damian grammaticas. — happening over this weekend.over this weekend. damian grammaticas, thank you _ happening over this weekend. damian grammaticas, thank you for _ happening over this weekend. damian grammaticas, thank you for now. - well, as the public come to terms with the prospect of a new prime minister, our correspondent phil mackie has been guaging the reaction in the town of bridgnorth, in the conservative—held constituency of ludlow. so it will be weird if boris does come back. there's only one thing they're talking about in bridgnorth today. i'd take boris back. we certainly don't need a general election. it's not easy for ordinary voters, so imagine what it's like if you're a conservative councillor. we've been through every emotion, let's be honest, | over the last few weeks. you go from anger to frustration to despair, and then— i think yesterday there was a sense of relief. i and relief becausel this can't continue. you know, for every hard—working conservative councillor— it was embarrassing, i and we are now relieved

damian grammaticas had this update.tical correspondent damian grammaticas had this update. what we don't have is — grammaticas had this update. what we don't have is any _ grammaticas had this update. what we don't have is any campaign, _ grammaticas had this update. what we don't have is any campaign, we're - don't have is any campaign, we're not going to get any campaign to get people to reduce energy usage this winter. in contrast to the european countries which are taking measures to do that. i understand that in the department for business they had been working for some time, they say, and had a very reasonably developed plan to get people to reduce their energy. but i have been told downing street and the department of health put a stop to it. the department of health sources said they didn't play any specific role in it but would have had concerns about elderly people being afraid to turn their heating. downing street, they are saying they are confident that our energy supplies to get people through the winter. t

damian grammaticas.nian government says almost one and a half million households are without power, following another barrage by russian missiles on civilian energy facilities. the national electricity operator said the latest strikes could have caused more damage than the intense bombardment, lasting several days earlier this month. here's the latest from our correspondent, hugo bachega. the ukrainian presidential office said around 1.5 million households across the country are without power following this morning's attacks, and the ukrainian airforce said russian forces had fired 33 cruise missiles, but that 18 of those missiles had been intercepted by the air defence systems. today's attacks targeted energy infrastructure in regions away from the front line, like lutsk in the north—west, cherkasy in central ukraine, and also 0desa in the south, where at least three people were injured as a result of those attacks. officials say the damage caused by the latest air strikes might exceed the consequences

damian grammaticas, bbc news.china's former leader, hujintao, being removed from the stage of the communist party congress is drawing global attention. mr hu — who is 79 — was sitting beside president xijinping when he was led away by officials. chinese state media blamed ill health for the incident. our correspondent stephen mcdonell has more from beijing. the first thing you notice from these incredible events in the great hall of the people is that china's former leader when asked to leave doesn't want to go, and you have to ask yourself, why, what is going on? because he represents a type of government so different to the way things are done now. a period of opening up to the outside world, collective leadership, speculation has first turned to the possibility that this was a piece of political theatre, that he was being symbolically removed to show who is really in charge. but then when you look at the footage more closely, he doesn't seem to be well, at times he doesn't seem to know what's going on. if there

damian grammaticas, bbc news. 0ur chief political correspondent nick eardley is in birmingham.did it no down? ., , ., go down? it went down well, you would probably — go down? it went down well, you would probably expect _ go down? it went down well, you would probably expect that - go down? it went down well, you would probably expect that with l go down? it went down well, you| would probably expect that with a home crowd, but after the week liz truss has had, i suspect she will take all the victory she can get. now, this wasn't a speech that was filled with policy, with new ideas, and at times it felt high on rhetoric, thin on detail, but, in some ways, that was probably deliberate, after the tumultuous couple of weeks that the uk economy has had, liz truss wanted to remind her party and voters what her plan was, low tax, low regulation, to drive economic growth. it is no accident that, in that short speech of only about 35 minutes, she mentioned the word growth, no fewer than 29 times. i suspect, as liz truss leaves this conference, she will be relieved at how that speech w

damian grammaticas, bbc news. bbc estimates that more than half of tory mps have gone public with their support. as you've heard, rishi sunak has passed the key threshold of 100 backers and is on 117, borisjohnson has 52 and penny mordaunt 22. it's worth pointing out that these are the numbers the bbc can verify — others may have different information. some of these mps are making it public and posting on social media to try to build support for their preferred candidate. borisjohnson�*s former chief of staff, steve barclay, says he's backing rishi sunak — saying the former chancellor is best placed to deal with the country's economic challenges. ex—home secretary, priti patel has tweeted her support for borisjohnson, saying he can "bring together a united team" and "lead britain to a stronger and more prosperous future". meanwhile andrea leadsom, previously business secretary and leader of the commons, says she wants penny mordaunt to become leader, saying she has "experience, compassion and determination to be o

damian grammaticas, bbc news.ondent damian grammaticas has been following the latest from westminster. the bbc has been told that those two men are the front runners and they have been meeting tonight. we don't know anything about what it may be about but you could reasonably ask yourself why they would want to meet at this point. possibly, you could assume, to salvage or come to accommodation. we know that rishi sunak has crucial momentum and is well past the threshold he needs. it is very unlikely that he would be in any mood to stand aside. perhaps he would like to see some sort of accommodation for mrjohnson but borisjohnson�*s mrjohnson but boris johnson's best mrjohnson but borisjohnson�*s best hope to try to take it to a vote of the party membership where he may feel he would get some support. but when it was put out that he might have a hundred votes and they were asked to show the names they were unable to. we only have them on 50 and the momentum at them on 50 and the momentum at the moment seems with ri

damian grammaticas - by then. or he will have to stand - aside. damian grammaticas reporting.e in the conservative consituency of peterborough. here are some alternative candidates who are being put up for election. torrential rain disrupted this morning's scarecrow contest and politics too, overshadowed by the search for a new figurehead. it’s politics too, overshadowed by the search for a new figurehead. it's an absolute shambles _ search for a new figurehead. it's an absolute shambles and _ search for a new figurehead. it's an absolute shambles and i _ search for a new figurehead. it's an absolute shambles and i would - search for a new figurehead. it's an absolute shambles and i would like j absolute shambles and i would like to see a general election so that we can choose, because i think to continually have a new prime minister is that nobody apart from a minority have voted upon is grossly unfair. . f , ~ minority have voted upon is grossly unfair. . ~ , unfair. the city's mp says his constituents _ unfair. the city's mp says his constituents want _ unfair. the city's m

damian grammaticas, thank ou.ales have voted to call off their long running strike, after accepting a new 15% pay offer from the government. the walk—out by the criminal bar association has led to hundreds of court cases being delayed. our legal correspondent dominic casciani has this report. almost six months of unprecedented industrial action. barristers, a pillar of the establishment, ratcheting up pressure on ministers to pay them more, leading to a total walk—out last month. the impact has been profound. trials of alleged murderers, rapists and thieves across england and wales put back, justice delayed, victims in limbo. but now, weeks after a change at the top of government, a breakthrough, leading to the criminal bar association suspending its action. barristers have narrowly accepted a new government package that pays almost criminal trials. there will be a 15% increase in fees for defence work which also applies to the backlog of 60,000 cases. there will also be talks on a formal pay review body to stop f

our political correspondent damian grammaticas has been following events.ou running for the leadership? he was tight—lipped this morning, but rishi sunak clearly has a well of support among conservative mps — more than 100 now publicly backing him. and that sets up the extraordinary possibility he could face off against the man he helped bring down. borisjohnson, flying back from a caribbean holiday for a possible political comeback. it's just over four months since mrjohnson faced a revolt by his own mps and a confidence vote. the vote in favour of having confidence in borisjohnson as leader was 211 votes and the vote against him was 148 votes. more than 40% of his mps had no confidence in him then. dozens then resigned from his government. but some now say they want him to return. what we've seen in the last few days is that some of the mps who resigned, some of the mps who called for boris to go at the start of the summer have now said that they would like to see him put himself forward. they've admitted that they were wrong — and i know there are many o

damian grammaticas, bbc news.ed earlier, the bbc estimates that more than half of tory mps have gone public with their support, and there's now an update on our tally. rishi sunak has passed the key threshold of 100 backers and is on 128, borisjohnson has 53 and penny mordaunt 23. it's worth again pointing out that these are the numbers the bbc can verify, others may have different information. that means 153 conservative mps are yet to say who they'll be voting for, with a total of 357 tory members of parliament up for grabs. 0ur correspondent damian grammaticus has been following the latest from westminster, in particular, that potential meeting between rishi sunak and boris johnson. potential meeting between rishi sunak and borisjohnson. the bbc has been told that rishi sunak and boris johnson have been meeting tonight. we don't know anything about what it might be about but you could reasonably ask yourself, why would they want to meet at this point? possibly you could assume maybe to sound each other out, per

damian grammaticas, bbc news.entioned earlier, the bbc estimates that more than half of tory mps have gone public with their support, and there's now an update on our tally. rishi sunak has passed the key threshold of 100 backers and is on 127, borisjohnson has 53 and penny mordaunt 23. it's worth — again — pointing out that these are the numbers the bbc can verify. others may have different information. that means 154 conservative mps are yet to say who they'll be voting for, with a total of 357 tory members of parliament up for grabs. more on that in the programme. president volodymyr zelensky has denounced renewed russian attacks on ukraine's energy infrastructure as an attempt to break his country. he said the world had to stop the terror. kyiv says almost one and a half million households are without power, following another barrage by russian missiles on civilian energy facilities. the national electricity operator said the latest strikes could have caused more damage than the intense bombardment lasting sev

damian grammaticas, bbc news. estimates that more than half of tory mps have gone public with their support. as you've heard, rishi sunak has passed the key threshold of 100 backers and is on 122, borisjohnson has 53 and penny mordaunt 23. it's worth pointing out that these are the numbers the bbc can verify — others may have different information. that means 159 conservative mps are yet to say who they'll be voting for, with a total of 357 tory members of parliament up for grabs. earlier i spoke with conservative peer, lord marland and asked him who is his preferred candidate. i don't have one. i prefer boris not to stand because i don't think the time is right for him. and i have suggested to him accordingly. there is still the inquiry going on, but you knows what the result is going to be. i don't think there is enough distance between his past tenure and now. so i have suggested that perhaps it's a good time for him not to stand and to continue put pay in the loft as he so aptly described it. what was his resp

damian grammaticas, bbc news.ll that performance have helped her? there are two ways this could have panned out. one was that something really bad happened for the prime minister at prime minister's questions and it hastened the need that conservative mps felt to get rid of her. i don't think that happened over the past hour. rid of her. i don't think that happene could ”kept—2st hour. rid of her. i don't think that happene could have rest hour. that of the mean of the mean that the day day at the moment, i there day at the moment, i there will iay at the moment, i there will be at the moment, i there will be a : the moment, i there will be a bite moment, i there will be a bit of 1oment, i there will be a bit of a yment, i think there will be a bit of a sigh of relief at number 10 about how that went. we heard that there was a commitment now to raise pensions in line with inflation, but nothing on benefits? no, there wasn't. there is still no commitment to increase benefits by inflation just up the explanation we

damian grammaticas, bbc news. what do voters make of the turbulent events in westminster?cksbridge in south yorkshire to find out. as mps are back in their constituencies this weekend, many will find out if what's happening in westminster is the talk of their town. i think that we've lost faith in all the politicians, labour or conservative, and i think it's time that we need to get a bit more stance within the country again, a bit of stability back. i've been in spain last week on holiday and all the spanish people and german people keep saying, "what's wrong with your country? " well, we've been. talking nothing else. it is the backstabbing and that's the problem. this constituency has this rural market town of penistone and the industrial steelworks in stocksbridge nearby. historically labour, it turned conservative in 2019. the local mp, miriam cates, says she has huge admiration for borisjohnson, but she's backing rishi sunakfor leader. but some business owners say they're more bothered about getting support soon. the main thing is energy bills at the moment, that's w

damian grammaticas, bbc news. let's talk to iain watson now.s a fighter and not a quitter but what did you make of her performance at prime minister's questions and i suppose more importantly, what did conservative mps make of her performance?— conservative mps make of her performance? their views on her performance were divided, - performance? their views on her performance were divided, as . performance? their views on her| performance were divided, as you performance? their views on her - performance were divided, as you can imagine, the party is divided over whether or how long she should remain in number10. whether or how long she should remain in number 10. someone who supported her, whojust last week put his hands over his eyes during her press conference, when she was announcing a further u—turn on corporation tax, he said she has done so much better this week, we think we can get her through to october the 31st, that is when the chancellor makes his statement on those spending cuts that will be outlined at that stage and then he said t

i'm joined now by our political correspondent damian grammaticas.ome extent of the stability and continuity. although it looks like that is what rishi sunak is trying to achieve given people like james gallery imposed imposed, people like ben wallace in post, keeping jeremy hunt imposed. wallace in post, keeping jeremy hunt imosed. , ., , wallace in post, keeping jeremy hunt imosed. ,, , .,, ., ,, imposed. there you see the top “obs -- and james _ imposed. there you see the top “obs -- and james cleverly. i imposed. there you see the top “obs -- and james cleverly. rishi h imposed. there you see the topjobs -- and james cleverly. rishi sunak. —— and james cleverly. rishi sunak identified and his speech, number one priority, economic stability. so what do we see there? we seejeremy hunt stays as chancellor, no surprise there. he is working on that financial plan that he is going to unveil on monday. all seems to be on track there. but clearly, rishi sunak doesn't want any disruption there, he wants to send the message that he is getting on top of thi

damian grammaticas, bbc news. we will take a few minutes to get reaction to that speech., i will speak to someone who was in the hall listening to that speech. earlier, we heard from seb payne, whitehall editor for the financial times. he told us about the message the prime minister wanted to convey in her speech. the because she put out is her radical economic agenda, and you heard it in her slogan, which was, growth, growth, growth, and she set out what was an antigrowth economic group, it was her enemies, all the kind of people who have come out opposing the tax—cutting agenda, the small state programme she has been trying to pursue. so it was very a logical speech but also pretty personal one too. liz truss did talk a lot about her upbringing, about shops being boarded up, in paisley in scotland, where she spent some her childhood, so this was her chance to introduce her to the wider party in the nation. she has done that, but she has had to reflect the market turmoil that followed that mini budget last week, and it has been a very traumatic conservative party confere

let's get the latest from correspondent damian grammaticas.will come to the choreography tomorrow, but the visage of united or die, he really has to. damian you look at the conservative party's poll ratings, they are at lowe's they have not seen in a couple of decades. really far down in the polls, facing dozens of mps, maybe more than that, fearing they might face a white out if there was an election. part of the reason liz truss is gone is that whole disquiet. that is one thing, yes, rishi sunak has to address. he was talking about the urgency of the economic crisis and political crisis. the two are totally interlink. we have seen the disastrous budget that liz truss presented crashing the market response. and then followed by soaring interest rates. this is one of the big thing rishi sunak will have to face up to the huge economic problems, soaring inflation, energy bills. i was talking earlier to one who could be on his economic team who said that the trouble is it has been made worse by the actions of the conservative government in the la

damian grammaticas, bbc news.itical correspondent, ione wells. at the conference. we know what you want to achieve but the question on medical�*s clips is how? that want to achieve but the question on medical's clips is how?— medical's clips is how? that is riaht medical's clips is how? that is ri . ht and medical's clips is how? that is right and one _ medical's clips is how? that is right and one of _ medical's clips is how? that is right and one of the _ medical's clips is how? that is right and one of the big - medical's clips is how? that is. right and one of the big barriers she has faced at the moment as opposition from her own party. she walked on stage to the song moving on up wear out the lyrics say nothing can stop me but we've seen an example of people doing just that. it started with widespread... about tax for the highest earners leading to a u—turn about that plan. we know the latest row brewing in the parliamentary party is whether or not to raise benefit in line with inflation or raise them in lin

damian grammaticas, bbc news. what damian grammaticus had to say about this reported meeting. the bbc has been told that rishi sunak and borisjohnson have been meeting tonight. we don't know anything about what it might be about but you could reasonably ask yourself, why would they want to meet at this point? possibly you could assume maybe to sound each other out, perhaps to try to come to some sort of an accommodation. we know that rishi sunak has what is crucial in a race like this, momentum, he is well past that threshold that he needs, it seems very unlikely that he would be in any mood to stand aside, perhaps he could be trying to seek some sort of accommodation from mrjohnson, but borisjohnson�*s best hope might be to try to take it to a vote of the party membership where he might feel he would get some support. but when it was suggested that he might have the 100 votes today, they were asked to show the names, they have not been able to, we only have them on 50, the momentum at the minute seems to be with

damian grammaticas, bbc news. let's talk to our political correspondent helen catt.onder if that was a message to her own tory mps, some of whom want to get rid of her? yes, iuite a whom want to get rid of her? yes, quite a lot — whom want to get rid of her? yes, quite a lot of— whom want to get rid of her? yes, quite a lot of them _ whom want to get rid of her? yes, quite a lot of them want _ whom want to get rid of her? yes, quite a lot of them want to - whom want to get rid of her? i'eis quite a lot of them want to get whom want to get rid of her? isis quite a lot of them want to get rid of her, according to them privately, or certainly don't think she will be there to lead them into the next election as she told the bbc earlier this week that she would be. so yes, i think that was an attempt at a display of strength, if you like, saying she is a fighter, not a quitter, that she intends to stay on despite much of her programme of government having been overturned. yes, i think you are right, it is a message to the backbenches. and yes, i think you are right, it is

let's speak to our political correspondent damian grammaticas at westminster.onight? in the last few minutes, the rishi sunak campaign are saying they believed they now have 100 publicly declared supporters among mps for him. that is the crucial mark. his campaign and his supporters are trying to paint him, they say, as a serious person for serious times. the bbc has been running its own tally of public support and declarations. penny mordaunt is the only one so far who has put her name in the ring. a short time ago, the bbc had heard about 20 or so declarations of support and her backers are trying to position her as a sort of centre candidate who they say could unify the party, but many eyes this evening on a flight potentially leaving the dominican republic, perhaps bring about boris johnson here. one of his supporters saying he is coming home and he is “p saying he is coming home and he is up for it. they believe he is an election winner who could try and help them hold on to their seats, but that prospect is proving very divisive in the party. it's not cle

i want to turn back to damian grammaticas.e of the response and thank you for parting on the nadhim zahawi tweet, what are they making of it? ~ ., ., zahawi tweet, what are they making of it? . ., ., ., zahawi tweet, what are they making ofit? ., ., ., , ., of it? well, a lot of people are sce tical of it? well, a lot of people are sceptical that _ of it? well, a lot of people are sceptical that whether - of it? well, a lot of people are sceptical that whether boris i of it? well, a lot of people are - sceptical that whether boris johnson mother might have had ——johnson might�*ve had the right number of nominations, he states in his letter that he did. he nominations, he states in his letter that he did-— that he did. he confirms he did. yes, he confirms _ that he did. he confirms he did. yes, he confirms and _ that he did. he confirms he did. yes, he confirms and he - that he did. he confirms he did. yes, he confirms and he is - that he did. he confirms he did. - yes, he confirms and he is cleared, but the hurdle of nominatio

penny mordaunt was the first to formally declare, on friday. 0ur political correspondent damian grammaticasnak clearly has a well of support among conservative mps — more than 100 now publicly backing him. and that sets up the extraordinary possibility

our political correspondent damian grammaticas reports.irst thing on rishi sunak�*s first full day, his new cabinet assembled. it's not really that new, though. the top jobs, like the chancellorjeremy hunt, have mostly stayed the same. many are stalwarts from borisjohnson and liz truss's time. for some, this is a team who are ready from day one. for detractors, it's a retread — old faces, so where will the new ideas come from? this appointment has drawn much criticism. suella braverman, back as home secretary, less than a week after she was forced out for breaching ministerial rules. behind the smiles, there are serious problems to deal with. so the first decision was to delay next week's announcement on fixing the mess in government finances. the question is how you deal with that turbulence, to make sure that the very, very important and very difficult decisions that i and the prime minister have to make are the right ones, decisions that stand the test of time and do the right thing for people at home, who are worried about their mortga

damian grammaticas, bbc news, westminster.e in the race to be the next leader of the tory party and prime minister but his team this morning say they are taking nothing for granted, granted the campaigning continues as does the campaigning continues as does the campaigning continues as does the campaigning by penny mordaunt�*s team. priti patel hasjust the campaigning by penny mordaunt�*s team. priti patel has just come out in support of rishi sunak, tweeting... interestingly, if you scroll down just two tweets ago, yesterday she tweeted i am backing borisjohnson to return as our prime minister, to bring together a united team to deliver our manifesto and lead britain to a stronger and more prosperous future. that is basically the flavour of what is going on here, of course, because the shifting alliances and the fact that borisjohnson was in the running and then wasn't an said last night he was bowing out because that was the right thing to do, he could not unite the party behind him. let's bring in lord forsyth, former secre

with me is our political correspondent, damian grammaticas.unity or die, the short message from sunak today. has he got the unity of the tory party? i sunak today. has he got the unity of the tory party?— the tory party? i was talking to some tory _ the tory party? i was talking to some tory mps _ the tory party? i was talking to some tory mstust _ the tory party? i was talking to some tory mstust after - the tory party? i was talking to some tory mstust after he i the tory party? i was talking to i some tory mstust after he made some tory mps just after he made that speech to them and then his first televised address, and i have to say that there was a sense from those mps of real relief, and a belief they thought the party was more united than they had seen it for a long time. one of them said at last we have grown up in charge, another one said to me i can now look my constituents in the eye and tell them back what my leader says. the question i put to them are that borisjohnson supporters thought he had brought down orjohnson earlier in th

damian grammaticas, bbc news, westminster. have to feel sorry for the newspapers that were probablyjust going to press at nine o'clock last night when boris johnson released a statement saying he was withdrawing from the race and then had to go back to their laptops and start printing and writing again. here are the front pages. the monday morning paper is carefully amended and updated. the daily telegraph is now saying rishi sunak is set to become pm asjohnson pulls out. all the papers seem to agree. in the sand,, rishi sunak set to be our next prime minister. in the times, sunak set for number 10 as johnson quits the race. we have not heard from him yet, have we? maybe we will get an on camera statement today. basic simple text on a tweet yesterday saying he was entering the race. let's discuss this in more detail with nick adley. morning. the papers all seem to say it is today and it is that is the overwhelming likelihood at the moment. he overwhelming likelihood at the moment. , , ., ., moment. he is miles ahead when it co

our first report is from our political correspondent damian grammaticas. thing on rishi sunak�*s first full day, his new cabinet assembled, it is not really that new, though. the top jobs, it is not really that new, though. the topjobs, like it is not really that new, though. the top jobs, like the chancellor, jeremy hunt, have mostly stayed the same. many are still watts from borisjohnson and liz same. many are still watts from boris johnson and liz truss�*s same. many are still watts from borisjohnson and liz truss�*s time. for some, this is a team who are ready from day one. for detractors, it is old faces. so where will the new ideas come from? this appointment has drawn much criticism, suella braverman, back as home secretary less than a week after she was forced out for breaching ministerial rules. behind the smiles, there are serious problems to deal with. so, the first decision was to delay next week's announcement on fixing the mess in government finances. fist announcement on fixing the mess in government finances.— announcement on fixing the mess

borisjohnson has 57 and penny mordaunt has 24. 0ur correspondent damian grammaticas has been followingings in westminster, and has the latest on who's taking part and who's backing who. that is question hanging in the air now, is borisjohnson going to officially enter this race? why hasn't he done so so far? the other candidates say he hasn't got the numbers and doesn't want the humiliation of putting himself forward and falling short. we know he's a showman, likes to be the ringmaster, perhaps he is waiting to do a big reveal or perhaps things are still in play. it's reported he has met with penny mordaunt or had talks with woman—macro. we know that she is in no mood to stand aside. he clearly is going ahead. somebody you think might back him, the home secretary suella braverman. she warned that the conservative party is divided and heading towards a wipe—out. she said we need unity and stability and rishi sunak fits the bill. borisjohnson needs 100 names by2p bill. borisjohnson needs 100 names by 2p tomorrow. so how is this playing out with grassroots tory supporters? sally—ann marks

our political correspondent damian grammaticas has been speaking to my collague david eades. dramatic one that has been speculated about. people talking about the idea that borisjohnson might be reluctant to go forward with this unless he was very clear that he would be in a commanding position in what has become absolutely obvious over the weekend is that he's not. rishi sunak is the who has garnered far more public nominations, public support from mps. interestingly, just the evening a short time ago, mrjohnson�*s own backers had been putting out in a message claiming he has reached, possibly reach this hundred mp level leader to be in the contest tomorrow. but even at that level... they have been questions about that because the public nomination or the public support declaration we had is just over 50. so quite a lot short. any questions about whether boris johnson would go ahead if you see them behind. now we have seen this message that is just come through from him, interestingly na, he does say that he reached out to both rishi sunak and penny mordaunt because i hope w

our first report is from our political correspondent damian grammaticas.irst thing on rishi sunak�*s first full day, his new cabinet assembled. it is not really that new, though. the top jobs like the chancellor jeremy hunt have mostly stayed the same. many are still warts from borisjohnson and liz same. many are still warts from boris johnson and liz truss's same. many are still warts from borisjohnson and liz truss's time. old faces so where will the new ideas come from? this appointment has drawn much criticism, suella braverman back as home secretary after a week of being forced out for breaching ministerial rules. behind the smiles, there are serious problems to deal with. the first decision was to delay next week's announcement on fixing the mess in government finances. the announcement on fixing the mess in government finances.— announcement on fixing the mess in government finances. the question is how ou government finances. the question is how you deal — government finances. the question is how you deal with _ government finances. the question is

last week and for his decision no to attend cop27 next month. 0ur political correspondent damian grammaticasso that appointment of suella braverman, question about that and he indicated he didn't regret the appointment and he believes she had learnt lessons from that episode. so standing by that. criticism for not going to the climate summit in egypt in a few weeks. he said he thought people would understand that his priority at the minute was to be dealing with domestic issues and one of those cropped up because he was on a visit to the hospital and he was meeting people there and he met one patient and sat down to talk to her and she confronted him about the issue of nurses pay. this was the conversation. have they looked after you nicely? they always do. it's a pity you don't pay them all. we are trying. you need to try harder. i will take that away. they are a very nice team here. but it is important because they do great work. and how far away do you live? not too far. so this is your local hospital. it is. they are doing great work. it's not the first time i've been here. and you have

let's get more from our political correspondent damian grammaticas in westminster.d, this new north sea exploration is controversial and it is long—term, what are the government saying about energy supplies this winter?— government saying about energy supplies this winter? well, ben, it is interesting. _ supplies this winter? well, ben, it is interesting, the _ supplies this winter? well, ben, it is interesting, the government - supplies this winter? well, ben, it is interesting, the government is l is interesting, the government is saying energy supplies are secure this winter, but while we have this push to extract more energy, and this is not going to come on tap in time for this winter, it will be in the future, what we don't have is any campaign, and we are not going to get, it has been confirmed today, is any campaign to get people to reduce energy usage of this winter, in contrast to european countries which are taking measures to do that. i understand that in the department for business, they have been working for some time, they say, and had a reasonably we

our political correspondent, damian grammaticas reports.ticas reports. you running for lead with are you running for leadership? with over 120 backers among tory mps, rishi sunak is the figure with the momentum in this race. significantly, he has been picking up significantly, he has been picking up endorsements from all wings of the party, including the right, and some who were close to boris johnson. like his former chief of staff, steve barclay, his former brexit minister, lord frost, and the current international trade secretary kemi badenoch. writing in the summertime she said, i have on occasion been a member of the boris johnson fan club." but the conservative party is not a fanclub, adding, what we need is the disciplined approach richey brings to government. the endorsements are a blow for borisjohnson who the endorsements are a blow for boris johnson who flew back from the endorsements are a blow for borisjohnson who flew back from a boris johnson who flew back from a caribbean holiday yesterday, hoping to engineer an unlikely pol

earlier, our political correspondent damian grammaticas had this update.. now, i understand that in the department for business that they had been working for some time, they say, and had a reasonably well developed plan to get people to reduce their energy. but i've been told that downing street and the department of health put a stop to that. the department of health sources have said they don't think they played any specific role in it, but would have concerns about elderly people being afraid to turn their heating off. from downing street, what they're saying is that they're confident that their energy supplies to get people through the winter. ministers saying they don't believe a campaign would make a difference to energy security and they don't believe it would be needed. the last thing you want to tell people to switch things off in the national lead when it makes absolutely no difference, so there is confidence about supply they're saying, but amongst those who have been working on the campaign, they say this would have urged people to use less an

it damian grammaticas. it is all happening, isn't it?— damian grammaticas.ation.— didn't he? he volunteer that information. ., , ., ., information. not very long ago but the talk is that _ information. not very long ago but the talk is that he _ information. not very long ago but the talk is that he might _ information. not very long ago but the talk is that he might be - information. not very long ago but the talk is that he might be going. the talk is that he might be going back to levelling up. laughter rishi sunak, remember, said spending here this morning was to deliver on levelling up was at the heart of that. , . ~ levelling up was at the heart of that. , . ,, , levelling up was at the heart of that. , a , ., ., levelling up was at the heart of that. ., ,, that. let me pick up on that because michael gove — that. let me pick up on that because michael gove made _ that. let me pick up on that because michael gove made quite _ that. let me pick up on that because michael gove made quite an - michael gove made quite an extraordinary appearance i think it

political correspondent damian grammaticas is at westminster for us.t is not unusual, difficult times but tensions are high in temperatures take tempers are up and threatening language in the little bit of somebody�*s faith right up to your saying you horrible little person, filled with the government or your career is over and some people it's a politics are for grown—ups and have to take the roof of the smooth. for grown-ups and have to take the roof of the smooth.— roof of the smooth. there is certainly _ roof of the smooth. there is certainly widespread - roof of the smooth. there is - certainly widespread understanding that the party managers, they will pressure mp and vote with their side they don't want lost votes, they want to see, what has been happening is the claim it was much more than that. it was confusion in the lobby and one mp being picked up and manhandled through the lobby. that mp has come out a short time ago in the last hour or so and said, no, no, this is not the case, there is a robust exchange of views that his position was wel

i'm joined now by our political correspondent damian grammaticas.he prime minister faces enormous pressure at home butjust tells a bit about minister faces enormous pressure at home but just tells a bit about this new grouping and what the uk is hoping to get from it. yes. new grouping and what the uk is hoping to get from it.— new grouping and what the uk is hoping to get from it. yes, this is an initiative _ hoping to get from it. yes, this is an initiative from _ hoping to get from it. yes, this is an initiative from the _ hoping to get from it. yes, this is an initiative from the french - an initiative from the french president emmanuel macron who said he wanted to have european countries and those all a0 odd countries, all the eu countries plus from the us you've got iceland, norway, you go round to turkey, switzerland and further east ukraine and even further east ukraine and even further east ukraine and even further east like azerbaijan to discuss and it was an idea boris johnson was not very keen on when he was prime minister but what has h

more now from our political correspondent, damian grammaticas.se penny mordaunt and the tallies on how many mps have come out publicly are ready to say who they might support even before any candidates up with them so forward. we were looking at rishi sunak with 60 plus mps already publicly saying that they might back in. borisjohnson perhaps 30 plus, penny mordaunt around 17—18 or so. so when view of this is that maybe penny mordaunt is looking to try and get out quickly to get her candidacy running to garner votes and to try and settlement votes on her column. before the others get going. she treated her news that she was, she said i am encouraged from support by colleagues who want a fresh start a united party and leadership in the national interest. i am running for the leadership of the conservative party and your premise or to unite our country deliver our pensions and when the next general election. and i think what you can say stands out from that two times she has used united, party, and unite our country. so perhaps there is a hint of h

let's speak to our political correspondent damian grammaticas. hello again to you. all that timescale that the chancellorjeremy hunt was giving to departments to agree on spending cuts, he said by the end of the week, is that the sort of timetable they expected? because it sounds awfully quick?— awfully quick? well, there is awfull , awfully quick? well, there is awfully, obviously _ awfully quick? well, there is awfully, obviously a - awfully quick? well, there is awfully, obviously a lot - awfully quick? well, there is awfully, obviously a lot of. awfully quick? well, there is i awfully, obviously a lot of work awfully quick? well, there is - awfully, obviously a lot of work to do crunch the numbers and pull them together into a new coherent economic picture, so this is what we have heard, is that the government departments have been told and this morning the chancellor was telling them, the ministers? cabinet they had to go away and come back pretty quickly with numbers and ways of receiving money. he said —— saving money, he said government spend willing continu

our political correspondent damian grammaticas has the latest from westminster.s of billions of pounds worth of tax cuts, which spooked markets. initially, we saw the value of the pound falling. they were worried about, the markets, about the government having to borrow tens of millions of pounds every year to make up the shortfall and so the costs the government will have to pay to pay that money going up in interest rates, then home loans going up as well, interest rates on those. so the first u—turn we had was a week ago. the prime minister saying she wasn't going to go ahead with that top rate, scrapping the top rate of income tax, the most controversial bit of it. now the chancellor is saying instead of late november, he is bringing that forward to the end of this month when he is going to show all of his working, he's going to lay out reforms and show how all this is going to add up. what is interesting, i think, is this comes as the prime minister is also trying to reassure mps, saying she's going to meet with them, their concern is what they see as histor

earlier, our political correspondent damian grammaticas explained why the date had been brought forward to offset this? how does he see this? he talks about the medium term that he should be able to see this working out in the medium term, so that the borrowing this entails will be falling relative to the overall size of the economy. but the big question markets want to know is that how is that going to happen? alongside his working, we will see the office for budget responsibility going through the figures and producing an assessment of it. the fact that that has been brought forward is seen as an attempt to have the government after a very rocky period to try and stabilise things a bit and reassure markets. the chairman of the treasury select committee has responded straightaway and said it is very important and critical to millions of mortgage holders because if the chancellor provides reassurance, you might not see interest rates rising so fast. there is still a question there as to how he can make all this add up, at a time when the government is under particular pressure about som

our political correspondent damian grammaticas has the latest rishi sunak has been out and about as you have they looked after ou conversation. have they looked after you nicely? — conversation. have they looked after you nicely? they _ conversation. have they looked after you nicely? they always _ conversation. have they looked after you nicely? they always do. - conversation. have they looked after you nicely? they always do. it's - conversation. have they looked after you nicely? they always do. it's a i you nicely? they always do. it's a at you nicely? they always do. it's a .' ou you nicely? they always do. it's a pity you don't _ you nicely? they always do. it's a pity you don't pay _ you nicely? they always do. it's a pity you don't pay them _ you nicely? they always do. it's a pity you don't pay them all. - you nicely? they always do. it's a pity you don't pay them all. we . you nicely? they always do. it's a i pity you don't pay them all. we are trying _ pity you don't pay them all. we are t ina. .. pity you don't pay them all. we are t ina. ., .. , pity you don't pay them all.

damian grammaticas, bbc news, westminster. correspondent nick eardley. are taking nothing for granted, and penny modern�*s are saying they are not backing down. are we looking at a coronation?— a coronation? rishi sunak is almost at 5096 of the _ a coronation? rishi sunak is almost at 5096 of the parliamentary - a coronation? rishi sunak is almost at 5096 of the parliamentary party, | at 50% of the parliamentary party, he is picking up people who were backing borisjohnson and i think that penny mordaunt�*s team were hoping that they would hoover up boris johnson's backers hoping that they would hoover up borisjohnson�*s backers to get them to the 100 threshold, at the moment, thatis to the 100 threshold, at the moment, that isjust to the 100 threshold, at the moment, that is just not happening on our official tally of those who have said publicly what they want to do. rishi sunak�*s on 15a, penny mordaunt has only gone up one overnight to 26. at the moment it is looking very like rishi sunak could be prime minister, named prime minister, by the end of th