helen catt, thank ou ve of the princes. helen catt, thank you very much — of the princes.ch for that. let's go | you very much for that. let's go inside to westminster hall and see some of the people who are filing through at the moment to pay their own respects, their own personal tribute to her majesty the queen. the number is undiminished, as we have heard, during the course of the day, and these are some of the last people who will be in place before the current guard of honour around the current guard of honour around the coffin gives way for the princess royal, king charles, the earl of wessex and the duke of york, for them to stand for about 15 minutes in silent reflection on the death of their mother, keeping her company, as our grandchildren will do tomorrow evening. this building is a remarkable thing at westminster, it is the last surviving piece of the original parliament, westminster great all was erected as a banqueting suite almost 1000 years ago and has seen some of the great events of history, indeed oliver cromwell�*s head was left hanging for years outsi

helen and j your guests, thank you, helen catt.rk the occassion. our north of england correspondent, fiona trott, reports from bradford. do you remember the queen, when she came here...? a family's fond memory. we were told the protocol, not to touch her. and the swami—ji put the shawl on her. we thought he was going to get into trouble! for sarita and arshna, this was more than a royal visit — it was royal recognition. their father helped build the first hindu temple outside london. now arshna is travelling to the capital for the queen's funeral. i want to be there, because obviously my dad can't be there, and say farewell to her and thank her for her service. we'll be coming down here and watching with mum, because my son has also got the day off so we'll be coming here together to watch. i cry all that day... a bradford family or a royal family, they both know grief. so both gone, you know? dad and the queen. very sad. that's why the cathedral is opening its doors. on monday anybody can come here to watch the funeral and comfort

helen catt, bbc news, harrogate.0 pence piece, are the first to feature the king�*s portrait — with the other side commemorating the late queen elizabeth. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. the face is familiar, but we�*ve never — until now — seen it on our coins. but that, of course, is about to change. it�*s a likeness of king charles iii which appears on a new 50p piece, and, on the left here, a special commemorative £5 coin issued in tribute to his mother. there are images of the late queen on the reverse. the image of charles has been based on photographs, and it�*s been approved by him. tradition has been followed in the design. he is looking to the left, without a crown — his mother looked to the right, wearing a crown. historically, monarchs tend to look the opposite way than the previous monarch, so he�*s looking the opposite way than his mother did. and also, traditionally, men — kings — tend to not have a crown on, whereas people will remember the late queen had a crown on her effigy, and s

helen catt, bbc news.the uk's new energy plans in our business programme in around 15 minutes time. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: a great night for napoli as they beat liverpool in the champions league. george w bush: freedom itself was attacked this morning, - and freedom will be defended. the united states will hunt down and punish those responsible. bishop tutu now becomes spiritual leader of 100,000 anglicans here, of the blacks in soweto township, as well as the whites in their rich suburbs. we say to you today- in a loud and a clear voice, "enough of blood and tears. enough!" _ translation: the difficult | decision we reached together was one that required great and exceptional courage. it's an exodus of up to 60,000 people caused by the uneven pace of political change in eastern europe. lam free! this is bbc news. the latest headlines: police in canada confirm a man suspected of killing ten people in a mass stabbing has died after being arrested. trials in west africa of a new malaria vac

thank you very much, helen catt, our political correspondent at i catt, our political correspondent atnded to help people with rising energy bills — will go to those who receive tax credits. a second instalment will come during the winter. it come as a the chairty nesta speak to more than five thousand parents about the cost of living — with more than two thirds of them saying they're worried about their ability to pay for food, energy and fuel over the next year. joining me now to talk about the research is professorjenny gibson, director of fairer start at the charitable innovation foundation, nesta. thank you very much for your time. we have parental anxiety over the impact of the pandemic on their children, compounded now by anxiety over the cost of living crisis. how did parents say this had affected their summer holidays? taste did parents say this had affected their summer holidays?- did parents say this had affected their summer holidays? we got quite a bleak picture _ their summer holidays? we got quite a bleak picture back— their summer holidays? we got quite a bleak picture

helen catt, bbc news, harrogate.the first to feature the king's portrait, with the other side of the coins commemorating the late queen elizabeth. they're expected to go into circulation within weeks. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. the face is familiar, but we've never until now seen it on our coins. but that, of course, is about to change. it's a likeness of king charles iii, which appears on a new 50p piece, and, on the left here, a special commemorative £5 coin issued in tribute to his mother. there are images of the late queen on the reverse. the image of charles has been based on photographs, and it's been approved by him. tradition has been followed in the design. he is looking to the left, without a crown. his mother looked to the right, wearing a crown. historically, monarchs tend to look the opposite way than the previous monarch, so he's looking the opposite way than his mother did. and also, traditionally, men — kings — tend to not have a crown on, whereas people will remember the late

here's our political correspondent helen catt.t was an early start in downing street this morning, cameras and microphones from around the world waiting to hear borisjohnson�*s final farewell. waiting to hear borisjohnson�*s finalfarewell. as waiting to hear borisjohnson�*s final farewell. as the sun came out, so did his supporters, staff filing out of number 11, and on the other side, politicalallies, out of number 11, and on the other side, political allies, friends and family. at half seven on the dot, borisjohnson, holding hands with his wife kerry, approached the lectern. , , ., ., ~ lectern. this is it, folks, thank ou lectern. this is it, folks, thank you everybody— lectern. this is it, folks, thank you everybody for _ lectern. this is it, folks, thank you everybody for coming - lectern. this is it, folks, thank you everybody for coming out| lectern. this is it, folks, thank. you everybody for coming out so early this morning. —— carrie. in only a couple of hours, i will be in balmoral to see her majesty the queen, and the

helen catt, bbc news.nk, the resolution foundation, has published new analysis of the chancellor's announcements. its chief economist, mike brewer, gave me his assessment of the plan. this really was a budget that trashed previous treasury orthodoxy, i think. we could tell yesterday that kwasi kwarteng was spending large amounts of money, giving away so much money in tax cuts, without really thinking too hard about what that does to public finances. it is a growth or bust strategy, different from what we have seen before, and i think today it is clear that the distribution impacts are very different, even from what we have seen from previous conservative chancellors. rishi sunak boosted universal credit when he was in charge, and the coalition government in the last decade always keen to stress... this was a budget with the distributional impact clearly where the biggest gains go to those with higher incomes. the resolution foundation has described this as a southern comfort mini—budget. has levelling up g

i'm joined by our political correspondent helen catt. a range of questions and the last one we caught a bit of buzz from a black voter asking whether labour represented black people. we had questions on brexit, questions related to business on northern ireland. the issue of strikes as well. what where the key takeaways from that? , ., , ., well. what where the key takeaways from that? , ., . ., . from that? this was a chance, we have heard _ from that? this was a chance, we have heard a _ from that? this was a chance, we have heard a lot _ from that? this was a chance, we have heard a lot from _ from that? this was a chance, we have heard a lot from the - have heard a lot from the conservative contenders to be the next prime minister, this was a chance to hear a bit more from the labour leader. as you said, very early on in the programme he was asked about his position on strikes. that has been a source of tension within the labour party within recent weeks is whether or not labour should be standing full square behind strikers joining p

helen catt, bbc news.ring in liverpool for the party's annual conference. party leader sir keir starmer is promising to set out an alternative to the government's economic strategy. sir keir, welcome to liverpool. thank you very much, it's really lovely to see you all here. and after 12 long years of tory failure, didn't they just show their true colours yesterday? their thriving ideology — make the rich richer and do nothing for working people. well, this conference is our chance to set out the alternative, to make our case for an economy that works for working people, growth for everyone everywhere, wherever they are. afairer, greenerfuture. let's do it! thanks so much. are you going to reverse . the tory tax cuts, sir keir? the tory tax cuts? 0ur political correspondent, ben wright is in liverpool. good afternoon to you, ben. clearly there was already a degree of separation between labour and the government on economic policy but i think it is fair to say after yesterday's mini budget that separation wi

joining me now is our political correspondent, helen catt. we getting, helen, just how much this is costing, how it is all going to be paid for?— is costing, how it is all going to be aid for? ., ., , be paid for? the government has talked about _ be paid for? the government has talked about running _ be paid for? the government has talked about running into - be paid for? the government has talked about running into the - be paid for? the government has| talked about running into the tens of billions, but it is not putting a figure on it, and that is because they say it is too difficult to know with the weight energy costs could fluctuate during the winter. that makes it difficult to put any final costing on it, but we know it is going to be large, it is going to be a big intervention and we also know the government plans to pay for largely by borrowing. the capri smog, the business secretary, acknowledged that earlier —— jacob rees—mogg. there is a consensus in westminster that something needed to be done for business, that it should be don

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helen catt, bbc news, westminster. coming in to hirwaun from leaders around the world. the president of the eu commission is to der leyen congratulated her saying the eu in the uk are partners, we face many challenges together, from climate change to russia's invasion of ukraine. i look forward to a constructive relationship in full respect of our agreements. narendra modi said he was confident that under her leadership the partnership between india and the uk will be further strengthened. we are continuing to get reaction to her victory throughout the afternoon of course here on bbc news. let's speak to our correspondent, nick eardley, in westminster. just a broad overview, just your sense you've been getting in terms of reaction. you were there at the conference centre when it was announced. 57% of the conservative party members is the vote she won. what are people saying about that, about her mandate, about the scale or otherwise of that victory? it’s or otherwise of that victory? it's interesting _ or otherwise of

our political correspondent helen catt reports.an all—out attempt to grow the economy with the biggest tax cuts in four decades. at spitalfields market in east london, they are taking stock of a mini—budget that's ignored a massive shift in political direction. what do you make of moves like reversing the national insurance rise? will that help, do you think? i think it probably will help. to a degree. but it depends what bracket you are in in terms of income. yeah, i think it will help. i mean, it does not even touch the sides. i don't know. we will see. there is a lot to take in. the treasury is cutting the basic rate of income tax from 20p to 19p from april next year. it is abolishing the 45p top tax rate for people who earn over £150,000, as well as reversing the national insurance rise from november, and cancelling a corporation tax rise planned for next year. stamp duty will be scrapped below £250,000. the government will borrow to fund it. £231; billion this year. there is criticism from opposition politicians that those wit

damian grammaticas, bbc news, westminster. 0ur political correspondent helen catt is at the houses lets do it technically byjoining our political correspondent helen catt is at the houses of parliament now, in central lobby. freshly returned from a meeting of backbenchers with their new prime minister. can i assume they gave her the traditional welcome? yes. minister. can i assume they gave her the traditional welcome?— the traditionalwelcome? yes, of course, the traditionalwelcome? yes, of course. the _ the traditionalwelcome? yes, of course, the banging _ the traditionalwelcome? yes, of course, the banging of _ the traditionalwelcome? yes, of course, the banging of desks. i the traditional welcome? yes, of. course, the banging of desks. what conservative mps attending the 1922 backbench committee generally do to show their approval. there was a lot of that. to be fair, there is always quite a lot of desk banging or usually is that these things. the key thing is what they were saying when they came out of that meeting, they did seem to be a generally fairly good vibe for those mps leav

our political correspondent helen catt reports. good evening, thank you.evening, thank you. it's fantastic to be _ good evening, thank you. it's fantastic to be here. four- good evening, thank you. it's - fantastic to be here. four weeks, liz truss and _ fantastic to be here. four weeks, liz truss and rishi _ fantastic to be here. four weeks, liz truss and rishi sunak - fantastic to be here. four weeks, liz truss and rishi sunak have i liz truss and rishi sunak have toured the country.— liz truss and rishi sunak have toured the country. good evening, it's fantastic _ toured the country. good evening, it's fantastic to _ toured the country. good evening, it's fantastic to be _ toured the country. good evening, it's fantastic to be here. _ toured the country. good evening, it's fantastic to be here. here - toured the country. good evening, it's fantastic to be here. here in i it's fantastic to be here. here in darlington. .. _ it's fantastic to be here. here in darlington... here, _ it's fantastic to be here. here in darlington... here, in— it's fantastic to

helen catt, bbc news, westminster. with me is our business correspondent, noor nanji. get this announcement in the next couple of hours. not everyone's bills are the same, and some people will pay more than £2500 cap. it is same, and some people will pay more than £2500 cap-— than £2500 cap. it is complicated, as with all these policy announcements when economists will be poring over the details and a couple of hours' time. but we know energy bills are going up, and have been for some time. that has been fuelled further by the war in ukraine. what we have coming up in october is a further rise to typical household energy bills. that is when that price cap for england, scotland and wales is going to be introduced. currently, typical household bills are around £2000 but they are set to go to just over £3500 per year, in october, but what we know then is that liz truss, we expect, will announce plans to limit that rise. so it is understood that under the plans, these bills would be capped at around £2500, higher than where we are now, but also lower than where we thought

helen catt, bbc news, westminster.orrespondent, iain watson. there can sometimes be a thing about numbers. you say 100 billion often enough and you get used to the number. these are extraordinary sums of money we are talking about. it is of money we are talking about. it is difficult to get _ of money we are talking about. it is difficult to get your head around the scale — difficult to get your head around the scale of it and what is interesting is notjust a huge cost likely— interesting is notjust a huge cost likely to — interesting is notjust a huge cost likely to be attached to government intervention in the market, but also these _ intervention in the market, but also these ideological and political dividing lines between the parties because _ dividing lines between the parties because clearly if you are going to limit people's typical household bills to — limit people's typical household bills to two and a half thousand pounds — bills to two and a half thousand pounds per year it has to be paid for one _ pounds p

ben king, bbc news, reading. 0ur political correspondent helen catt is here for us. is your sense of the reaction to what is your sense of the reaction to this. it what is your sense of the reaction to this. , . .., what is your sense of the reaction tothis. ,. ,, to this. it is critical because most --eole to this. it is critical because most peeple can _ to this. it is critical because most peeple can see — to this. it is critical because most peeple can see it _ to this. it is critical because most people can see it is _ to this. it is critical because most people can see it is benefiting - to this. it is critical because most| people can see it is benefiting the better off. it is notjust opinion, think tanks have lifted this and said, yes, the tax cuts put in place are benefiting the better off more. we heard labour's reaction from angela rayner, it was rewarding the already wealthy. the lib dems saying it is a recipe for disaster. the snp saying not enough was being done for people on low incomes. and the reaction among conservative mps has been interesting. it

let's talk to our political correspondent helen catt. hi there, helen.d we get from today, what hence did we get from today, what hence did we get about what kind of prime minister liz truss is going to be? i think as you heard chris say there we have seen a change in style. during her campaign, herwords were deliver, deliver, deliverand i think what she wants to do is portray herself as a prime minister that will get on and get things done. so it is cutting the flourishes, but putting on very practically. and that does seem to have played quite well among her mps. i was talking to some conservative mps this afternoon after she had been addressing them, the i922 after she had been addressing them, the 1922 committee, she went to meet them and addressed in this afternoon. i had dressed spoke to them and what a shame of liz truss all through or whether they had been all through or whether they had been a supporter of rishi sunak, the way she handled prime minister's questions today, they seem to have gone down pretty well. one had told my colleague that no

our political correspondent helen catt reports. good evening, thank you. it's fantastic to be here., liz truss and rishi sunak have toured the country. good evening, it's fantastic to be here. here in darlington... it's fantastic to be here... here, in eastbourne. gosh, it's fantastic to be here... in birmingham. racking up miles, and, they hope, votes from conservative party members. i think liz truss is the right candidate for the job, - she has a bold economic plan. i do hope rishi will make a comeback. between them they've made dozens of policy pledges. what i will do from day one is reduce taxes. i'm the candidate in this contest who can say the nhs will be safe in my hands. on monday we'll find out which of them will have to deliver on their promises. liz truss is the favourite but it's a grim picture waiting for whoever wins. look, i think we are going to have so many challenges over the coming weeks from the high cost of inflation to the lower value of the pound, we still have challenges from brexit, for many small companies as well. we have so many ongoing issues, so a supp

let's talk to our political correspondent helen catt.ry keen to point the finger of blame at previous leadership saying they simply did not invest enough in power when it was needed but the point is this current investment will not come online for many, many years, and will not solve the current energy crisis. you are right and that is because it will take a long time to build so even if it were to be given the go—ahead, would still take 15 years to build so borisjohnson�*s speech went very heavy on criticising previous governments for what he called short—term ism and myopia. he compared the number to india and france in the number they have to bring on, so this government has said it would invest in nuclear and its energy strategy which was released earlier this year is committed, are set out in ambition rather to progress eight new nuclear reactors by 2030, it wants one of them to be over the line by 2024, them to be over the line by 2024, the end of this parliament, and they set aside £i.7 the end of this parliament, and they set asi

more on that, and the leadership hustings last night, i'm joined by our political correspondent helen cattlast of many hustings in this leadership contest. everyone is looking for hints and ideas on what the next prime minister, whether it is rishi sunak or liz truss, is going to do to help with the energy bill crisis and the cost of living crisis. liz truss has been writing in the sun newspaper today. any more clues there?— clues there? yes, this morning is her clearest _ clues there? yes, this morning is her clearest indication _ clues there? yes, this morning is her clearest indication yet - clues there? yes, this morning is her clearest indication yet that i clues there? yes, this morning is l her clearest indication yet that she is going to give some kind of support to people. she wrote in the sun newspaper that she would deliver immediate support to ensure people would not face unaffordable fuel bills this winter. she said she would be robust in her approach. that is seen as the clearest indication yet that that will mean more payouts. 0f indication yet that that will mean more payou

i'm joined by our political correspondent helen catt. from that? this was a chance, we have heard a lot from _ from that? this was a chance, we have heard a lot from the - have heard a lot from the conservative contenders to be the next prime minister, this

helen catt, bbc news, westminster.athalie thomas, energy correspondent at the financial times. thank you for coming in. we are auoin to thank you for coming in. we are going to get _ thank you for coming in. we are going to get this _ thank you for coming in. we are going to get this big _ thank you for coming in. we are - going to get this big announcement and just over one hour. please explain this price cap, because not everyone's bills are the same. the rice ca- everyone's bills are the same. the price cap came _ everyone's bills are the same. tue: price cap came in everyone's bills are the same. tte: price cap came in in everyone's bills are the same. t'te: price cap came in in britain everyone's bills are the same. tte: price cap came in in britain in the start of 2019. it dictates the maximum price per unit of electricity or gas that suppliers can charge households. initially, it was reallyjust can charge households. initially, it was really just to can charge households. initially, it was reallyjust to protect

helen catt, our political correspondent at westminster.y's vice president, cristina fernandez de kirchner, was threatened with a gun outside her home in the capital buenos aires. a gun was held inches from ms kirchner�*s head, but no shots were fired and she was unharmed. —— but it didn't fire. argentina's economy minister has called the incident an attempted assassination. louisa pilbeam has the latest unaware of the danger, the vice president speaks to supporters, then sees a gun in herface. the trigger is pulled and she recoils. a gun loaded with five bullets. cristina fernandez de kirchner was quitting supporters outside her home in buenos aires. —— was greeting supporters. an assassination attempt, says the current president. translation: cristina is alive because, for a reason not - technically confirmed, the gun, which contained five bullets, did not fire despite the trigger having been pulled. why that trigger was pulled could be related to a court case which drew these crowds. a show of support for kirchner who is embroiled in a c

helen catt, bbc news, westminster.to date-— especially for liz truss. bring us utodate. ., ., i. , up to date. normally on these days it is all over — up to date. normally on these days it is all over in _ up to date. normally on these days it is all over in a _ up to date. normally on these days it is all over in a flash _ up to date. normally on these days it is all over in a flash in _ up to date. normally on these days it is all over in a flash in the - it is all over in a flash in the people you see clapping go back in and leave out the back door. today is a longer process because both borisjohnson and liz is a longer process because both boris johnson and liz truss is a longer process because both borisjohnson and liz truss are travelling to aberdeenshire to see the queen at balmoral but in a couple of hours, we are going to see liz truss here and it's a moment of history, it's a big political moment for her and the country because it is where the new prime minister gets a chance to set out her vision. there will

helen catt, bbc news, westminster.me minister liz truss shaking hands with the queen at balmoral, a very powerful image and one that the queen is used to, of course, in terms of welcoming new prime ministers, the kissing of hands as it's formally known although it was a handshake there and the queen probably reflecting on the fact that this is the 15th prime minister that she has dealt with in her long reign. it's the fourth conservative prime minister in the space ofjust six years so there has been quite a lot of change over the past six years since david cameron emerged from this big famous door and resigned back in 2016 after that brexit referendum. plenty to talk about. our chief correspondent is with us. over the next couple of hours, we are expecting liz truss to be making her way back to downing street. ,, �* , ., be making her way back to downing street. ,, �*, ., . ~ ., street. she's on her way back to london at _ street. she's on her way back to london at the _ street. she's on her way back to london at the m

ben king, bbc news, redding. 0ur political correspondent helen catt is in westminster for us this morningo this package of measures? despite what the chancellor says, opposition parties do see this as a gamble and they are particularly focusing on some of that analysis showing that tax cuts announced yesterday are benefiting the better. labour has said this is rewarding the already wealthy. the snp saying that it doesn't do enough for those on low incomes. and the position among conservative mps is pretty split, and a sense that is no surprise because we saw over the course of the leadership contest in the summer that the economy was going to be the big dividing line so those who supported rishi sunak and thought his approach was the right want to do with the economy aren't going to change their mind overnight. so you have some conservative mps welcoming this, seeing this as a return to full fact conservatism, if you like. there are measures in at the most conservative mps lie, even those unsure about this as a direction overall but there are a number of conservative mps who are very nerv

our political correspondent, helen catt, joins us now from westminster. good morning.ests started with mp5 whittling it down to the final two candidates but since then, the final two, rishi sunak and liz truss, have been battling it out to get votes from the members. as you said, that closes this afternoon at 5pm. they will be counted on the winner will be announced on monday. since it's been put out the membership, there's been put out the membership, there's been a series of polls and they have suggested liz truss has consistently been quite some way in front and when you talk to people on team rishi sunak he will say he's gone down well at the hustings but is widely expected to be liz truss who is going to win on monday. the announcement comes at lunchtime on monday. they won't have long to get used to the idea, though, because on tuesday, the winner will be appointed prime minister after boris johnson has formally resigned and they will be thrown straight into that whole process of appointing ministers, setting up the government, as well as against the backdrop of

our political correspondent, helen catt is in central lobby.out the conservative benches they cause she is the i ok. what about the conservative i benches they cause she is the prime minister who had only 50, 357 mp5 backing her, some managed to be dismissive of her as a cabinet minister until the last year or so and some wondered whether or not the conservative benches would be as supportive of her in the weeks and months ahead given the rather difficult set of economic political situations she will have to deal with. ., . . . with. you are right that the margin of victory she _ with. you are right that the margin of victory she had _ with. you are right that the margin of victory she had was _ with. you are right that the margin of victory she had was lower - with. you are right that the margin of victory she had was lower than i of victory she had was lower than previously does have had when they�*ve gone out to the membership and in the first initial rounds of voting, it was naught her who came out on top of the empty ballot so she is start

joining me now is our political correspondent, helen catt.ssure on the government to do something to help business through the energy crisis. talk to us about the politics of this announcement. you talk to us about the politics of this announcement.— talk to us about the politics of this announcement. you are right, there was huge — this announcement. you are right, there was huge pressure, - there was huge pressure, particularly when the government announced what it was going to do for households. a few weeks ago they announced to do what they would do for households, capping their energy bills, but at that time there was no help coming for businesses, no help announced at the time, rather, for businesses. but business is at that same time were starting to see their bills rise very rapidly. so there was enormous pressure for the government to come up with something and that is what they have decided. they say that it is broadly equivalent, in the way they have approached it, to the way they have approached it, to the way they have approached