tonight, bringing you insight and expertise is tech entrepreneur alex depledge, she introduced the chancellor on stage at the labour party conference last autumn, also with us — rupert harrison, economist and former chief of staff to conservative chancellor george osborne. in a moment, we'll talk to the ceo of sage, which provides backoffice software for small and medium—sized businesses and is one of the uk's biggest employers. he had breakfast with the chancellor and pm in downing street this morning. is he convinced by the latest growth talk from them? nick is also here. of course. news from the -- from the of course. news from the —— from the treasury. of course. news from the -- from the treasury. the of course. news from the -- from the treasu . ., . ., ., , , . treasury. the chancellor in a speech tomorrow says _ treasury. the chancellor in a speech tomorrow says they _ treasury. the chancellor in a speech tomorrow says they will _ treasury. the chancellor in a speech tomorrow says they will go - treasury. the chancellor in a speech tomorrow says they will go further i tomorrow says th

on the newsnight panel tonight: the ceo of the co—operative group shirine khoury—haq, alex depledge,trepreneur and ceo — another one — of resi, the uk's largest residential architectural practice and sir anthony seldon, political historian and educationalist. for days, the government said there was no need for a national inquiry into child grooming gangs. that position changed today. not quite a u—turn but definitely something different from what went before. in parliament, the home secretary yvette cooper announced five local inquiries which will have central government backing. and baroness louise casey — the go—to person for inquiries — will carry out what's described as an "audit" of what we know about the phenomenon. that'll include race and ethnicity. the tories called it inadequate, but the billionaire elon musk, who's posted a lot about this on his social nextwork x, gave it all a cautious welcome. anthony, you've written several books about the occupants of number ten so you are a keen student of the u—turn. does today count? you ten so you are a keen student of the u-turn.