked about that last night, one tory backbencher said,

"well, we'll have to see." the new cabinet is meeting this morning. we have been gathering reaction throughout the morning so far to the day. yesterday, another tumultuous day. yesterday, another tumultuous day in politics here at westminster. and also getting your reaction, what it means in the real world. i'm expecting ian blackford, he isjust behind me at westminster. he is the westminster leader for the snp. that is the shortest amount of time we have had to wait to be interviewed. ian blackford, thank you forjoining us on bbc news. what is your reading of the situation here at westminster today? we of the situation here at westminster toda ? ~ . . of the situation here at westminster toda ?~ . ., of the situation here at westminster toda? . ., .,, today? we had an absolute crisis because we _ today? we had an absolute crisis because we have _ today? we had an absolute crisis because we have a _ today? we had an absolute crisis because we have a prime - today? we had an absolute crisis| because we have a prime minister whose authority has been absolutely shredded. this has been a financial

experiment, but one that brings with it a price. at the end of the day, millions of people are facing higher mortgage costs than would have been the case. people actually thinking about how they can afford their mortgage, that is one thing. but the second thing in is, tied in a statement from the chancellor yesterday is that we no longer looking at it to your energy price cap, but a six month energy price cap. the forecast that people may be paying more than £6,000 on an annual basis. but the real thing about that is that, when the primers are brought in the energy cap, she talked about saving five percentage points off inflation. i shudder to think what that means to prices, and notjust for energy, but think what that means to prices, and not just for energy, but the fact i will work all the way through the supply chain. we are unleashing inflation at a time when all the focus should be in bringing

inflation down. once again, it is brought about by the refusing to stick to promises they made to the public. stick to promises they made to the ublic. , , ,., ~ ., public. energy is something we know the ublic public. energy is something we know the public is — public. energy is something we know the public is really _ public. energy is something we know the public is really concerned - the public is really concerned about, what their energy bills are going to be. you said in yourfirst answer that the prime minister should have gone. that is clearly a decision for the conservative party itself. is there an argument to say that if she was to go now that would create even further instability with the market? hat create even further instability with the market?— create even further instability with the market? ., ., ., , , the market? not at all, because the prime minister _ the market? not at all, because the prime minister has _ the market? not at all, because the prime minister has been _ the market? not at all, because the prime minister has been the - prime minister has been the architect of the instability we are seeing. when you have all these unfunded tax cuts, of course the markets have exerted a price on the government for that, a price we are all having to pay. this is a prime is that out of touch, that simply playing with the politics of the institute of economic affairs. there on the libertarian right but wanted to try and convey this myth that trickle down economics with work,

that if you cut taxes for the rich you would generate growth for the economy. that is bogus and was never going to work. quite simply, she now needs to pay the price for the damage she has done and has to go. conservative mps need to accept the responsibility, they put her there. they need to make sure they remove her today from office. [30 they need to make sure they remove her today from office.— her today from office. do you think that ideological _ her today from office. do you think that ideological leaning _ her today from office. do you think that ideological leaning you - her today from office. do you think that ideological leaning you refer. that ideological leaning you refer to has been altered by the appointment ofjeremy hunt, who is taking a more centrist position? let's not forget, jeremy hunt are not tory leadership campaign, there was a race to the bottom. jeremy hunt actually wanted even larger corporation tax cuts than liz truss wanted to bring in. he is now to facto the prime minister and has been able to move out these unfunded tax giveaways we had in that many budget. the real danger we now face is inflation is allowed to let rip next year because of the removal of the energy price cap. the government

has said it will _ the energy price cap. the government has said it will reveal _ the energy price cap. the government has said it will reveal that _ the energy price cap. the government has said it will reveal that as - the energy price cap. the government has said it will reveal that as we - has said it will reveal that as we get towards april. but has said it will reveal that as we get towards april.— has said it will reveal that as we get towards april. but there is no certain . get towards april. but there is no certainty- we _ get towards april. but there is no certainty. we actually _ get towards april. but there is no certainty. we actually try - get towards april. but there is no certainty. we actually try to - get towards april. but there is no certainty. we actually try to push | certainty. we actually try to push an amendment last night that would force them to come back to the commons within 20 —ite days, and that was voted down, the tories and labour wouldn't support that. we were standing up for those that will be impacted by this. at the end of the day, if the government doesn't cap the price, then inflation will let rip. companies will then be in the situation that they will be passing through higher prices. we are letting the genie out of the bottle. if we let inflation let rip next spring, then we will have a bigger problem caused by this conservative government to stop they may have solved some of the problems of the financial markets, but they haven't of the underlying problems that are once again caused by westminster._ westminster. how is what is continuing — westminster. how is what is continuing to _ westminster. how is what is continuing to unfold - westminster. how is what is continuing to unfold here, i westminster. how is what is l continuing to unfold here, the uncertainty, what impact is that having or not dynamic between

westminster and holyrood in your view? i westminster and holyrood in your view? , ., view? i regret there is need of the ship between _ view? i regret there is need of the ship between the _ view? i regret there is need of the ship between the government, - ship between the government, westminster and the devolved administrations. the first minister has spoken about the fact that had been no meetings that had been no meetings are taking place between the first minister of scotland and indeed the other countries. i have had no formal contact with the prime minister. the normal protocol is not happening. we published a paper yesterday on scotland's economy. i think people in scotland will be contesting that tale of two governments, and the fact that this place is simply not working for those of us that live in scotland. ian blackford, thank you very much for your time. a little earlier, i spoke to alison mcgovern, the shadow works and pensions minister. she described the situation as a tony catastrophe none of us could afford. 0f catastrophe none of us could afford. of course you would expect me as a labour— of course you would expect me as a labour politician to say that we need _ labour politician to say that we need to — labour politician to say that we need to have a general election and we need _ need to have a general election and we need a _

need to have a general election and we need a change of government. the tories _ we need a change of government. the tories in _ we need a change of government. the tories in parliament have tested to destruction the idea that they are capable _ destruction the idea that they are capable of coming up with a plan for our countrx — capable of coming up with a plan for our country. but what we saw yesterday — our country. but what we saw yesterday was worrying to me, because — yesterday was worrying to me, because whilst liz truss has sacked her chancellor for a terrible crime of putting — her chancellor for a terrible crime of putting forward the idea is that she stood — of putting forward the idea is that she stood on in her leadership election— she stood on in her leadership election only in the summer, actually. _ election only in the summer, actually, even nowjeremy hunt has not publish — actually, even nowjeremy hunt has not publish the reports on the financial— not publish the reports on the financial situation of our country, the lbr— financial situation of our country, the lbr report, i don't think he has done _ the lbr report, i don't think he has done enough to demonstrate trust and this government. this is notjust about— this government. this is notjust about tax. — this government. this is notjust about tax, it is about a lack of trust — about tax, it is about a lack of trust in — about tax, it is about a lack of trust in that the government. we will be _ trust in that the government. we will be challenging and throughout the days _ will be challenging and throughout the days and weeks to come to do better_ the days and weeks to come to do better because, frankly, this is a tony— better because, frankly, this is a tony catastrophe none of us could afford _ tony catastrophe none of us could afford -- — tony catastrophe none of us could afford. —— tony catastrophe. with me now is therese raphael,

bloomberg's opinion editor for british politics. alison mcgovern thinks the pitching of liz truss's plans announced by the chancellor announced yesterday stories to be stress tested. she thinks that is a moment ofjeopardy for this trust. how do you see the situation today, which by anyone's sanders has been a shock to his few days? i sanders has been a shock to his few da s? ~ �* , , , sanders has been a shock to his few das? ~' ,~ ., ., days? i think it's pretty clear that the situation _ days? i think it's pretty clear that the situation has _ days? i think it's pretty clear that the situation has been _ days? i think it's pretty clear that the situation has been stabilised| the situation has been stabilised compared to last week, but maybe thatis compared to last week, but maybe that is quite a low bar to clear. it is estimated that the premium that the uk is paying on its borrowing is still pretty significant compared to other governments. i think we are still saying there is a big gap that the government is going to need to close before it really reassures markets the sustainability of its finances that will require choices. we saw finances that will require choices. we saneremy hunt rolled back on

the timing of the energy support to april. i think that is going to mean more pain for consumers unless they step in with pretty significant intervention. we are looking at a lot of the trade—offs that liz truss put off or deferred, trade—offs between may be defence and health, public sector pay, all of the things we have been talking about that were meant to be packaged into increased borrowing. those are now all the debates that have to be hard. yes, the lbr's scoring of the coming's plans will be reassuring to markets. i think there is no hiding the decisions that facejeremy hunt decisions that face jeremy hunt right decisions that facejeremy hunt right now. decisions that face jeremy hunt right now. but decisions that face jeremy hunt ri . ht now. �* ., decisions that face jeremy hunt riaht now. �* ., ., .g right now. but the media trade-off is between calming _ right now. but the media trade-off is between calming the _ right now. but the media trade-off is between calming the markets, l right now. but the media trade-off l is between calming the markets, but on the other hand saying to the public that there is going to be some big tricky spending decisions to be made that will affect

services. of course, the curtailing of the energy support package, just six months now rather than two years for domestic customers, although the government says that is to be reviewed. so there will be a pin 94 this government because of that as well, won't there?— well, won't there? sure, i think all these decisions _ well, won't there? sure, i think all these decisions now— well, won't there? sure, i think all these decisions now come - well, won't there? sure, i think all these decisions now come at - well, won't there? sure, i think all these decisions now come at any l well, won't there? sure, i think all. these decisions now come at any cost because the markets have less trust and confidence in the government because there are so much uncertainty. i suppose the government can at least be reassured that the town is different. jeremy hunt went into parliament found to be more upfront with people that there will be at these trade—offs. it is a dramatic change of tone than when we saw this trust was elected. what happens when those traders are spelt out in a couple of months�* time? will the party back liz truss

to stay on as leader? no markets will be watching this as well. is one thing to calm the markets, it is another to stabilise british politics right now and reassure voters that we saw from the polls this morning that trust in the government couldn�*t be lower. riff government couldn't be lower. of course, the question about more u—turns, more chopping and changing, all of that fixed the confidence of the markets, of investors, of home—grown business people who might want to try and develop a business, take stuff on and so forth. perhaps, tricky, in your opinion, to avoid more chopping and changing? i think the bi sur more chopping and changing? i think the big sur of— more chopping and changing? i think the big sur of change _ more chopping and changing? i think the big sur of change has _ more chopping and changing? i tn “ia; the big sur of change has happened, the big sur of change has happened, the rolling back of the tax cuts. they will be some spending constraints that will not be and how is. if liz truss is right that the

big problem of the uk economy is low productivity, low growth and investment, but she has done nothing to reverse that. the first three weeks of office have only compounded it. so, what do businesses need? obviously, they need certainty, but they will need to lower costs for investing. it will mean need a lot of those things that those who supported liz truss will want to see, but will now be very how to enact because she has very low support within her party, the public, and very low credibility. good to get your thoughts today. today i think for the prime minister is about trying to buy a little bit of breathing space. a little moment of breathing space. a little moment of calm in what has been a period of weeks now of huge turmoil. tomorrow she has got p infuse on her diary, that midpoint in the westminster

week —— pmqs. many ministers have spoken about how nerve—racking that is, so that will be the next big test for her. we will continue our coverage here on the bbc news channel, but right now think about your viewers on bbc two. —— is saying goodbye to viewers. let�*s get more reaction now to what has happened just a day and to look ahead. lots of questions about what the ditching of liz truss�*s economic policies means for various sectors. with me now is craig beaumont, who is the chief of external affairs at the federation of small businesses. thank you for your time today. what are your thoughts today? i mention chopping and changing to our last guest, and i think you tweeted something to that effect in the last day or so. small businesses can have all the chopping and changing, because businesses need to have, if

not certainty, at least a clear direction of travel. we not certainty, at least a clear direction of travel.— not certainty, at least a clear direction of travel. we don't have that at the _ direction of travel. we don't have that at the moment, _ direction of travel. we don't have that at the moment, we - direction of travel. we don't have that at the moment, we have - direction of travel. we don't have | that at the moment, we have high chopping — that at the moment, we have high chopping and changing making it hard to plan— chopping and changing making it hard to plan for— chopping and changing making it hard to plan for the next few months. that _ to plan for the next few months. that is— to plan for the next few months. that is the — to plan for the next few months. that is the sort of horizon scale that small— that is the sort of horizon scale that small businesses look at. i think— that small businesses look at. i think the — that small businesses look at. i think the two important things are energy— think the two important things are energy and national insurance. the small— energy and national insurance. the small business packaging through parliament yesterday and the national— parliament yesterday and the national insurance changes reversing those _ national insurance changes reversing those unfair hikes also went through parliament— those unfair hikes also went through parliament yesterday. those are the two biggest things that small businesses want to comment to deliver~ — businesses want to comment to deliver. ., , ., those deliver. knows our positives? those are real positives _ deliver. knows our positives? those are real positives because _ deliver. knows our positives? those are real positives because those - deliver. knows our positives? those are real positives because those can now be _ are real positives because those can now be banked. we can now tell small businesses _ now be banked. we can now tell small businesses this money is coming on your november bills. for your national— your november bills. for your national insurance bills in november there _ national insurance bills in november there will_ national insurance bills in november there will be helped, making it a bit cheaper to employ someone, create _ bit cheaper to employ someone, create a — bit cheaper to employ someone, create a job, he self—employed, or being _ create a job, he self—employed, or being an _ create a job, he self—employed, or being an employee. it makes it all a little bit _ being an employee. it makes it all a little bit cheaper. outside of that, they have — little bit cheaper. outside of that, they have done all the other

measures of the budget, and that there _ measures of the budget, and that there are — measures of the budget, and that there are some things in there that we would _ there are some things in there that we would have liked to have seen, like the _ we would have liked to have seen, like the corporation tax by is not happening. the problem really is that the — happening. the problem really is that the gum has taken the right action— that the gum has taken the right action to — that the gum has taken the right action to get economic stability, which _ action to get economic stability, which was — action to get economic stability, which was the absolute driving need to do— which was the absolute driving need to do because the markets were collapsing, but now there's nothing on that— collapsing, but now there's nothing on that about grey. our concern is as a pressures gathered over the winter. _ as a pressures gathered over the winter. we — as a pressures gathered over the winter, we will get the spring and the government needs to say what its growth _ the government needs to say what its growth plan will be. you the government needs to say what its growth plan will be.— growth plan will be. you talked about energy- _ growth plan will be. you talked about energy. your— growth plan will be. you talked about energy. your concerns i growth plan will be. you talked| about energy. your concerns up growth plan will be. you talked - about energy. your concerns up are about energy. your concerns up are about a cliff edge come six months from now if that support for small businesses and energy bills doesn�*t continue. you will be keen to hear about how one wild concerns will have an impact on our energy. we don�*t know what that situation will be in six months. but you will be looking for reassurances, won�*t you?

it was a business department review plan in _ it was a business department review plan injanuary of it was a business department review plan in january of that would tell us what — plan in january of that would tell us what would happen in april. there has been _ us what would happen in april. there has been consumed into a broader treasury— has been consumed into a broader treasury review. small businesses were _ treasury review. small businesses were stuck— treasury review. small businesses were stuck at the six—month point, and now— were stuck at the six—month point, and now consumers are as well. that does _ and now consumers are as well. that does create — and now consumers are as well. that does create uncertainty, so we need will guide _ does create uncertainty, so we need will guide us injanuary as does create uncertainty, so we need will guide us in january as to whether— will guide us in january as to whether the government is keen to be. i whether the government is keen to be i think— whether the government is keen to be. i think it is to be quite comprehensive in its scope. everyone affected _ comprehensive in its scope. everyone affected by— comprehensive in its scope. everyone affected by this should be helped. it shouldn'tjust be for affected by this should be helped. it shouldn't just be for people who are on— it shouldn't just be for people who are on the — it shouldn't just be for people who are on the consumer side, notjust people _ are on the consumer side, notjust people on— are on the consumer side, notjust people on universal credit, people who are _ people on universal credit, people who are the worse. there are going to be _ who are the worse. there are going to be people in the middle who admit to be people in the middle who admit to be people in the middle who admit to be very— to be people in the middle who admit to be very highly impacted. it is the same — to be very highly impacted. it is the same in the business community. there _ the same in the business community. there are _ the same in the business community. there are also going to be people who are _ there are also going to be people who are going to be deeply affected us to get— who are going to be deeply affected us to get help. so april now becomes a huge _ us to get help. so april now becomes a huge cliff— us to get help. so april now becomes a huge cliff edge. us to get help. so april now becomes a huge cliff edge-— a huge cliff edge. thank you for talkin: a huge cliff edge. thank you for talking with _ a huge cliff edge. thank you for talking with us. _ a huge cliff edge. thank you for talking with us. we _ a huge cliff edge. thank you for talking with us. we will- a huge cliff edge. thank you for talking with us. we will have i a huge cliff edge. thank you for. talking with us. we will have more with you throughout the afternoon. but right now let�*s go to the bbc

sport centre and join hugh ferris. mps will consider rugby union�*s domestic financial crisis next month and will question representatives from both the rfu and the premiership at a dcms committee hearing that will examine the viability of the game. yesterday it was confirmed wasps have gone into administration. 167 people, including players and coaches across the rugby and netball teams, have lost their jobs. they�*re the second club forced out of business in three weeks following worcester warriors. one of the joint administrators has been speaking to the bbc�*s rugby union weekly podcast. there is a process we are going through with the rugby and football union, depending which entity takes it forward and that isn�*t a quick process so first we have to find someone who wants to take rugby forward, if we just talk about rugby, and then when we have that preferred entity we have to make sure they can introduce the rfu to start their fit and proper process and given the scrutiny they have had

recently over that process, i�*m sure that will be a more robust and longer process of delving into forecasts so that will take time, so that is the problem, time is what we don�*t have. a climberfrom iran is understood to be missing two days after she competed in an international tournament without a hijab. friends of elnaz rekabi had been unable to contact the athlete since sunday after she competed at the asian sport climbing championships in south korea. it comes as protests continue in iran against the islamic laws on headscarves for women. the international federation of sport climbing say they are trying to get in touch with ms rikabi and the iranian climbing federation. england bowler reece topley could miss their opening game of the t20 world cup after twisting his ankle in training. they play afghanistan on saturday in perth. the preliminary stage of the tournament continues this morning, with netherlands beating namibia, chasing down 122 with five wickets

and three balls to spare. the dutch have two wins out of two and have a great chance of making the super 12 stage. they�*ll qualify if sri lanka lose to the uae in the day�*s other game. it�*s involved the first hat—trick of the world cup. karthik meiyappan took it for the uae. it helped restrict sri lanka to 152 for eight off their 20 overs. head to the website for the combination of that match. that�*s all the sport for now. there�*ve been fresh russian strikes on the ukraine capital, kyiv, this morning. there were several explosions as energy infrastructure was attacked, sending smoke rising over the city and reports of power cuts in kyiv and elsewhere in the country.

president zelensky says nearly a third of the country�*s power stations have now been destroyed in russian attacks. he has accused russia of terrorising and killing civilians. our correspondent in kyiv, hugo bachega, gave me this update. we heard explosions right up until nine o�*clock in the morning here just two hours ago, and plumes of smoke coming from the eastern side of the bank of the dnipro river, and from the area of the power station, it seems this power station was attacked, we have not had confirmation yet from the authorities, they usually take some time before giving details of what has been hit, but we are having reports of multiple attacks across the country. in the city of dnipro in the south—east of the country, an energy facility was hit.

in zhytomyr, the entire city now without power and water, hospitals now operating on back—up power because the electricity has been hit there, the power supplies have been hit and also reports that energy facilities have been targeted in the city of kharkiv, the second—largest city in the north—east of the country. a wave of attacks targetting civilian infrastructure, it seems, a strategy by russia to damage the country�*s electricity infrastructure ahead of winter. we are starting to hear residents being concerned about how they are going to face the months ahead. the authorities have been telling residents here to reduce electricity consumption. they say a third of the country�*s energy and power structure has been hit as a result of these attacks, and we are seeing in the last few weeks russia has intensified those attacks, targeting civilian infrastructure across the country as it faces military defeats on the battlefield. president zelensky accusing russia of a murderous essence. clearly there is a shift

in the war now? president zelensky and senior ukraine officials are urging western countries to provide ukrainians with air defence capabilities, they say this is the kind of equipment they need to protect ukrainian cities and towns from russian missiles, but also from those iranians applied drones, those so—called kamikaze those so—called kamikaze attack drones that have been used by russia to attack civilian sites and civilian infrastructure across the country. we saw yesterday the destruction that those drones can cause here in kyiv, when a residential building was hit, four people killed including a pregnant woman, and i think we are hearing very strong reaction from president zelensky accusing russia of trying to terrorise the civilian population of this country with these attacks. they have been targeting cities across the country, some of the cities away from the front lines, such as kyiv, lviv, and zhytomyr in the west of the country.

this is the reaction we are hearing from the authorities, that they need air defence systems to protect cities from russian attacks. the parents of a 20—year—old somerset woman who died in 2020 has it waiting more than two years for her inquest has only added to her grief. jessica powell passed away while on a psychiatric ward in yeovil. the number of inquests openedin yeovil. the number of inquests opened in the last use in the west have got up mindful in the last five years. since she was in her early teens, jessica powell had a tortured existence. ,, ., ., ., , teens, jessica powell had a tortured existence. ,, . ., ., , existence. she had a really good sense of humour— existence. she had a really good sense of humour when _ existence. she had a really good sense of humour when she - existence. she had a really good sense of humour when she was l existence. she had a really good - sense of humour when she was well. when she wasn�*t well, it was awful. from the age of 13, when she tried to take her own life, jessica had beenin to take her own life, jessica had been in and out of psychiatric

hospital hundreds of miles away. she was eventually diagnosed with unstable borderline personality disorder. she died in august 2020 after she had been admitted to evil�*s a&e. she was found in a critical state by staff. she evil's a&e. she was found in a critical state by staff. she didn't come out for — critical state by staff. she didn't come out for meds, _ critical state by staff. she didn't come out for meds, but - critical state by staff. she didn't come out for meds, but the - critical state by staff. she didn't i come out for meds, but the room critical state by staff. she didn't - come out for meds, but the room she .ot come out for meds, but the room she got into, _ come out for meds, but the room she got into, she — come out for meds, but the room she got into, she tried to squeeze out of a ten _ got into, she tried to squeeze out of a ten centimetres gap in the window — of a ten centimetres gap in the window. she got trapped, and that's when _ window. she got trapped, and that's when they— window. she got trapped, and that's when they found her.— when they found her. jessica was then admitted _ when they found her. jessica was then admitted to _ when they found her. jessica was then admitted to intensive - when they found her. jessica was then admitted to intensive care l then admitted to intensive care commentary for oxygen starvation, but died a few days later. her parents have already waited two years for an inquest, but were dismayed when they were told it would take between three and six months for a hearing to take place before a jury. fade months for a hearing to take place before a jury-— before a “my. we still have no closure before a jury. we still have no closure to _ before a jury. we still have no closure to this _ before a jury. we still have no closure to this and _ before a jury. we still have no closure to this and we - before a jury. we still have no closure to this and we are - before a jury. we still have no closure to this and we are still living — closure to this and we are still living in— closure to this and we are still living in agony because we wokeness out the _ living in agony because we wokeness out the way— living in agony because we wokeness out the way so we can put our point of view— out the way so we can put our point of view across, so we can say we

don't _ of view across, so we can say we don't want — of view across, so we can say we don't want this to happen to another family. _ don't want this to happen to another family, because what we have been through— family, because what we have been through has been horrendous, not 'ust through has been horrendous, not just her_ through has been horrendous, not just her death, but the ten years prior— just her death, but the ten years prior to — just her death, but the ten years prior to that. in just her death, but the ten years prior to that-— prior to that. in 2021, the figure had risen to _ prior to that. in 2021, the figure had risen to 1366, _ prior to that. in 2021, the figure had risen to 1366, or— prior to that. in 2021, the figure had risen to 1366, or 896. - prior to that. in 2021, the figure | had risen to 1366, or 896. across prior to that. in 2021, the figure - had risen to 1366, or 896. across the had risen to 1366, or 8%. across the west of england, more than nine times as many inquest will open for more than two years in 2021 compared to five years earlier. somerset�*s acting coroner has declined to comment to the bbc, but has told jessica�*s parents that due to the pandemic the service was unable to progress any cases that were not covid—related. she has apologised to the family for the backlog. the ministry ofjustice say they have provided him on a £6 billion to local authorities to recover from the pandemic, a charity inquests say the pandemic, a charity inquests say the delay starting long before the

pandemic. the the delay starting long before the andemic. , _ , , the delay starting long before the andemic. , , ., pandemic. the inquest system is a ostcode pandemic. the inquest system is a postcode lottery. _ pandemic. the inquest system is a postcode lottery, and _ pandemic. the inquest system is a postcode lottery, and different - postcode lottery, and different families in different parts of the uk are facing different delays. what we fear and what is our main concern at inquest is that the longer inquests are put off, the longer people have to wait for the evidence and the lessons to be learned. but forjessica's _ and the lessons to be learned. but forjessica's parents and other forjessica�*s parents and other bereaved parents, it looks like a long wait forjustice. matthew hill, bbc news. now it is time for a check on the ballot with ben rich. it is looking very nice out there for many of us, early frost and fog has given way to plentiful sunshine for most of the uk. it is good to stay that way for most of the afternoon, albeit with more cloud to stay that way for most of the afternoon, albeit with more cloud pushing into north—east england and north—east scotland. showers developing across the far south—west of england by the early end of the

afternoon. that�*s a sign of this evening, it will turn when the across the south—east of england summer thunderstorms drifting northwards, some of those perhaps into northern ireland by the end of the night. at the same time, a lot of low cloud for north—east scotland. tomorrow morning starts very mild in the south, more showers drifting northwards during tomorrow, but tending to weaken as they go. still quite cloudy and perhaps murky in moffi scotland and north—east england. the best of any sunshine across parts of the myth winds, into eastern england. quite cool in the north but warm in the site.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: ministers havejoined a cabinet meeting in downing street with the

new chancellorjeremy hunt expected to brief them on the need to great savings. the uk hospitality sector say the u—turn on the budget... several large explosions have been heard across ukraine and in the capital, kyiv. concerns about the whereabouts of an iranian climber who competed after not wearing a headscarf. and happy birthday to the bbc. it�*s 100 years old today, making it the world�*s longest running broadcasting organisation. let�*s go back live to westminster and join annita mcveigh. welcome back to westminster where liz truss has been chairing a cabinet meeting after saying she will not step down as prime minister despite most of our economic policy is being ditched. she apologised for

what she called mistakes over the past six weeks but insisted she will lead the tories into the next general election. with me is the conservative mp richard graham. the most obvious question is do you think she will? i most obvious question is do you think she will?— think she will? i will give you a terrible answer _ think she will? i will give you a terrible answer on _ think she will? i will give you a terrible answer on your- think she will? i will give you a terrible answer on your 100 . terrible answer on your 100 anniversary because i don�*t think it�*s the most helpful thing to speculate on how long she will be pm, i'm speculate on how long she will be pm, i�*m more focused on the policies we are taking forward to deal with these challenges and how that will help all our constituents in difficult times with the cost of living and inflation. i difficult times with the cost of living and inflation.— difficult times with the cost of living and inflation. i take your oint but living and inflation. i take your point but it _ living and inflation. i take your point but it has _ living and inflation. i take your point but it has a _ living and inflation. i take your point but it has a valid - living and inflation. i take your point but it has a valid point i living and inflation. i take your point but it has a valid point to consider how long a prime minister can stay in power because most people would agree a stable government with a prime minister who has the confidence of her party and the country, not all of it, now prime minister will ever enjoy that

of course, but a stable government is in the interests of the people. of course it is and with a majority of over 70 there is no reason this government cannot go the full distance between now and 2024 and i hope we will do that. iunfith distance between now and 2024 and i hope we will do that.— hope we will do that. with a prime minister who _ hope we will do that. with a prime minister who has _ hope we will do that. with a prime minister who has had _ hope we will do that. with a prime minister who has had to _ hope we will do that. with a prime minister who has had to have - hope we will do that. with a prime minister who has had to have all. hope we will do that. with a prime i minister who has had to have all the policies on which he stood for leadership ditched? she policies on which he stood for leadership ditched? she would say not all the policies _ leadership ditched? she would say not all the policies have _ leadership ditched? she would say not all the policies have been - not all the policies have been ditched, there are little things like the investment zones, speeded up like the investment zones, speeded up infrastructure projects, more home—building, these are good things that i am most college support and they remain intact. some other changes were things a lot of us were voting for in the leadership election and wanted to see a slower approach to tax cuts to deal with inflation first and so i welcome the changesjeremy hunt has announced which he and the prime minister agreed on. isafe

which he and the prime minister agreed on-_ which he and the prime minister aureedon.~ ., ,, �*, agreed on. we spoke to the snp's leader at westminster, _ agreed on. we spoke to the snp's leader at westminster, ian - leader at westminster, ian blackford, and he said the decision to curtail the energy support package for customers will lead to inflation rising. i�*m package for customers will lead to inflation rising.— inflation rising. i'm not sure that's true _ inflation rising. i'm not sure that's true and _ inflation rising. i'm not sure that's true and what - inflation rising. i'm not sure that's true and what we - inflation rising. i'm not sure| that's true and what we have inflation rising. i'm not sure - that's true and what we have done on that�*s true and what we have done on the energy package is similar to what almost all european countries have done so normally the snp would support that and secondly it helps the huge unfunded claim on taxpayer funds that the original two—year package had which would make it difficult for the obr to give the budget. orso difficult for the obr to give the budget. or so i think it�*s a reasonable decision which i would explain to my constituents by saying if you have six months certainty and by then the government will have worked out how to focus its funds on the most vulnerable who need it most and meanwhile let�*s try and save a bit of energy. and meanwhile let's try and save a bit of energy-— bit of energy. difficult if it's a cold winter, _ bit of energy. difficult if it's a cold winter, we _ bit of energy. difficult if it's a cold winter, we are _ bit of energy. difficult if it's a

cold winter, we are heading l bit of energy. difficult if it's a i cold winter, we are heading into the coldest months but aren�*t you getting to the nub of the issue that the government will have to make a decision between reassuring markets on the one hand and on the other hand in order to give that reassurance, introducing public spending cuts that will make people suffer? , , , ., spending cuts that will make people suffer? the , , ., spending cuts that will make people | suffer?- the - changes not be at the of their care can,,, the of care can,,, the of benefits re budget can some of the benefits operating, all these are he has to balance the working in people who are on people working in people who are on benefits and might have severe disabilities so being fair to each of those different groups of citizens will be difficult. he recognised that and i think the approach of looking after the most vulnerable is really important. richard graham, mp for gloucester, thank you for your time.

one of the jobs liz truss has had one of thejobs liz truss has had on her calendar today was a cabinet meeting, that take place earlier and we can bring in ian watson tojoin me and find it a bit about what can that. you tell us about that cabinet meeting, what was the mood? i don't think a brilliant _ meeting, what was the mood? i don't think a brilliant but _ meeting, what was the mood? i don't think a brilliant but certainly - think a brilliant but certainly jacob rees—mogg, the business secretary, said the cabinet was fully behind the prime minister and there was no public denunciation of there was no public denunciation of the prime minister. you have to expect that from a cabinet she herself had appointed. she may have more difficult meetings later today, she will meet the european research group of conservative mps, many of whom would have liked the idea she put forward but is now ditched then we had some things like investments

and survived but the idea of getting tax down to get growth that could be ditched. she is also meeting some of the mostjunior ranks of government ministers and people who came into parliament in 2019 who say she wasn�*t trying to shore up support, these are regular meetings but she does seem to be having quite a lot of them. there is somebody standing here with a placard he may give the sense we are in the end of days for liz truss but the situation is precarious and one of the more interesting interventions came from the former chief whip andrew mitchell who told the bbc if the relationship with jeremy mitchell who told the bbc if the relationship withjeremy hunt works then perhaps you can go the full distance but if it doesn�*t, and he is not sure it will, then the conservatives must revisit the leadership issue. that is where we are, people might be willing to give her time untiljeremy hunt delivers spending cuts in his statement on

october 31, time may be limited if people are still reassured byjeremy hunt then perhaps she can last a bit longer. hunt then perhaps she can last a bit loner. ., ., ~ ,, , longer. how important will pmqs tomorrow be? _ longer. how important will pmqs tomorrow be? i _ longer. how important will pmqs tomorrow be? ithink— longer. how important will pmqs tomorrow be? i think it _ longer. how important will pmqs tomorrow be? i think it will i longer. how important will pmqs tomorrow be? i think it will be i tomorrow be? i think it will be crucial because _ tomorrow be? i think it will be crucial because although i tomorrow be? i think it will be crucial because although there tomorrow be? i think it will be i crucial because although there is this feeling of counting things down and giving jeremy hunt some space and giving jeremy hunt some space and seeing what happens, there are still a moment ofjeopardy for liz truss and to date keir starmer for example saying if the conservatives shot the public out and change leader there must be a general election, these points will be made by the labour leader at pmqs who will want to be pointing out that liz truss did on a manifesto that has been trashed and if she performs badly at pmqs then a lot of nervous conservative mps will wonder do they want to watch this on repeat and it could be that they then talk to

people in charge of the leadership grows, so graham brady in charge of the 1922 committee, to have a word with her that perhaps time is running out so tomorrow will be crucial. ., running out so tomorrow will be crucial. . . ., ., ~ running out so tomorrow will be crucial. . . ., . ~' there�*s a warning today that energy bills may rise above £4000 in april. the forecast by cornwall insight comes comes after the government announced changes to energy price support. the government said the most vulnerable would continue to be protected from soaring energy prices. our international business correspondent theo leggett gave us this update. correspondent theo leggett gave us this udate. ,, ., ~ correspondent theo leggett gave us this udate. ,, . ~ , ~ this update. stark but i think inevitable. _ yesterday the chancellor set out that the energy price guarantee, which was set to continue for two years, will now be reviewed in april and will be reined back in. we don�*t know how but focused on people who need it most. that was something the government

had to do because an open—ended guarantee for two years was potentially costly. nobody knows how high international energy prices will go and the government was saying we will cap domestic prices whatever the cost and that�*s the kind of thing international investors were queasy about along with liz truss�*s unfunded tax cutting programme so the government knows there is a mechanism in place to get through the coming winter and that is pretty much costed, gas is bought in advance, most of the energy companies will have bought part of what they need for the winter and that will continue until april — after that steps will have to be taken to protect consumers because if energy prices remain high, and we don�*t know where they will go, a lot of that depends on what happens in ukraine and whether new sources of gas can be found, but if they remain high then once the guarantee lapses, households will face huge increases in their bills at a time when they are also likely to be facing increases in mortgage rates and the cost of living is rising

so the government will have to introduce a new scheme and that scheme will have to be very cleverly designed but we don�*t know who it will help and how. it was a ceo like it, and joining me here is the leader of the liberal democrats are ed davey. thank you for your time today. what is your assessment of where we are right now? the markets have calmed a bit relative to where they were. it seems as though mps might be persuaded to give liz truss a little time, towards the end of the month and that obr forecast we are due to get, so what is your view? shy, lat and that obr forecast we are due to get, so what is your view?— get, so what is your view? a lot of the damage _ get, so what is your view? a lot of the damage has _ get, so what is your view? a lot of the damage has already _ get, so what is your view? a lot of the damage has already been i get, so what is your view? a lot of. the damage has already been done. millions of struggling families and businesses are paying higher mortgage rates and still have not got the help they need with energy bill said there was a lot of suffering and even though we have

seen a range of u—turns by the conservatives, there are serious economic mistakes are hurting millions of people and i don�*t think they are yet in the right place. that ditching of the majority of liz truss�*s policies seem to be a necessary step, the government thought, to calm the markets, the first step to get to a better place to support the public. the conservatives _ to support the public. the conservatives still - to support the public. iie: conservatives still haven't to support the public. tie: conservatives still haven't won to support the public. “iie: conservatives still haven't won back conservatives still haven�*t won back either political or financial credibility and it still costing us far more to pay for debt, to encourage people to learn to government money to fund their borrowing because of the lack of credibility of the conservatives. i have made such a mess and they are having to row back but are still not taking the tough measures, for example they are not putting a windfall tax on the oil and gas companies properly, that could raise tens of billions of pounds and it�*s wrong that money is allowed to be

wrong that money is allowed to he earned for shareholders because president putin is killing innocent ukrainians. ifailto president putin is killing innocent ukrainians. i fail to understand why the conservatives won�*t tax these company profits properly so we can help people more and have more fiscally responsible budget which would push mortgage rates down. you and labour have been calling for an early general election, that is not within your gift so what will the lib dems do in the meantime to push back further?— back further? there should be an early general _ back further? there should be an early general election _ back further? there should be an early general election because i back further? there should be an early general election because ofj early general election because of the political and financial instability caused by the conservatives. we will push them hard, we will make our case for the millions of struggling families, pensioners and businesses who were not getting the support they need. they are suffering because of the conservatives economic mistakes. we will put forward a constructive positive alternative. we were the

first ones to champion a freeze on the energy cap so people would not have to pay the staggering energy bills and we are now arguing that if they take the measures on taxing banks and the oil and gas companies properly, they would be able to afford to operate pensioners and benefits by the rate of inflation so that more vulnerable in society are not made to suffer. it would be able to protect our nhs and public services and the fact that conservatives won�*t take the required measures means we are listening to a chancellor who was promising a serious attack on the public of our public services and thatis public of our public services and that is not what we need. shy, public of our public services and that is not what we need. a, lot public of our public services and that is not what we need. a lot of eo - le that is not what we need. a lot of people agree _ that is not what we need. a lot of people agree there _ that is not what we need. a lot of people agree there should - that is not what we need. a lot of people agree there should be i that is not what we need. a lot of people agree there should be a i people agree there should be a windfall tax, it sounds like you were expecting them to cover a lot. it's were expecting them to cover a lot. it�*s notjust a windfall tax. the conservatives have cut taxes on banks since 2015, we are saying they

should put theirs back on the tanks banks and that would raise billions of pounds. they should look at things like capital gains tax which very people benefit from an ordinary people on low and middle incomes don�*t, so there is a whole set of measures they can take that would give them money to make sure we can get borrowing down so the pressure on interest rates go down so people aren�*t paying so much on their mortgages but also protect public services. there a clear alternative economic and budget strategy, the liberal democrats are putting that forward and my worry is the conservatives are still favouring the people, maybe their donors and friends in the city and oil and gas companies. 5h friends in the city and oil and gas companies-— friends in the city and oil and gas comanies. ,, , ., ~ ,., companies. sir ed davey, thank you very much- — companies. sir ed davey, thank you very much- it _

companies. sir ed davey, thank you very much. it sounds _ companies. sir ed davey, thank you very much. it sounds like _ companies. sir ed davey, thank you very much. it sounds like the i very much. it sounds like the temperature may have gone down a little for liz truss. she will meet backbench mps later today but there is a sense that she may get some breathing space at least until the end of the month and perhaps that office for budget responsibility look at the new economic plans. not all but most of her economic plans, the picture she went to the party within order to be elected as prime minister, most of that has been ditched. then tomorrow she faces the test of pmqs, for many prime a nerve—racking occasion at the best of times. for the moment, from westminster, back to some alpha in the studio.

there�*s been concern over the whereabouts of an iranian athlete who competed internationally without covering her hair. elnaz rekabi took part in a climbing competition in south korea, and videos of her climbing without a headscarf went viral. sources had told the bbc her phone and passport had been confiscated, and that her wherabouts were unknown. iran now says she is on her way home and has strongly denied what it calls fake news. iran is currently suppressing women�*s rights protests over forced hijab that have swept the country. and recently a post has appeared on elnaz rekabi�*s instagram account in which she apologises for any concern she has caused, our reporter pooria jaferehjoins me now. tell us more about this woman and how significant her actions are. the foota . e we how significant her actions are. tie: footage we were just watching it might look normal to people across the world, a woman in sports clothes during sports, but the significance of it for an iranian woman is the fact she is breaking the laws of her country. the same laws for which

dozens of women have been killed over the last five weeks. when this video was published she immediately became a hero in the eyes of iranian protesters, the videos went viral and everyone was talking about her and everyone was talking about her and then yesterday morning we got news from family and friends that they have lost contact with her. she was in south korea for the asian competition. we tried to contact the hotel where she was staying with the help of other bbc services in seoul and we found out they had checked in earlier than usual, they were meant to go back to iran on wednesday and left yesterday and one of the reasons could be that protesters were planning to welcome her on her arrival at the airport in tehran but arrival at the airport in tehran but a lot of people are worried and that instagram story has let people more concerned than before. tell instagram story has let people more concerned than before.— concerned than before. tell us what she said in — concerned than before. tell us what she said in that _ concerned than before. tell us what she said in that instagram - concerned than before. tell us what she said in that instagram post i concerned than before. tell us what she said in that instagram post and| she said in that instagram post and what the iranian authorities said.

she apologised for any worries she has caught and she said in the heat of the moment and there was something wrong with the timing of her climb, she mistakenly didn�*t have the hijab, which too many of us, the language that has been used in that post looks like it has been written under pressure and she was forced to write it, and the reason is that in previous cases female sports people who were competing abroad had been in a similar situation, if for whatever reason they weren�*t wearing the headscarf they weren�*t wearing the headscarf they came under pressure by iranian authorities and in some cases they decided not to go back to iran. the tuc�*s annual congress — which was rescheduled following the queen�*s death in september — got underway today. the three—day event takes place in brighton. the general secretery frances o�*grady has made her keynote speech and in it called for a general election.

which country has the worst investment in the g7? the uk. which country has the worst wages growth in the g7? don�*t need to tell workers this one. the uk. and which country has the worst economic growth in the g7? you�*ve guessed it, the uk. that your record, prime minister, that is the country at your party has been running for the past 12 years. to be fair, under the conservatives some things are growing. ceo pay up, corporate profits up, bankers bonuses up, and look what else. the cost of mortgages, nhs waiting lists, ambulance waiting times, child poverty, food banks, up, up, up.

that means more kids going to bed hungry, more families are afraid to put the heating on, but there is a real plan for growth. trade unions want a growing economy that works for working people, want a growing economy that works forworking people, high want a growing economy that works for working people, high investment, high skills and high wages. decent work so workers don�*t need to go on strike to defend their pay, and we want a strong society that comes with growth fairly shared, a well funded nhs, schools, public services, a safety net to help us all in a crisis, no—one growing up and no—one growing old in poverty. a safe, secure, welcoming society, and more than that a country of culture, music, football, books and brilliant tv. for overa music, football, books and brilliant tv. for over a decade now the tuc has made that case for investment

for r&d, for innovation, for skills, to make things here in britain, to meet the challenge of zero with good green jobs and to harness the big games of new tack for all of us. need an economy that rewards work, not wealth. applause. but under the conservatives, working people have got poorer while shareholders have got richer. we are in the longer squeeze on real wages since napoleonic times and if ministers and employers keep hammering pay packets at the same rate, uk workers are on course to suffer two decades, 20 years of lost living standards. over the next three years alone, real earnings are set to fall by another £4000. we

have got to stop the rot. families cannot afford to tighten their belts any more. they are at breaking point. just look at that disastrous mini budget only month ago. and i say this to liz truss. your budget wasn�*t progrowth, it was pro grade. tax cuts for the rich with no plan for growth at all —— pro grade. that is why the markets got speech, while the economy tanked. the pm may have dumped kwasi kwarteng and is now hiding behind jeremy hunt or may be under a desk, who knows, but she cannot duck this one. we don�*t trust her government with our economy and livelihoods are on the line. some say liz truss must go. i think they

are wrong. this whole rotten tory government must go. applause. the tories are toxic. it�*s time for change. we need a general election now. ., . , change. we need a general election now. . ., ._ change. we need a general election now. . ., now. frances o'grady at the tuc there. today marks 100 years since the british broadcasting company was created. it started with just four employees and a promise of no news broadcasts before 7pm. one inspiration for creating a service offering entertainment on the airwaves was an experimental programme broadcast from chelmsford in 1922. there�*s now an exhibition about these maverick pioneers, as david silitto reports. 2lo, marconi house, london, calling. the voice you�*re listening to is arthur burrows, the man who pretty much came up with the idea of the bbc. he was the first voice ever

broadcast on the bbc in 1922. however, when it comes to the idea of using the airwaves for entertainment, there was another pioneer. one of my favourites, hilda matheson, who�*s also a character in the book i�*m doing. 100 years on, i went to meet the comedian paul kerensa, who�*s created a show about arthur and his rather more entertaining rival. who actually was the first real radio broadcaster, who did what we understand as a radio programme? well, i think you�*ve got to look to peter eckersley, who became the first chief engineer of the bbc, really. peter eckersley? peter eckersley, this wild broadcaster who would improvise. the kenny everett of his day? the kenny everett of his day, the pre—goon goon. he was the guy who actually, really, i think, sparked demand for radio sets and he just wanted to have fun with it. this is peter eckersley. his reputation has been rather tainted by a laterflirtation with the british union of fascists, before later redeeming himself somewhat byjoining

the british war effort. but in 1922, he created britain�*s first regular radio programme. and its popularity helped inspire the creation of the bbc. and here�*s a taste of peter�*s style. you look on, i am now. dearest, the concert's ended, sad wails the heterodyne. you must soon switch off your valves, i must soon switch off mine. this is why we�*ve had to come to chelmsford, because this is the writtle hut where back in 1922 a group would gather once a week, and invented the idea of entertainment on the airwaves. broadcasting — it pretty much all began here. this is the hut where peter eckersley broadcast every tuesday. and while the hut isn�*t open to the public, chelmsford museum has created a digital version of the writtle hut to celebrate these pioneers of entertainment.

so this is the technology. what were they actually doing? what was their broadcasting? well, their brief was to kind of create experimental entertainment broadcasts. and what came out was veryjovial, very... not very bbc? not very bbc at all, no, no. it was quite anarchic in many ways. a lot of the shows almost feel like they were kind of precursors to the goon show or something like that, but kind of 40 years earlier. they were having a laugh. they really were, yeah, but they all went to the pub beforehand. oh, they went to the pub before they broadcast? as part of their planning for the programme for the evening. these were gin—fuelled broadcasts. absolutely, yes, certainly one of them was. so a bit more... not quite, we imagine sort of the bow ties and dinner suits of the early bbc. this is a bit more anarchic. absolutely, yes. you must soon switch off your valves, i must soon...

and a hundred years on, you can still hear echoes of the two men, the bbc of serious highbrow arthur versus his rather more anarchic colleague, captain eckersley. david sillito, bbc news, chelmsford. good night, cq, god bless you and keep you. ican't! god bless you, good bye, good night. now look at the weather with ben rich. early frost and fog gave way to a beautiful autumn day for most, blue skies and sunshine for many parts of the uk that changes are on the way thanks to this big swirl of cloud, an area of low pressure, quite slow moving but it will slowly take charge of our weather over the next couple of days. in the short term it�*s only talked a bit more cloud into the south—west of england,

parts of wales, the odd shower or thunderstorm here later in the day, some parts of scotland in north—east england but into this evening we will see some showers and thunderstorms across the south west of england pushing up into wells, frequent lightning, torrential downpours possible and quite windy. some of those showers perhaps drifting up into parts of northern ireland early wednesday morning, elsewhere mainly dry but with extensive cloud cover across northern and eastern scotland down into north—east england, temperatures around 6 or 7 degrees for glasgow, 15 in plymouth, a mild start to the day and this big area of low pressure takes charge tomorrow, showers drifting northwards. around this low we will be pulling warm air into many parts of the uk but towards the north—east it will stay rather chilly and quite cloudy across parts of northern and

eastern scotland, north—east england, may be the odd spot of drizzle, elsewhere some showers drifting north but losing energy as they pushed north, the best sunshine across central and eastern england, across central and eastern england, a windy day, gusty and parts of western wales, temperatures just ten in aberdeen but 22 forjersey, warm across the channel islands. then as we get into thursday we will see further showers aren�*t longer spells of rain drift north a wet start to the day potentially across southern and eastern parts of england, sunshine development for some is the day wears on and temperatures between ten and 19 degrees in that area of low pressure continues to dominate into the weekend, further showers aren�*t longer spells of rain, often windy but feeling quite warm for the time of year.

the prime minister tries to regain authority as she apologises for the mistakes she�*s made so far in number ten. reporter: how long can the prime minister last? | there were questions for ministers arriving to cabinet but liz truss insisted the bbc that he is carrying on. i will lead the conservatives into the next general election. definitely? well, look... yeah... i�*m not focused on internal debates within the conservative party. the new chancellor, jeremy hunt, is expected to tell ministers that they will need to agree savings in their departments by the end of the week. the trade union congress says uk

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