leila nathoo, thank you very much. i'mjoined _ sweating. leila nathoo, thank you very much.by sir christopher choate who sprung to her defence earlier this week. do you think she has done enough to sure up her position?— her position? well, i don't know. time will tell. _ her position? well, i don't know. time will tell. i _ her position? well, i don't know. time will tell. i think— her position? well, i don't know. time will tell. i think this - her position? well, i don't know. time will tell. i think this is - her position? well, i don't know. time will tell. i think this is a - time will tell. i think this is a very difficult time for everybody. particularly for those in the conservative party who supported the prime minister, because we believed that she was actually going to reduce taxes and deliver higher growth. and the u—turn on corporation tax, raising corporation tax from 19% to 25% is going to be damaging to the prospects of growth. and it's totally inconsistent with what she put forward when she was seeking election. i supported her for her policies, and i'm now

leila nathoo live outside number ten. much appreciated. leila nathoo live outside numberten.ince they seem to be the course of his defenestration?— seem to be the course of his defenestration? their massive reaction to _ defenestration? their massive reaction to the _ defenestration? their massive reaction to the mini _ defenestration? their massive reaction to the mini budget i defenestration? their massive | reaction to the mini budget has prompted events that have taken such a pace at the moment. weirdly in the market very little movement. usually the sacking of a chancellor is a big market moment, particularly when you are on your fourth won this year. that implies they have priced it in already. i that implies they have priced it in alread . ~ , that implies they have priced it in alread . ~' , ., , already. i think they have focused on the policy. _ already. i think they have focused on the policy, not _ already. i think they have focused on the policy, not the _ already. i think they have focused on the policy, not the person, i already. i think they have focused| on t

let's quickly to leila nat —— leila nathoo at downing street. nce later this afternoon. beyond that, everything else is rumour and speculation. a lot of talk about kwasi kwarteng's position and a lot of talk about what this press conference is expected to announce so we don't know anything beyond what we have been told just yet but we will wait and see what happens in the press conference later this afternoon. leila, thank you. you will be there with the latest for us. so just a quick reminder of what to expect. we are waiting for the press conference from the prime minister, liz truss. under all that pressure of course about plans to change some of the proposals in the mini budget. we know she is due to speak a little later. the chancellor a little earlier arriving back at number ten for those meetings. we are told he will not be at that press conference. this is where we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. coverage continuing of course on bbc news throughout the day. just to say if you are still with us we will be joining the team at politics li

leila nathoo is at the conservative conference for us. hear from the chancellor? we have received a draft of the speech - hear from the chancellor? we have received a draft of the speech we i received a draft of the speech we were briefed on the normal way that is why it was on the front pages, no mention of the decision to drop the plans for cutting the 45p tax rate 46p in scotland. he is going to have to address that isn't he? yes 46p in scotland. he is going to have to address that isn't he?— to address that isn't he? yes you could expect _ to address that isn't he? yes you could expect that _ to address that isn't he? yes you could expect that speech - to address that isn't he? yes you could expect that speech to - to address that isn't he? yes you could expect that speech to have j could expect that speech to have been hastily rewritten the speech that we are due to hear about an hour or so, the trailfor that we are due to hear about an hour or so, the trail for that speech was that they are sticking to their guns and the policies we

leila nathoo, bbc news, westminster.oung is at westminster for us. vicki, no cuts in public spending, says the prime minister, quite emphatically, and yet big tax cuts and spending commitments — so people are asking, how do the government's sums add up? i think conservative mps will be asking exactly that. there is a clash here, really, and i think the chancellor and the government are boxed in in many ways because of that many budget. you have got what the markets want, which is reassurance. they don't like the idea of these unfunded tax cuts, this huge amount of extra borrowing. they want to know how he's going to balance the books, how he's going to get that down. then you have got what conservative mps will be willing to tolerate, the prime minister today is saying that they will not be any spending cuts. that could partly be to do with the fact that as the chancellor said before, the spending that has been outlined in the past is staying the same. but of course, with inflation going up so much, it means that actuall

our political correspondent, leila nathoo. well, let's go back to sabine. of food banks and the increasing demand for food aid in this country. so, first of all, it's important to understand that most people who are struggling to afford food won't actually access a food bank at all. we know from food standards agency data that 15% of people in england and wales and northern ireland up tojune, 2021 were reporting food insecurity, but 4% of those people, or 4% of people in those regions, were accessing a food bank. so, there's a huge difference. and that's because people are ashamed, or worried, or feel the stigma of having to use a food bank. so people's mental health is being impacted, whether they're using a food bank or not. they're struggling and worrying about how they're going to meet the bills for food and energy and rent. and we know that this is, you know, terrible for people. but what we're also seeing on the ground now is this terrible worry that people who are trying to support people to afford food are facing because they can't actually, they do

is in westminster.— correspondent leila nathoo is in westminster. ., ., ~ ., ., ., westminster.at do we know? conor burns has been the conservative - westminster. what do we know? conor burns has been the conservative mp i burns has been the conservative mp for bournemouth west since 2010, he has been a trade minister for exactly a month, he was previously a minister in a northern ireland office, a close ally of boris johnson. this evening, the office responsible for party discipline said that he had had the whip suspended, meaning he cannot represent the conservatives in parliament while an investigation is carried out into allegations of inappropriate behaviour earlier this week. i understand that refers to the tory party conference which finished in birmingham on wednesday, but we don't have any further details about the nature of those allegations. in a statement issued shortly after, downing street referred to a complaint of serious misconduct, said conor burns had been asked to leave the government immediately, liz truss clearly wanting to be seen to take action quickly. a

leila nathoo, bbc news, westminster.w from central lobby in the houses of parliament. i gather the prime minister is actually going to talk to tory mps on the night of 22 committee of backbenchers.— on the night of 22 committee of backbenchers. , , , ., ., backbenchers. yes, this is a regular meetinu backbenchers. yes, this is a regular meetin: of backbenchers. yes, this is a regular meeting of backbenchers _ backbenchers. yes, this is a regular meeting of backbenchers in - backbenchers. yes, this is a regular meeting of backbenchers in the - meeting of backbenchers in the conservative parties. today the prime minister is addressing them. this is the first week back from the break from the bardic conference. quite a long conversation the prime minister is having, many of who are incredibly anxious about the governments plans and the message thatis governments plans and the message that is coming across. today you heard liz truss committed quite clearly in the commons under questioning from keir starmer that they would be

leila nathoo, thanks. torsten bell, from the think tank the resolution foundation, joins us now. today with the prime minister ditching her chancellor, kwasi kwarteng, pointing jeremy hunt, who comes from a different part of the conservative party, more centrist tradition, is that going to be enough to bring financial and political calm? taste enough to bring financial and political calm?— enough to bring financial and political calm? enough to bring financial and oliticalcalm? . ., , ., political calm? we all got used to confusin: political calm? we all got used to confusing economic _ political calm? we all got used to confusing economic times - political calm? we all got used to confusing economic times but - political calm? we all got used toi confusing economic times but the last month has definitely been the most _ last month has definitely been the most chaotic economic policy—making i most chaotic economic policy—making i have _ most chaotic economic policy—making i have seen— most chaotic economic policy—making i have seen in my lifetime from any government— i have seen

leila nathoo, bbc news, westminster.our business correspondent ramzan karmali has more. within three weeks of the chancellor's mini budget, the warnings over his actions are coming thick and fast. yesterday in washington, the international monetary fund said that higher prices in the uk would stay here for longer and that the government's current course of action was at odds with what the bank of england is trying to do to get inflation down. imagine a car with two drivers, each of them with a steering wheel, and one wants to go left on the other wants to go right. one is the central bank, trying to call off the economy so that price pressures will ease. and the other one wants to spend more to support families but beyond that is going to add to aggregate demand. the imf believes that the chancellor's tax—cutting plans will only boost growth in the short term. and economists appearing front of mps today were not optimistic. we are not going to hit medium term 2.5% growth in this economy at the moment. this is something t

here's our political correspondent leila nathoo on the other cost of living issues facing the governmentd a series of tax cuts funded by borrowing, the government is now having to look at ways to find savings to convince the markets its plans are credible. now, one thing the prime minister seems to have her eye on is the benefits bill. she has so far refused to commit to raising benefits in line with inflation. that is something the previous conservative government promised to do, and it is something labour are calling for, too. now, it's prompted the latest row within the tory party, it dominated the final days of the tory party conference, you had backbenchers, including former work and pensions secretaries, as well as cabinet ministers, openly calling for the rise in benefit payments to be linked to inflation and not wages. the critics think it is politically impossible to be penalising the poorest in society at a time when prices are rising so rapidly. but the thinking in downing street is that support is already being channelled to those who need it the most through support with ene

let's talk to our political correspondent, leila nathoo.ithin the conservative party ranks over tax. now we seem to have won over well filled benefits as well. where does this leave the prime minister? extraordinary pace with which this new dispute has bubbled to the surface just yesterday. there were tory mps welcoming the u—turn over the 45p tax rate and now there seems to be confusion in the cabinet about the prime minister is refusal to rule out not raising benefits in line with inflation, having a cabinet minister come out and say when the prime minister has refused to commit that, having a cabinet minister come out in public and say this is what we need to do. there are suggestions from other cabinet ministers as well that they are sympathetic to that view. plenty of people from the work and pensions cabinet expressing concern. remember the only reason this is being considered as is because the government now has to balance the books because of all the tax—cutting measures announced in last week's mini budget. an extraordinary u—turn

joining me now is our political correspondent, leila nathoo. about this and about downing street reaction? we had a first statement from the conservative party via the conservative party via the conservative party via the conservative party from the width�*s office saying, burns had had the whip suspended, the conservative whip suspended, the conservative whip suspended, the conservative whip suspended pending an investigation into allegations of what they described as inappropriate behaviour earlier this week. i understand this relates to behaviour at the conservative party conference which was taking place began sunday and on began weinday and on began we don�*tand on began we don�*t know on began we don�*t know when )n began we don�*t know when in the allegations relate that period the allegations relate to. but it does party in it says the prime minister been clear that higher standards has been clear that higher standards in public life might be upheld. immediately after there was a statement from number ten. so are statement £4,311} mjh b

let's talk to our political correspondent leila nathoo who's in birmingham for us the answer to that45p tax rate. already we are seeing... i am so sorry. we i the 45p tax rate. already we are | seeing... i am so sorry. we have the 45p tax rate. already we are i seeing... i am so sorry. we have a technical problem and we cannot hear a word that our correspondent as saying. we will try and fix those and rejoin her as soon as we can. the pm is keen to stress her plans to grow the economy — and this morning went to visit a construction site in birmingham. she was asked if she had confidence in her chancellor — after yesterday's tax u—turn. what we have done is we have listened to what people said on this issue. it wasn't a core part of our growth plan, what the plan is focused on is helping people with energy bills, getting business moving and we are here at this fantastic new development in birmingham, creating jobs for the future. that is what the plan is about. it was becoming a distraction and that's why we immediately changed the policy and that is the kind of government we are. we

let's go live to our political correspondent leila nathoo who's at downing street.wasi kwarteng has gone as chancellor and we are seeing that jeremy hunt will succeed him and we have a statement from the prime minister coming up in a few minutes�* time at which she is expected to announce a u—turn, possibly, on the mini budget of last month? yes. announce a u-turn, possibly, on the mini budget of last month? yes, what a mornin: mini budget of last month? yes, what a morning it — mini budget of last month? yes, what a morning it has _ mini budget of last month? yes, what a morning it has been. _ mini budget of last month? yes, what a morning it has been. we _ mini budget of last month? yes, what a morning it has been. we are - a morning it has been. we are expecting to hearfrom liz a morning it has been. we are expecting to hear from liz truss in a press conference within the hour orso a press conference within the hour or so here at downing street but we know already she has sacked her chancellor, kwasi kwarteng and he made that clear in his letter to her that he wa