yes or no, iain? i am paid to do this. i have _ issue. yes or no, iain?that is it for our first anderson, caroline lucas. that is it for ourfirst programme anderson, caroline lucas. that is it for our first programme with rishi sunak as prime minister. one thing that is becoming clear this morning is that his government wants you to think they are the steady — even the boring — option. although, as we've heard, his appointment of suella braverman as home secretary is already causing problems. it is not going to be dull. michael gove could not promise benefits will rise in line with inflation. something he previously said he wants to see, may be warming us up foran wants to see, may be warming us up for an announcement in a couple of weeks. rishi sunak's popularity soared when he gave out money by borrowing to keep the country going. but times have got tougher since then and money tighter and he has not yet had to make the myriad of difficult decisions that face any prime minister. what will he do about an overcrowded nhs? will he come up with a proper pla

iain watson at - forjoining us. iain watson at westminster, there. just to say...30 for a special edition of your questions answered from sunderland. we'll be exploring many of the issues around the cost of living crisis and what support is out there — with a range of experts that will answer the questions you want answered. email us at yourquestions@bbc.co.uk or tweet using the hashtag bbcyourquestions. as part of our ongoing coverage on the cost of living, bbc news is asking people from towns and cities around the uk how they are coping — and providing support and advice from our experts. today we are in sunderland, one of 12 different locations that we will be visiting to speak to households, businesses and families to find out how the rise in living costs is affecting you. despite difficult financial times, sunderland has become home to lots of new businesses in the last few years and has benefited from investment in the city centre and enclosed a redevelopment. analysis from companies house and 0ns data found that 1587 new companies were formed in sunderland l

iain: 5g's not just about phone calls and ever-increasing resolution of videos. things. and this is where machines start talking to machines, and this is gonna allow a whole revolution in the way we live and organize oselves. for example, the smart city: we can start coordinating traffic flow, which is gonna have safety benefits, it's gonna have emission benefits. and beyond traffic, it's gonna be coordinating air conditioning in buildings, coordinating the lighting in buildings, all sorts of things when machines start sensing the environment and actions can be taken. sean: to deliver the fastest speeds, phone companies need to use higher-frequency signals known as millimeter waves. but millimeter wave signals can't travel as far as existing signals, so for it to work, there's a need for many more antennas installed much closer together. channa: we would deploy millimeter wave in a cbd, for example, where there's a lot of traffic. what it would probably look like, you see--you would probably see a cell site in most street corners. but because it is at that high f

well as iain mentioned — scotland's first minister has clarified a comment she made about "detestingrning. but later at the snp conference, she said she was speaking about policies — not people. meanwhile, scottish labour have been defending their position on brexit — after the snp leader compared them to the conservatives. here's our scotland political correspondent, andrew kerr. debates and discussion were in full swing at conference away from the hall, comments made by the first minister made headlines. in a bbc interview a question was posed and the answer sparked controversy. who would you rather have as prime minister? that's not difficult question for me, it is whether what i prefer a labour government over a tory government, i detest the tories and everything that they stand for. being better than the tories is not a high bar to cross right now. i think we need to see more of a radical alternative from labour rather than a pale imitation. a senior cabinet minister, nadhim zahawi, also appeared in the same programme. he said the use of the word detest was dangerous language. t

for more on this, i'm joined now by our uk political correspondent, iain watson.national trade _ what more do you know? conor burns was international trade minister - was international trade minister until yesterday. this incident happened during the conservative party annual conference in a hotel bar in the early hours of tuesday morning. we heard there from conor burns himself who said he didn't know the details of what the party was accusing him of what the bbc has been told by an eyewitness what they thought the incident was, that he was touching a young man's five early in the morning. what is interesting is that, it was an eyewitness who told the bbc what they had seen, but the complaint about conor burns was made by a third party, by someone else who was not directly involved in the incident itself. so, that has led to many of the allies of conor burns accusing the prime minister liz truss of effectively rushing to judgment, and using the incident as an attempt, on her part, to try to regain some lost authority during the conference. you remember during the

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iain watson, bbc news, birmingham. let's talk to our political correspondent, iain watson.l gove and grant shapps, in the previous cabinet, were pretty quick to get off the blocks on sunday, calling for adjustments to the mini—budget and suggesting the 45p tax rate would not get through, so some of liz truss's closest allies now fighting back and suggesting these people are trying to undermine liz truss's authority, and that is a big difficulty for liz truss because there is an open and genuine debate here about what they do about benefits. they've been talking about an uprate to benefits in line with inflation. people line with inflation. are starting to raise questions people are starting to raise questions about whether she can stamp our authority on her own party and if she will be fit to govern when she gets back to westminster —— stamp her authority. we are going to be hearing from suella braverman later today. how significant is what she has to say to the party? i think that gives a sense of the disunity and fractu redness, the people who have been critical of liz tr

iain duncan i a cabinet is crucial.interesting relationship, having a former chancellor as prime minister, who knows the treasury and how it works. there is always that slight tension risk between number 10 and number11. slight tension risk between number 10 and number“.— 10 and number11. jeremy hunt has loads more — 10 and number11. jeremy hunt has loads more expensive _ 10 and number11. jeremy hunt has loads more expensive being i 10 and number11. jeremy hunt has loads more expensive being in i loads more expensive being in government than rishi sunak. rishi sunak has only been an mp since 2015. he was only put into the treasury in the first place because sajid javid resigned as chancellor so dramatically. but yes, cabinet is going to be really quite a tricky process. you hear these stories from former downing street people about how they have whiteboards and pins in different places about who is going to do which job, in different places about who is going to do whichjob, and when in different places about who is goi

let's get the latest from westminster with our political correspondent, iain watson., indeed. the in—tray is absolutely overflowing, and most of the stuff in it is as welcome as a big energy bill. as we heard, kwasi kwarteng, the chancellor, is bringing forward his economic plan from the end of november talked up in the 31st. but the announcement has not eased marketjitters. therefore, in the content, it is going to be more important than the timing. if the markets remain spooked after his halloween statement, the political choices for liz truss become all the more difficult. if, for example, she decides to increase benefits by less than the current rate of inflation, many of her own mps are going to oppose that. if she decides she is going to cut back on big projects like road building than some of the mps who are to live where electoral promise of levelling up are going to hit it. it will also prevent her from increasing her goal of economic growth. this afternoon the shadow chancellor rachel reeves is going to: kwasi kwarteng, the chancellor, to: kwasi kwarteng, th

iain watson reports from the conservative party conference. it is to hurt time for liz truss.er chancellor are under pressure, reversed their abolition of the 45p tax rate, now she is facing more pressure from some of her own mps to increase benefits in line with inflation, a promise made by her predecessor but which is now in the balance. {iii by her predecessor but which is now in the balance.— in the balance. of course, how we 0 erate in the balance. of course, how we operate benefits _ in the balance. of course, how we operate benefits is _ in the balance. of course, how we operate benefits is an _ in the balance. of course, how we operate benefits is an important l operate benefits is an important issue, but that is a decision to be made later this year. my priority was dealing with the immediate issues that families face this winter, and i'm sure people can understand why we had to act on that first. , ., , , first. here is what she is weighing u -. first. here is what she is weighing un- reversing _ first. here is what she is weighing up. reversing the _ first. here is

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iain watson reports from the conservative party conference. it's tin hat time for liz truss.er chancellor, under pressure, reversed their abolition of the 45p tax rate. now she's facing more pressure from some of her own mps to increase benefits in line with inflation, a promise made by her predecessor, but which is now in the balance. of course, how we uprate benefits is an important issue, but that is a decision to be made later this year. my priority was dealing with the immediate issues that families face this winter, and i'm sure people can understand why we had to act on that first. here's what she's weighing up. reversing the national insurance rise is costing her government £18 billion. some of that, £5.5 billion, could be clawed back if most benefits were raised in line with earnings, which aren't going up as much as prices or inflation. but most ministers can't make a political or financial case for this, because no decision has been taken. how would you uprate them? i have got cabinet responsibility and collective cabinet responsibility, so i am going to let the wo

divisions that have seen labour open up a 30 point lead in some opinion polls. 0ur political correspondent iainly of liz truss was saying to me the fact that former leadership contenders, suella braverman, penny mordaunt, nadim zahawi, were behind these comments showed that liz truss had at very least put a cap on cabinet dissent. she has plenty of non—cabinet dissenters as well and some of them say that this need for a public declaration of support so soon into her premiership, demonstrates not strength, but vulnerability. the message from number ten to these mps is quite simply this, unless they get behind liz truss they risk putting keir starmer in downing street propped up by the snp. nichola sturgeon said in a bbc interview today that she detested the tories, later clarifying that she detested the policies but labour say that they will be no deal with the snp they believe now that they can be liz truss on their own. in iran, the state—run television channel has been hacked to broadcast a protest against the country's government and supreme leader. viewers saw the usual live programming int

and i look forward to clearing my name. 0ur uk political correspondent iain watson has been following during the conservative party annual conference in the hotel bar in the early hours of tuesday morning. we heard there from conor burns himself saying that he didn't really know the details of what the party was accusing him of, but the bbc has been told by an eyewitness what they thought the incident was, that he was touching a young man's thigh early in the morning. what is interesting is that we haven't been able to talk to the man himself, this was an eyewitness that told the bbc what he had seen. but the complaint about conor burns was made by a third party, again by someone else who was not directly involved in the incident itself. so, that has led to many of his allies accusing the prime minister liz truss of effectively rushing to judgment and using it as an attempt, on her part, to try and regain some lost authority during the conference. you will remember, during the annual conference of the governing party here, there was a reversal on a flagship tax policy, there were some

iain, is another u—turn now inevitable?ommittee which scrutinises what the chancellor does, he effectively put forward the dilemma which kwasi kwarteng and liz truss face because politically if they do a u—turn, is going to be extremely difficult for them. a u—turn, is going to be extremely difficult forthem. during a u—turn, is going to be extremely difficult for them. during the summer, she of course campaigned relentlessly against the tax burden being at a 70 year high and suggested that taxes on businesses would stifle growth. so part of her whole policy agenda was to stop a rise in corporation tax, a tax on larger businesses, from going ahead next april. if she has to u—turn on that, she damages her own unique selling point in that contest. but if she doesn't do a u—turn on some of the tax policies, as mel stride was pointing out, if the markets already assume that a u—turn is on its way, it may not be inevitable, but there are going to be big consequences if she decides a u—turn isn't on its way after all. so it is th

.~ , ., , ., be a huge win for her premiership cam-iain, . , ., , ., ., campaign.e, _ campaign. why would they have to hold their nose, jasmine? - campaign. why would they have to hold their nose, jasmine? i - campaign. why would they have to hold their nose, jasmine? i mean, j hold their nose, jasmine? i mean, they have worked together. sunak was boris johnson's they have worked together. sunak was borisjohnson�*s chancellor. what is it about the two men that divides them or divide their supporters? there is much love lost between the two of them. many ofjohnson�*s supporters looked to sunak and argue that it was his resignation that triggered the string of resignations that ended johnson's premiership. 0n the flip side, rishi sunak�*s supporters argue thatjohnson�*s premiership was toxic and should never be repeated. so there is tension between the two, but we know there were talks last night. it doesn't seem like anything has emerged from that, but i think of the two will need to continue those talks and get on the same page there is to be any unity in the conse

our correspondent iain carter says golf could take some time to recover from the last 12 months.re are many of the world top players who are getting richer and richer. whether it's on the rebel live tour, the breakaway tour or on the pga tour, but overall it is fractured and divided sport. it really doesn't know its future direction that is going to be thrashed out in court rooms both in the united kingdom, but most significantly in america and already the court schedule stretches well into 2024, so it's rippled with division and uncertainty going forward. bare uncertainty going forward. are conversations _ uncertainty going forward. are conversations being harder is the only way this gets resolved in the courtroomthat appears at the moment. it depends largely on how many more and the calibre of the recruits that lic managed to secure. they say they're going to get that done by they're going to get that done by the end of this year and that could deeply damage the pga tour and the ryder cup for example. those are an example is to pairing. there are in the world top ten and there

divisions that have seen labour open up a 30—point lead in some opinion polls. 0ur political worrespondent iaint. this is no coincidence. absolutely not- there _ this is no coincidence. absolutely not- there is _ this is no coincidence. absolutely not. there is a _ this is no coincidence. absolutely not. there is a coordinated - this is no coincidence. absolutely not. there is a coordinated call. this is no coincidence. absolutely| not. there is a coordinated call for unity after the conservative conference that saw open disagreements was of a senior ally of liz truss said to me that the fact former leadership contenders suella braverman, penny mordaunt and nadhim zahawi were speaking out had put a cap on it. this need for public declarations of support so soon into a premiership demonstrates not strength but vulnerability. a message from number ten to these mps is simply this. unless they get behind liz truss they risk putting keir starmer in downing street propped up by the snp. nicola sturgeon in a bbc interviewer said today she detested the tories. a clarification she said she detested thei

you agree with iain duncan smith, _ is leading.owth, we don't know how _ growth. on the leaner state, growth, we don't know how it _ growth. on the leaner state, growth, we don't know how it will— growth. on the leaner state, growth, we don't know how it will be - we don't know how it will be generated by how much, a leaner state implies cutting, it implies cutting to spending to departments that might include yours, for example. is that what the government is going to do and set out in the next month or so, cuts to departments? shes next month or so, cuts to departments?— next month or so, cuts to departments? next month or so, cuts to deartments? r ~' ., next month or so, cuts to deartments? a ,, ., departments? as you know, there was a discussion — departments? as you know, there was a discussion potentially _ departments? as you know, there was a discussion potentially about - departments? as you know, there was a discussion potentially about how- a discussion potentially about how we think about the size of government and depa

sorry, i just heard in my ear that iain| just heard in my ear that iain duncan smith has tweeted to sayen declaring for him by those who didn't backing the first time around. either they were very strong supporters of borisjohnson over the last 48 hours or if they were people who backed liz truss, and what you are seeing now is people from every single wing of the party, from the one nation group, of which i am a member, to the erg and people with completely differing positions within the conservative party, unifying. you are seeing a crystallisation of thought where it seems that's notjust the numbers put the weight of opinion is now really strongly behind him. i like and respect penny, she is a friend, and respect penny, she is a friend, and i'm sure she will be thinking really hard about where to go and i think she deserves a moment to reach a final decision before she communicates that.- a final decision before she communicates that. ., ., , . communicates that. you would expect it to be before — communicates that. you would expect it to be before two _ communicates that. you would

._ with me is our political correspondent iain watson.s on monday i set by sir graham brady. so we could feasibly have a new premise or on monday but let's suppose that there are two more possibly three candidates what happens then?— happens then? denominations open tomorrow it — happens then? denominations open tomorrow it will _ happens then? denominations open tomorrow it will be _ happens then? denominations open tomorrow it will be a _ happens then? denominations open tomorrow it will be a frantic - tomorrow it will be a frantic weekend but no holiday for the potential candidates. they will be gauging their level of support if they can get the support of more than 100 colleagues on monday then potentially, they will go to an electronic votes of the party members. globalaction electronic votes of the party members. global action happened on monday is the nominations will close at two o'clock in the afternoon, there will be a hustings and the candidates who have cleared the threshold the mps will then vote if it is three candidates to

iain duncan smith, do you believe this vote must go to the conservative party members?le down, i want my party to recognise that staring over the brink of a precipice they have to make a decision whether they want to step back. i believe in the democracy process so if there are two candidates it must go to the electorate, but it may be possible there are not so we will deal with that as it comes. the party should understand you have now got to start telling a story about how difficult things are going to be, what the problems are and what we will do, and dancing round that will not square it. and dancing round that will not sauare it. ., ~ i. and dancing round that will not sauare it. ., ~' ,, . and dancing round that will not sauare it. ., ~ ., and dancing round that will not suare it. ., ~ ., . and dancing round that will not sauareit. ., ., . ., square it. thank you all so much for “oininu us square it. thank you all so much for joining us this _ square it. thank you all so much for joining us this morning. _ square it. thank you all so much for joining us this morni

so far, nbc news confirmed at least 77 people have died from the effects of iain which barreled into florida's west coast as a category four storm on wednesday before veering to the east overland, reentering the atlantic ocean and making a second landfall as a category one hurricane and the carolinas. nbc's steve patterson is in fort myers beach where i left him yesterday, where the humidity is still reeling from the strongest storm to ever make landfall there. steve. >> yeah, on the ground here days after hurricane ian made landfall in search and rescue, now recovery, those of the primary operations. the death toll is climbing. more than 70 people confirmed dead, thousands still displaced or trapped. crews are racing to provide aid. >> this morning at sunrise, another day of devastation. and the aftermath of local likely be the deadliest, costliest, and most powerful hurricanes in modern u.s. history. with time running out on a critical rescue window, search crews raced to discover any signs of life. their main focus, a chain of south was barrier islands, where the storm was mercile

iain, last month, the group that represents chief justices from all 50 states, issued a brief urging supreme court to rule against north carolina republicans. the definitely shows you something. what are your predictions for this case, and what does it tell you that the court a greedy here in the first place? >> it's very troubling. we already know that there are four justices who supports some version of the theory behind this case, because it's doesn't say as much. really, the future of democracy is likely to come down to amy coney barrett, who is the one republican appointee on the court who has not yet expressed a view. i'm not optimistic about what she's doing to say. the last time we saw this theory advance was more than 20 years ago, the case that handed george w. bush the presidency. and that case, only three justices on it. state legislatures have unchecked power to pass whatever election law they want, even if their governor would veto at, even if it violate state constitution. that was around that. three members of the legal team that advance for the supreme court, are now

both the shadow foreign secretary, david lammy, and the former conservative leader iain duncan—smithr. the review of the met�*s internal misconduct system was commissioned after the murder of sarah everard by a serving police officer. it says many claims of sexual misconduct, misogyny and homophobia by officers are badly mishandled. and that there are unacceptable levels of racial bias. here's our special correspondent, lucy manning. the murder of sarah everard the turning point, but the dangerous behaviour of some officers ongoing. when a police officer kidnaps, rapes and kills a woman, trust is forfeited. too many allowed to get away with sexual harassment, racism, and misogyny. i have found in their internal misconduct system that it isn't good enough, it isn't quick enough, and it has racial disparity. the force needs to accept that. the whole force needs to accept it. they mustn't deny it. the report is clear — the met�*s system for dealing with its offices is not fit for purpose. it has a systemic racial bias and misses repeat offenders.

the festival is welcoming crowds in person for the first time since the pandemic hurricane iain force to shake up to today's lineup of performers, a tweet indicated the traveling mccurry's could not perform because the act was sidelined by hurricane ian. jake blount filled the vacant space. was florida and south carolina began picking up the pieces from me and the governors of those states are working closely with the biden administration on getting federal relief foxes. richardson is in washington with the latest on the federal response, the white house press secretary says president biden spoke with his homeland security adviser today, focusing on power and water restoration in florida and an updated damage assessment for south carolina. president biden has also declared disasters in florida, south carolina and now north carol. alina that pushes federal resources to those states. president says the government will stay at it for as long as it takes. the situation in florida is far more devastating. we're just beginning to see the scale of the destruction. it's likely to rank among t

. >> two days after iain slammed into florida with those ferocious winds and that wall of water.e neighborhoods remain submerged. others reduced to rubble. the scale of eons fury only starting to begin. >> we look at these things, i was totally washed out. you just hope that those were folks that had left, or that those structures were not occupied. >> florida officials have sent thousands of certain rescue personnel to try and find those still trapped. coast guard rescue teams plucking people from decimated santa belle island in baskets. this woman clutching her two cats, helicopters and boats now the only way out. >> no picture better demonstrates the power and ferocity of hurricane ian than this one. this gap is the roadway that leads to the sanibel island bridge on the other side. that island now virtually cut off. >> it's a big commitment 20 municipality. >> devastated fort myers beach, we wrote along with florida task force seven, a search and rescue team comprised of firefighters from tallahassee. >> this dog is looking for human remains. >> yes. >> [inaudible] >> fire dep

iain russell— all. that family has been through hell. iain russell said _ all. good news is we have a bill that we waited five years for, ironically the same five years for, ironically the same five years that the russell family have been battling to get tech companies to court. but we have a bill coming to court. but we have a bill coming to parliament and it has the power to parliament and it has the power to change things for the better. i think what we're calling on this morning is for the government to bring it forward swiftly and to make that bill, we have enforceable, clear and effective rules to stop this happening to other children. the time of talking to tech is over and we have to have legislation and regulation and we have to protect children, not as an aspiration but as actually as prince william said, design the services for them before they get them. horn design the services for them before they get them-— design the services for them before the net them. ., . ., , they get them. how much power does they get them. how much power does the online sa

iain, is another u—turn now inevitable?politics, but i _ nothing is inevitable in politics, but i think the situation is this. if the _ but i think the situation is this. if the markets are expecting a u-turn— if the markets are expecting a u—turn and there isn't one, the situation — u—turn and there isn't one, the situation could get worse politically and economically for the prime _ politically and economically for the prime minister. i don't think we will see — prime minister. i don't think we will see a — prime minister. i don't think we will see a complete unpicking of the mini budget from last month. but as we have _ mini budget from last month. but as we have been hearing, rishi sunak wanted _ we have been hearing, rishi sunak wanted to— we have been hearing, rishi sunak wanted to increase corporation tax to 25% _ wanted to increase corporation tax to 25% for— wanted to increase corporation tax to 25% for big businesses from next year~ _ to 25% for big businesses from next year~ it— to 25% for big businesses from nex

iain, what can we expect to hear from the government today?y, yes, westminster is return to westminster after the party conference season. there were divisions openly on display of course but there will be an early win for liz truss because today mps will vote on reversing rishi sunak�*s rise in national insurance. labour back to that, but as you were saying, they also say the mini budget which included that measure should be reversed because it could lead to big spending cuts further down the line. they are concerned especially about stopping a big increase in tax for big businesses. but i think liz truss has more to fear from some of their own mps than from labour. some of them are concerned that she could be tempted for example to increase benefits in line with earnings, with prices, meaning a cut in real terms. she meets a cabinet this morning, a group of their own backbench mps, during the course of this week, and addressing a big meeting of those mps tomorrow so she will be under pressure on that issue. downing street says she is a listi

the losers by iain. i have to say, if you have -- what you are proposing, 80% of the people vote in favor of it. , first of all you're gonna have 20% who oppose it. here and i have people who say, we aren't going to vote! the 20% doesn't begin -- you know what i mean? right now we have incredible opposition to standard voting, what would be the opposition that we are going to see? my question before we go to emily's final question is, isn't this -- in our polarized society, this is not gonna be accepted. even if you get a vote that is overwhelmingly in favor of these documents? >> i think you raise a really important question. polarization is a fact of our political life. many people are concerned that it makes it impossible for us to agree about much of anything there are two ways to go in a really poor laura society one group can overwhelm the other group. the other is the society can dissolve neither is something that we should be looking forward to in the united states when we go back to year the con

let�*s talk to our political correspondent, iain watson.is worried about? the what is it exactly that the bank is worried about?— worried about? the bank will be worried about? the bank will be worried of— worried about? the bank will be worried of course _ worried about? the bank will be worried of course about - worried about? the bank will be worried of course about loss - worried about? the bank will be worried of course about loss of. worried of course about loss of confidence in the markets. it is as fundamental as that. it was assumed that once they had bought those government bonds that they would have been in a position to whine that down. they are trying to do that down. they are trying to do that anyway that would not cause any panic yesterday but a further intervention today probably will and i think what is interesting politically from this is that the government has argued of course there may be some short—term difficulties but they are doing some things to address this and one of them is bringing forward this medium—term fisc

world is to have a sort of coronation in the same way michael howard had in 2003 when he replaced iainund that. but i think getting the parliamentary party to agree to a single candidate is very difficult. it would be ideal if they would recognise collectively the gravity of the situation, and that their minds would be focused then on the need to hand over very quickly to a single, competent, trusted and able candidate, but i'm not sure quite how that's to happen.— candidate, but i'm not sure quite how that's to happen. sorry, i was stru: calin how that's to happen. sorry, i was struggling slightly _ how that's to happen. sorry, i was struggling slightly to _ how that's to happen. sorry, i was struggling slightly to hear - how that's to happen. sorry, i was struggling slightly to hear the i how that's to happen. sorry, i was struggling slightly to hear the end | struggling slightly to hear the end of your thoughts with the silence going past in the background, but you are talking about the idea of a coronation, because, not tojump too far ahead in this process, and as we have seen, a l

our political correspondent iain watson is with me.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 abou

thank you, iain blackford _ snp, ian black said. thank you, iain blackford.ve announced today. when the priming of the latter— today. when the priming of the latter stood at the dispatch box, the average two—year fixed mortgage stood _ the average two—year fixed mortgage stood at _ the average two—year fixed mortgage stood at 4.5%, they are now 6.5% and rising _ stood at 4.5%, they are now 6.5% and rising hitting _ stood at 4.5%, they are now 6.5% and rising hitting an average family with an — rising hitting an average family with an extra £450 a month mortgage payment _ with an extra £450 a month mortgage payment every single month over and above _ payment every single month over and above what _ payment every single month over and above what they were paying. 37 days into the _ above what they were paying. 37 days into the job, — above what they were paying. 37 days into the job, this is literally the cost _ into the job, this is literally the cost of— into the job, this is literally the cost of the prime minister's incompetence. it is the price households

iain duncan smith, when his leadership was in great danger, got i think 17 pre—organised standing ovations play for. ukraine�*s president zelensky says his forces are making rapid and powerful advances in the south and east of the country, following successful attempts to disrupt russian supply lines. he said dozens of settlements have been liberated this week, including a key village in the southern region of kherson — which prompted another russian retreat. 0ur correspondent hugo bachega is in kyiv — he told us how much momentum there is in recent ukrainian gains. we are seeing the most dramatic shifts on the front lines in the south of the country since the start of this counteroffensive. the ukrainians are pushing ahead, the russians are being forced to leave some positions in the kherson region and ukrainians are advancing and recapturing places. reports we are hearing from russian sources suggest a very difficult situation for thousands of russian troops positioned in these areas. we should see the ukrainians making some gains, and more gains in the next few days, and recapturing mor

, is to have a sort of coronation in the same way that michael howard had in 2003 when he replaced iainof the situation and that their minds would then be focused to their minds would then be focused to the need to hand over very quickly to a single, competent, trusted, able candidate but i'm not sure how thatis able candidate but i'm not sure how that is going to happen.— that is going to happen. elliott wilson. that is going to happen. elliott wilson- we — that is going to happen. elliott wilson. we are _ that is going to happen. elliott wilson. we are hearing - that is going to happen. elliott. wilson. we are hearing reports, that is going to happen. elliott i wilson. we are hearing reports, and confirmed by us at the bbc, that another mp miriam cates is openly calling for the prime minister to go. we reckon the number is around ten, 11 approximately. you will understand it is a pretty fluid situation, openly calling on her to 90. situation, openly calling on her to go, others saying she has a very short period of time, just hours to turn this situation around. but a huge amount of u

iain, kwasi kwarteng will be taking questions from mps today for the first time since he announced hisuse of commons. already, we have heard there from pat mcfadden, the shadow treasury minister, rachel reeves, the shadow chancellor, has also been commenting this morning and clearly what labour are pushing for is for a reversal of not so mini—budget that they announced a few weeks ago. that said, though, it�*s a bit of an odd position because labour obviously agree with the reversal of the national insurance rise, the legislation that makes that happen is also going through the house of commons today and they say they are in favour of a cut in the basic rate of income tax, so they obviously don�*t want a complete reversal. but what they do want, i think, is to look at different ways of raising money, the windfall tax, for example, and almost going ahead with rishi sunak�*s plan that increases taxes on big businesses, corporation tax as well. so there will be a debate across the house on those kinds of measures but on the conservative backbenches, they want to just basically know that h

with other guests too, interesting to hear what is on people's mines and what the former tory leader iainot _ one or on the iplayer later. back to you. will do, cannot wait _ one or on the iplayer later. back to you. will do, cannot wait to - one or on the iplayer later. back to you. will do, cannot wait to see - you. will do, cannot wait to see where we are at this time next week. goodness knows! see where we are at this time next week. goodness knows!— where we are at this time next week. goodness knows! see you soon. laura kuenssber: goodness knows! see you soon. laura kuenssberg at — goodness knows! see you soon. laura kuenssberg at nine _ goodness knows! see you soon. laura kuenssberg at nine o'clock. _ let's have a look at how the leadership contest will be playing out of the coming days. or at least as much as we know. we could be finding out who will replace liz truss as early as tomorrow. conservative mps have until two o'clock monday to nominate the candidate. each one needs at least100 nominations. if only one of them gets that, they will be declared prime minister later tomorr

i remember the time when iain duncan smith was trying to turn up the volume. that this _ what they want? to an extent, and i do think that this is _ what they want? to an extent, and i do think that this is the _ what they want? to an extent, and i do think that this is the first - what they want? to an extent, and i do think that this is the first time i do think that this is the first time i have ever said this, i do agree with needing diaries on this committee is going to be hard for any new prime minister, if liz does that if liz truss does topple, to go ahead of the public, gordon brown found it difficult, so whoever may potentially take over from a liz truss will face those questions over and over again. there are some high quality cabinet ministers in government at the moment. you have named a few of them already, but i think at this moment in time, there will be doubt of it being a fresh face, i doubt, someone who will want to friis —— spruce things up a bit, i think it would be someone who is a trusted pair of hands, a apparel detail —— is trusted on