our political correspondent nick eardley is here. oon facing some of the most daunting challenges that any new parameter in recent times has faced? �* ., . ., . ,, faced? and not much time to address them, ben. — faced? and not much time to address them, ben. when _ faced? and not much time to address them, ben. when she _ faced? and not much time to address them, ben. when she arrives - faced? and not much time to address them, ben. when she arrives back i them, ben. when she arrives back here later, that will be her big chance to set out a vision to the country, to tell voters at home what she wants to do with the keys to no 10. we know what a lot of that is. we know that her big economic plan is to try and to be late growth. we know that she wants to cut taxes. and we are expecting in the next few days to hear a big intervention on energy, probably freezing prices for millions of people, and many businesses across the country, a really big move that is designed to take to the country, i understand how big your challenges are, i und

nick eardley re-uortin to be prime minister. nick eardley reporting from _ to be prime minister.e minister. nick eardley reporting from liverpool, thank. to be prime minister. nick eardley l reporting from liverpool, thank you. votes organised by russia in four occupied regions of ukraine close today. in his nightly address, president zelensky said the world would give a tough response if russia used the polls to annex parts of his country. nearly four million people from the eastern regions of donetsk and luhansk, and the southern regions of kherson and zaporizhzhia are being asked to attend polling stations and vote in so—called referendums onjoining russia. 0ur correspondent in kyiv is hugo bachega. a tense moment. what happens next? the pro—russian authorities in the east of the country have claimed the turnout in the regions of donetsk and luhansk had reached 90%. obviously ukrainian officials, 0bviously ukrainian officials, western countries, have dismissed this process as a propaganda exercise and say there is no legitimacy to this so—called referendum and the result has a

nick eardley, thank ou ideological battle. . nick eardley, thank you very — ideological battle. .dley, thank you very much indeed, - ideological battle. . nick eardley, thank you very much indeed, our| thank you very much indeed, our chief political correspondent. there�*s more on the bbc news website on what the fall in the pound�*s value means. head to bbc.co.uk/news/business, for information on why the value of the pound has tumbled, and how it will affect you. a gunman has opened fire in a school in russia killing at least 13 people, seven of them children. two teachers and two security guards are also among the dead at school 88 in the city of izhevsk. investigators say at least 20 other people were injured before the gunman turned the gun on himself. 0ur correspondent caroline hawley is here. caroline, what more details do we have? ~ , ., , , have? well, this happened in the town in central— have? well, this happened in the town in central russia, _ have? well, this happened in the town in central russia, it - have? well, this happened in the town in central russia, it was -

nick eardley in westminster. _ monarchy continues. thank you. _ the queen chose to spend most of her later years at her official residence of windsor castle, instead of buckingham palace in london. 0ur correspondent duncan kennedy has been there this morning speaking to people who have gathered to pay tribute. windsor has become a place of mournful silence. crowded but still. reflection and tranquillity. we can see that it means a lot.— see that it means a lot. yes, it does, see that it means a lot. yes, it does. it's _ see that it means a lot. yes, it does. it's very _ see that it means a lot. yes, it does, it's very sad. _ see that it means a lot. yes, it does, it's very sad. what - see that it means a lot. yes, it does, it's very sad. what does| see that it means a lot. yes, it - does, it's very sad. what does she mean to you? _ does, it's very sad. what does she mean to you? i— does, it's very sad. what does she mean to you? ithink— does, it's very sad. what does she mean to you? i think she - does, it's very sad. what does she me

with me is our chief political correspondent nick eardley. we continue to watch the pictures of the carre taking the king on his journey to edinburgh. nick was at that service in the houses of parliament. another very important moment of the ceremony and the passing of the baton from one monarch to another stop you we will see a lot of that. the king now travels to edinburgh, are see a lot of that. the king now travels to edinburgh,— travels to edinburgh, are very visual embodiment _ travels to edinburgh, are very visual embodiment of- travels to edinburgh, are very visual embodiment of how - travels to edinburgh, are very| visual embodiment of how the travels to edinburgh, are very - visual embodiment of how the uk's constitutional setup works. it king is going to parliament, getting that address from the speakers of both houses of parliament, the commons and the lords, sending condolences and the lords, sending condolences and paying tribute to the queen, but also pledging their allegiance to the new king, and then for king charles himself, that tribute to parliament, saying it was th

thank you, nick eardley, our olitical thing.u to compare the conditions and context if you like in which borisjohnson entered number ten, with the conditions now as liz truss can —— prepares to enter number ten as prime minister. fairly different backdrops. absolutely. and we have to go back several years, even generations, to find a more difficult entry. when you look at what liz truss is facing, pressure on the nhsjust like borisjohnson had to deal with but also financial crises like david cameron had to deal with and also industrial strife and threats of inflation like that you had to deal with and not to mention an unruly party likejohn major had to deal with. her entry is bursting full of problems and she has a very short period of time to deal with the energy crisis and get the confidence of the public and the parliamentary party, as well as setting the party on track for victory in 2024. 0bviously, her handling of the economy and why the cost of living crisis will be crucial. we have heard of this idea it seems that she m

nick eardley there.test details of the appointments to liz truss's new cabinet on bbc news online — that's bbc.co.uk/news, and by using the bbc news app. as we say, liz truss confirming she will announce proposals tomorrow to try and deal with the soaring cost of energy. 0ur economics editor faisal islam joins me — and faisal we've been hearing this morning from the govenor of the bank of england.... yes, just on the other side of the house of commons where we saw those scenes of the prime minister doing herfirst prime scenes of the prime minister doing her first prime minister's questions and in many ways one might argue that sorts a message we were getting was perhaps the the bigger take from today, the sense this is the biggest energy shop that uk households have a face, much bigger than the 19705. that there is nothing really that they can do to prevent a recession and blaming the up coming rece55ion, which they are now clearly predicting, and vladimir putin directly. so sort of big themes from the g

nick eardley, thank you. we will put _ election. nick eardley, thank you.u. we will put some of— election. nick eardley, thank you. we will put some of those - election. nick eardley, thank you. we will put some of those points | election. nick eardley, thank you. | we will put some of those points to keir starmer himself late on the programme. royal mail workers are to hold 19 days of strike action during the peak build—up to christmas. the communication workers union said the strikes will cover black friday and cyber monday and said it reflects the "level of anger" workers feel over pay and terms and conditions. public health officials are warning there could be a big early wave of flu this autumn. the uk health security agency is urging people to get a flu vaccine and, where eligible, a covid booster as well. it comes after australia just experienced its biggest flu season for years. around 33 million people can get a free flu jab. more than 2.5 million people have been told to evacuate their homes in florida as hurricane ian is forecast to hit the state

nick eardley was talkint crisis. thank you. nick eardley was talking about _ crisis. thank you.r rockets on her day, to use the borisjohnson phrase. nicholas witchell is in bal moral. you have done these handovers before but never at balmoral. good morning. that is right. good morning from bal moral in the scottish highlands. these are the gates to the castle just behind me where the prime minister is outgoing and incoming will be arriving. normally, this procedure takes place at buckingham palace where the queen has appointed all the previous prime ministers of her long reign. because of her mobility issues it was decided the queen should remain here and they would come to her. we expect to see boris johnson and they would come to her. we expect to see borisjohnson arriving shortly before 11:30am. he will fly to aberdeen and come by road the a5 miles to bal moral and will see the queen in the drawing room at the castle and tender his resignation. after midday, we expect liz truss will arrive, after midday, we expect liz truss willarrive, have after midday, we expect liz truss w

political correspondent, nick eardley. — the uk.onstitutional monarch leading australia and i am joined by the former australian prime minister kevin rudd here in studio. thank you for being with us. we have heard a lot about the queen's sense of humour. i want to start with that. i spoke to sirjohn major last night he was talking about her devilish, impish sense of humour, and just take us back to the last time you actually met the queen. it take us back to the last time you actually met the queen.- take us back to the last time you actually met the queen. it was after i left actually met the queen. it was after i left office- — actually met the queen. it was after i left office- i _ actually met the queen. it was after i left office. i was _ actually met the queen. it was after i left office. i was here _ actually met the queen. it was after i left office. i was here in _ actually met the queen. it was after i left office. i was here in london i i left office. i was here in london and i was on the international advisory board of c

but now we are going to go to liverpool and speak to our chief political correspondent nick eardley whoer has already been on the airwaves this morning, talking about what the imf had to say. what is his take? ,., ., what the imf had to say. what is his take? , ., ., ., , take? good morning. it is interesting _ take? good morning. it is interesting being - take? good morning. it is interesting being in - take? good morning. it is. interesting being in liverpool because labour were setting out a lot of its plans for what it wants to do if it wins the next election, but the truth is most everything happening in politics is being framed by the announcements that the chancellor made on friday and some of the turbulence we have seen in the markets ever since. the message that the labour party had been trying to get over is that this didn�*t need to happen, that this was a choice by the government, and they are trying to pin the blame firmly at ministers�* doorfor are trying to pin the blame firmly at ministers�* door for what has happened over the last few days and what could happen with int

let's talk to our chief political correspondent nick eardley and, yes, after a hiatus, that is a reminderacing this relatively new government. absolutely, liz truss is a new york today, trying to say to other world leaders, let's stick by ukraine, those higher bills, that households and businesses are facing, are worth it to stick by an ally. but there was pressure is back at home that have largely faded into the background for the past ten days are going to come roaring back to the foreground over the next few, and it's going to be a big test for this government, exactly how it plans to deal with them. so we'll get more details, as damian was saying, tomorrow on the support package for business, and then later this week there will be a really fundamental moment for this government when it tries to set out its plan to grow the economy, with the chancellor, kwasi kwarteng, standing up for that brief mini budget. now, we have a rough idea what it's going to look like, because he set out his two things that he really wants to achieve in the job. things that he really wants to achieve in thej

nick eardley is here. pretty much all here? j eardley is here. pretty much all here?at crisis over the next few months. china, a lot of concern about china. suella braverman, the new home secretary. i know a lot of people ask why we shout things at ministers when they arrive. i asked what she was going to do... you got a response! — what she was going to do... you got a response! a _ what she was going to do... you got a response! a rare _ what she was going to do... you got a response! a rare triumph. - what she was going to do... you got a response! a rare triumph. one - what she was going to do... you got a response! a rare triumph. one ofl a response! a rare triumph. one of the thins a response! a rare triumph. one of the things i — a response! a rare triumph. one of the things i know _ a response! a rare triumph. one of the things i know she _ a response! a rare triumph. one of the things i know she will- a response! a rare triumph. one of the things i know she will be - the things i know she will be focused on because her team have told me is a small boat crossi

nick eardley is with me.e fourth prime minister in the last six years and she has already talked about fighting and winning the next general election? it has been a turbulent old—time, it feels we are here more and more often waiting for a new prime minister. i think the feeling in her party is that liz truss has to guard the next few days and weeks right, that will mean this energy plan we heard about from simon earlier will be absolutely crucial. there is a view in the conservative party that if they get it right, and those degree freezing prices is a way of getting it right, potentially liz truss can get back on the front foot, talk about the wider economy and talk about some of her other plans for government. you will labour, the lib dems and the snp all saying that her plans do not go far enough and she should be introducing a new windfall tax, but if she goes ahead with that and she sets out that wider vision, the hope that her team has is that she can spend the next couple of the ocean when the conserv

our chief political correspondent nick eardley will be keeping us updated.he energy bill crisis will be impact businesses. let's get more and speak to baroness ruby mcgregor—smith, who is president of the british chambers of commerce. thanks very much for talking to us. what are your members telling you about the kind of pressures they are under now and the way that they are looking ahead for the couple of months coming up to the christmas season? what kind of message are they delivering to you? we season? what kind of message are they delivering to you?— season? what kind of message are they delivering to you? we have over 17,000 they delivering to you? we have over 17.000 members _ they delivering to you? we have over 17,000 members in _ they delivering to you? we have over 17,000 members in the _ they delivering to you? we have over 17,000 members in the message - they delivering to you? we have over 17,000 members in the message is l 17,000 members in the message is really clear across the board, we have to have a reduction in energy prices. that is thei

our chief political correspondent nick eardley is in westminster. good morning, nick.question lots of people at home are thinking about, what more support is coming? morning to you, nina, it looks very different around here today. but what we are going to get over the next few days is basically the delayed launch of liz truss's premiership. asjon was just saying, she is in new yorkjust now, she will be meeting with world leaders, including president biden. really interesting, she said overnight she doesn't think in the short and medium term that the negotiations with a free trade deal with the united states are going to start. she will talk a lot about ukraine and how she is pledging to give ukrainejust as much money next and how she is pledging to give ukraine just as much money next year as the uk has given this year for military aid. you are absolutely right on the domestic front, there are those huge challenges we have all been talking about as well. let me tell you what i think we are going to get over the next few days when it comes to those big question on the c

i'm joined by our chief political correspondent nick eardley. good morning to you.th that trip by the prime minister to new york and their pledge on ukraine is going to be significant, something liz truss will focus on. there is promising for her in respect of this trip is the idea of a trade deal with the us, suggestions from the prime minister that there will not be as much progress on this as she would have hoped? fir progress on this as she would have ho ed? ., , ., progress on this as she would have hoed? ., , ., ., hoped? or any at all in the medium-term _ hoped? or any at all in the medium-term because - hoped? or any at all in the | medium-term because she hoped? or any at all in the - medium-term because she has told medium—term because she has told reporters overnight there are notable dogs going on with the united states at the moment about a trade deal. she doesn't think they are likely to start again in the short or medium term. potentially several years before those talks even get going again. that is pretty significant because remember, the deal with t

describing the party as the "political wing of the british people". 0ur chief political correspondent, nick eardleym a huge lead over the tories but there are questions about whether they do occupy the centre ground which blair held or whether some at the top of the leadership is to the left of that and they can really count on continued public support. yes, good morning. the economic situation has dominated a lot of the conversation here. there have been some hastily rewritten speeches, looking at what has happened since friday and trying to say labour has a better plan. that is a message labour has been trying to hammer. sir keir starmer will hammer it in his big speech today because he will make the argument that labour has moved to the centre from the left. yes, it still has some left—wing policies, like when it comes to public utilities and things like that. but ultimately what sir keir starmer wants to say is we will be responsible, we will fund everything. he will try and contrast that with the government�*s plan, saying that is unfunded borrowing and that is a bad idea. there are questions

thank you, nick eardley, our chief political correspondent.has arrived in aberdeenshire and is on his way to balmoral to tender his resignation to the queen. he'll be followed by liz truss, who's also on her way to balmoral where she will be invited by the queen to form a government and become the 15th prime minister of the queen's reign. let's talk to our royal correspondent nicholas witchell who's at balmoral. hello to you, and of course, the queen is famously discreet about all the prime ministers and liz truss will be her 15th prime minister which is quite an astonishing fact. what do you think she will make of this latest prime minister? weill. this latest prime minister? well, would that we _ this latest prime minister? well, would that we could _ this latest prime minister? well, would that we could know- this latest prime minister? well, would that we could know that! l this latest prime minister? i! would that we could know that! the question at the moment is what is happening to the timetable. we understood that borisjohnson was expe

here's our chief political correspondent nick eardley.time in the newjob to think things through. she was straight here this morning for that really important performance. and as you saw in damien's piece there, the main debate wasn't actually about whether a lot needs to be done to tackle energy prices. that was having to pay for it to pay for it, and you can see already that differentiation between liz truss who is likely to borrow money to do it in the labour party and other app opposition parties who say you should be taxing the big oil and gas companies who are making record profits to do it. liz truss has set herself three things for all of us to judge her by over the next few months. one is whether she can get the economy growing again, the other is whether she can repair the nhs. the third one is that energy prices, whether she can do enough to help households through the winter and enough to repair the energy sector in the uk. also in parliament, there was this exchange with liz truss and the former prime minister teresa mae. and

our chief political correspondent nick eardley is in liverpool. good morning. s pushing ahead with its plans for a green economy but there are some who believe they should be more forthright in attacking the government's tax—cutting? good morning to you, sally. i think we will hear a lot of that, a lot of attacks on the government for getting rid of the additional rate of income tax paid by people earning over £150,000. labour says is over £150 , 000. labour says is totally over £150,000. labour says is totally the wrong priority, but they are going to agree to reducing the basic rate of income tax, the one everybody earning over about £13,000 pays. there's been a few divisions on that actually. andy burnham has said labour should oppose that tax cut. some on the left of a party like the former chancellorjohn mcdonnell are opposed to doing that at the moment, shadow chancellor i should say, broadly, we will see a lot of attacks from here on in what the government is doing and the truth is labour is trying to say to the public the government has one plan for grow

i'm joined now by our chief political correspondent, nick eardley.it is interesting, looking at the papers, hardly a mention of rishi sunak stop it is liz truss, liz truss, liz truss. is she inevitably the winner? irate liz truss, liz truss. is she inevitably the winner? we will know for sure at 12:30pm _ inevitably the winner? we will know for sure at 12:30pm but _ inevitably the winner? we will know for sure at 12:30pm but i'm - for sure at 12:30pm but i'm struggling to find anybody who thinks liz truss is not going to be prime minister tomorrow. even chatting to some of rishi sunak�*s a close allies last night, they were talking about the margin of victory saying it might be a bit closer than some are expecting but not really saying that their man was going to win. to be honest, that has been the case for a few weeks. liz truss has been quite a bit ahead, tory members who have made this decision liked her plan to cut taxes. they liked her plan to cut taxes. they liked her rhetoric about growing the economy. they want something to change in there.

our chief political correspondent nick eardley is on downing street. good morning.pening over the coming days. a lot more information will emerge including the date of the funeral itself, but in many ways, politics is sidelined for a moment in time. it absolutely is. you for a moment in time. it absolutely is- you may — for a moment in time. it absolutely is- you may be _ for a moment in time. it absolutely is. you may be able _ for a moment in time. it absolutely is. you may be able to _ for a moment in time. it absolutely is. you may be able to see - for a moment in time. it absolutely is. you may be able to see behind l for a moment in time. it absolutely i is. you may be able to see behind me the members of the cabinet are arriving just now for a special meeting to discuss what happens over the next week or so. it is quite remarkable to think of all the political developments we have seen in the last few years. a lot of the turbulence that has been going on in that building behind me. the queen was a symbol of continuity throughout all of that and the tributes w

our chief political correspondent nick eardley is in westminster.e are expecting that ceremony with mps and members of the lords packing into westminster hall, the largest part of westminster, to hearfrom westminster hall, the largest part of westminster, to hear from the king. it will notjust be him, there will be addresses from the speakers of the commons and the lords who will both pay their respects after the death of the queen and also pledge allegiance to the new king. it will be a fairly sombre event where the queen will then respond to those addresses from the speakers. it a historic moment because a lot of the ceremonies in the past would have taken very much in private and they will take part in public. these would normally historically take place at buckingham palace, it was only at the turn of the 20th century that they started to take place in parliament and today we will have this televised event where we will see how this plays out with the tributes to the new king from the speakers, the symbolic heads of the cupboards at the lords ——

our chief political correspondent nick eardley is here.as improved. the sun is shining for now but there are storm clouds gathering and boy are they big storm clouds. the? they big storm clouds. they absolutely _ they big storm clouds. they absolutely are. _ they big storm clouds. they absolutely are. the - they big storm clouds. they absolutely are. the in - they big storm clouds. they absolutely are. the in tray l they big storm clouds. they| absolutely are. the in tray is daunting. we have seen ministers walking on this morning, and there are a long list of things that each of them has to worry about, but the thing that is dominating that meeting going on right now is the issue we have been talking about so much this week, the energy crisis, bills going up, what the government is going to do to support people. liz truss is currently setting out her strategy to ministers, to help people with bills, we know that she is going to spend tens of billions of pounds, the government is going to borrow a lot of money to help people with their bil

our chief political correspondent nick eardley is in westminster. the death of the queen and pledge allegiance to the queen and pledge allegiance to the king. there will be parliamentarians, mps and members of the lords to witness it this morning. the king himself will give an address back to parliamentarians, talking to them about his relationship with parliament. we have seen over the past days these moments that normally happen in private which we can read about in history books. today we see another one play out in front of the camera is for the first time. thank you very much. thousands of people have been coming here to buckingham palace to pay tribute to the queen, with thousands more expected as her coffin returns to the capital later this week. let�*s talk more about what we can expect over the next few days, i�*m joined now by royal historian kate williams. good morning. we get a sense we are seeing history unfold in front of our eyes. we know what the plan is and the movements of the coffin, here to buckingham palace, and we know what happ

that is nick eardley - try to sell that to voters. thank you. that is nick eardley in - you.e that on friday during a speech thatl-ts is to friday during a speech thetrhe is to make gall stew; political leaders from across the world are gathering injapan where a state funeral for former prime minister shinzo abe is being held. mr abe, japan�*s longest—serving leader, was shot dead during an election rally injuly. in the last few weeks opposition to the state funeral has been growing. this is a funeral that some people think shouldn�*t even be taking place, certainly in the form that it is. �* , ,., , place, certainly in the form that it is. absolutely. opinions have been ve slit is. absolutely. opinions have been very split over _ is. absolutely. opinions have been very split over this _ is. absolutely. opinions have been very split over this state _ is. absolutely. opinions have been very split over this state funeral i very split over this state funeral which has been taking place in nippon budokan, the building behind me. this is as close as we can get due to tight securit

we're joined from westminster by our chief political correspondent, nick eardley.ents coming today. these announcements coming today. the priority for the nhs now. how will they be filled? because i suppose they have not particular change. suppose they have not particular chance. ~ . ., .,, change. what the new government has done is set themselves _ change. what the new government has done is set themselves high _ change. what the new government has done is set themselves high bars - done is set themselves high bars when it comes to achieving for the nhs. when liz truss took over, she made it a key priority, one of the three things she promised to deliver. today we start to see the plan as the government sees it with promises on gp appointments, saying everyone should be able to get one within a fortnight and most urgent cases see someone within the day, with gps. but there is another section of the nhs where the government is planning to do something to tackle and it will be tricky. ambulance waiting times, the care issue, back logs when it comes to things like o

nick eardley, our chief political correspondent there.u so much for talking to us here this afternoon. your thoughts, first of all, about liz truss, her victory, 57%? the skill of a — liz truss, her victory, 57%? the skill of a challenge _ liz truss, her victory, 57%? t12 skill of a challenge that faces a new premise, firstly congratulations to liz truss —— the scale of the challenge. we will hear from the conservative mps about how important it is to unite around and support her. we need some short—term solutions to get us through this very difficult winter and a longer term strategy to move our nation forward. i think we're going to come up forward. i think we're going to come up with those solutions, but what is critical for me is the make up with those solutions, but what is criticalfor me is the make up, the complexion, the personality, the tone and, indeed, the conduct of this cabinet. and indeed, this government. ijust this cabinet. and indeed, this government. i just stress and this cabinet. and indeed, this government. ijust stre

let's speak to our chief political correspondent, nick eardley. good morning.ed a mini budget, in the next half hour, the jan slack will announce the single tax—cutting event since the 1980s. some of the tax measures we know are coming will cost the government around 30 million pounds but actually if we get everything that has been talked about in government, it could be as much as £50 billion. i think it is likely that later this morning we will see the government raised the threshold in which people �*in the �* in the summer the remember in the summer during the tory leadership campaign, there were no... there are still many conservatives who are uncomfortable with this and opposition parties say the they government has got its priorities all wrong. labour argue this is trickle down economics that will not work, should be taxing the energy companies who are making record profits even more to pay for some of these measures rather than borrowing and meikle people pay it backin borrowing and meikle people pay it back in the future. have a listen to labour�*s pat

nick eardley chatting to me a little earlier.cians. thank you for your time this morning. what are the key thing that you want to hear from to therese coffey this morning?— you want to hear from to therese coffey this morning? thank you. we don't look at — coffey this morning? thank you. we don't look at short-term _ coffey this morning? thank you. we don't look at short-term fixes - coffey this morning? thank you. we don't look at short-term fixes or - don't look at short—term fixes or headlines, that is important, that we look at the medium and long—term problems. these problems have been growing since before the pandemic. they have been exacerbated by it, and we have major stresses on the nhs now, notjust in the winter that is to come, but the fundamental underlying problems are around our workforce availability. we are all trying to do all the best we can but there simply are not enough staff to deliver the care that we need to deliver. and that's both in health and social. so we need medium to longer term plans that will fix

chief political correspondent nick eardley is in downing street.e being reversed, corporation tax increases cancel. i think it likely we will see a change to the tax people pay when they buy houses, stamp duty. there is speculation that the threshold at which you start paying will go up to about a quarter of a million pounds. that is probably going to happen later today and also watch out for changes to income tax. a lot of conservatives have been talking about bringing down income tax sooner. in the building behind me, they are tight—lipped. that is one to watch later. but the big picture is the government is telling us that there is a big change in economic direction. borisjohnson was happy to put up tax to pay for public services. he spent a lot of money on the nhs and said you have to find that cash from somewhere. for liz truss and the new chancellor, the strategy is different. it is cut tax and regulation, stimulate economic growth and use that to pay off debt in the future. but it is far from guaranteed to be a success. many economists are s

ione wells, bbc news, liverpool. 0ur chief political correspondent nick eardley is in liverpool. n. everybody degrees you need to grow the economy to deal with some of the economic issues the country is facing at the moment. the big question is how you do it. labour and its leader sir keir starmer are going to spend the next few days here in liverpool talking as much as they can about their own plan for economic growth, and that is basically going to be the thing that divides british politics over the next few months and probably the next few years as well. so labour are saying you can do this in a fairer way by growing the green economy, by investing in loads of things like onshore and offshore power, solar power and things like that, and they argue that will create lots of jobs that, and they argue that will create lots ofjobs that will help lots of people. but as we know, the government's argument, the conservative government's argument, is that if you cut tax and you cut regulation you get more investment into the country and that will grow the economy and that will make thing

that was labour's view from david lammy. 0ur chief political correspondent nick eardley is here. before david lammy. this is a new administration but it is a continuation of the government that has been in office for a long time. what sort of extra challenges does that pose, as she tries to give the impression that she is a new broom sweeping through? an impression that she is a new broom sweeping through?— sweeping through? an important oint. sweeping through? an important point- lots _ sweeping through? an important point- lots of — sweeping through? an important point. lots of the _ sweeping through? an important point. lots of the ministers - sweeping through? an important point. lots of the ministers who | sweeping through? an important i point. lots of the ministers who are in seniorjobs now, they might be new faces to many of the audience because they have not been particularly prominent, but they have been really involved in what is going on in there. for example the new chancellor kwasi kwarteng, the man at number 11, he was business secretary for a while, so he was invo

i am glad to say we passed the test. 0ur chief political correspondent nick eardley is here.ow big a moment in british history this is. when we see this afternoon the coffin brought to westminster hall, seeing the queues going through the front doorfrom 5pm, seeing the queues going through the front door from 5pm, it will be quite a moment of public outpouring of emotion. has quite a moment of public outpouring of emotion. ~ , ., ., quite a moment of public outpouring of emotion-— of emotion. as someone who works here, of emotion. as someone who works here. does — of emotion. as someone who works here. does it _ of emotion. as someone who works here, does it feel— of emotion. as someone who works here, does it feel different - of emotion. as someone who works here, does it feel different right - here, does it feel different right now? , , . ., here, does it feel different right now? , . ., now? definitely. we have stood here, we did last week— now? definitely. we have stood here, we did last week for _ now? definitely. we have stood here, we did last week for the _ now? defin

let's speak to our chief political correspondent, nick eardley, who's here with me.sis, more besides, they were saying there will be help for those who need it the most, how much do we know about what might be coming down the tracks? this is based on the premise that liz truss winds, if we take that, what are you hearing about these possibilities? it is the issue that is going to define her first few months it is the issue that is going to define herfirst few months in office. herteam know define herfirst few months in office. her team know that. they have been working on a package for some time. at the moment we do not know the details. we will get them later this week, probably on thursday she will set out what she plans to do. i think it will involve spending a lot of money, potentially tens of billions of pounds, similar to furlough during the pandemic. there are options on the table, the treasury has been working on them, one of the things talked about this morning that energy companies are quite keen on, and some think liz truss might be coming around too, is t

our chief political correspondent, nick eardley gave us an update on the prime minister's visit to newoing on with the united states at the moment about a trade deal. she doesn't think they are likely to start again in the short or medium term. potentially several years before those talks even get going again. that is pretty significant because remember, the deal with the united states on trade was something borisjohnson talked about when he was in government. it is something some brexit supporters thought could be a big dividend of leaving the european union but under president biden, it's looked increasingly less likely to happen soon and the new prime minister has said overnight that she just doesn't see it getting going anytime soon. there's that. liz truss will want to talk a lot more i think when she is in new york at the united nations, about ukraine, that is the thing she wants to get on the front foot about by pledging all this extra cash next year, saying the military aid in �*23 will match whatever the uk is spending in �*22, and tells us a couple of things, the uk governmen

let's speak to our chief political correspondent, nick eardley. are wrong and that at best it's a bit of a gamble. and politically it's pretty controversial too, because the people who are going to benefit most from the tax cuts that were just announced by the chancellor are those on the highest salaries. that is not normally what governments like to do. they like to say they are cutting tax for the people who can least afford to pay it, but as i say, the calculation is being made are that you can make a big economic growth changes and that will make a big difference to the economy as a whole. the big question is, will it work? �* . , work? and what is the political reaction from _ work? and what is the political reaction from the _ work? and what is the political| reaction from the government's work? and what is the political- reaction from the government's own benches? i reaction from the government's own benches? ~ . reaction from the government's own benches? ~' , . , benches? i think there will be many conservatives _ benches? i think there w

. _ our chief political correspondent nick eardley is on downing street. good morning.inu. , just take us through what will be haueninu. , , ., ., happening. yes, there has been a lot of chance happening. yes, there has been a lot of change here _ happening. yes, there has been a lot of change here over _ happening. yes, there has been a lot of change here over the _ happening. yes, there has been a lot of change here over the past - happening. yes, there has been a lot of change here over the past few - of change here over the past few years, but one of the things that has always remained the same, of course, is that prime ministers go and meet the queen, as those weekly addresses. 15 prime ministers held regular audiences over her reign with queen elizabeth ii. normal functions of government will be suspended, there will be some court things that continue, but don't expect to see much politics over the next few days. i just walked up whitehall and here in downing street flags are flying at half mast as you would expect. we have already seen tributes pour in from acros

our chief political correspondent nick eardley is there.uth. some veterans wearing medals proudly. some younger adults, who want to be here to pay their respects. some people had been having in front of the coffin, some curtsying. no shortage of people finding themselves overcome by it all and are crying as they leave the hall. about 20 minutes ago, the former prime minister theresa may and her husband philip walked through and had their own moment in front of the coffin. they are two people who will have known the queen well from when theresa may had her weekly audiences with the queen, spent time with her at balmoral. it is very quiet in here, very sombre. it will remain so for the next four days or so as tens of thousands, potentially hundreds of thousands of people make the shortjourney through westminster hall, spending about two minutes in a walking past the coffin. a really profound and quite powerful sense in here. as the cameras focusing on the individuals, there are so many stories attached to the reasons why people have chosen to