oliver dowden, who is supporting - this very difficult period. oliver. in ukraine. millions of tonnes of grain have been stuck because of the russian blockades, leading to shortages and higherfood prices in other countries. the ships left 0desa and chornomorsk, and will travel through the safe maritime corridor towards romania. they'll then sail to turkey, where they'll be inspected. two are scheduled to dock there, while the others are headed for italy and china. 0ur correspondent in kyiv james waterhouse has the latest. this is the second convoy to make it through this corridor, through the dangerous black sea where there is the russian navy and thousands of mines thought to be positioned. we are a week into this landmark grain deal, the only diplomatic breakthrough in this war. around a quarter of eight million tonnes has made its way out of ukraine's ports for the first time. eight vessels have made it out. there has been one empty ship arriving the other way. ukraine's ambition is for three million tonnes to be shifted every month and for 100 ships

oliver dowden, who supported rishi sunak.rammaticas is here with me. it seems like they have been talking about tax cuts are not tax cuts since the start of this leadership election. i know that is not strictly true but it has kind of defaulted to that argument, yet from what the bank of england said this week, and its warnings, plus its decision to increase interest rates, the crisis goes a little more widely than that and potentially what the economy is facing is a significant recession?— economy is facing is a significant recession? 1, ~ ., ., recession? the bank of england said it is facin: recession? the bank of england said it is facing a — recession? the bank of england said it is facing a significant _ recession? the bank of england said it is facing a significant recession - it is facing a significant recession and one it predicted would last more than a year, all the way through next year, so that distinction has been there from the start between rishi sunak and liz truss, but it has absolutely become i think centra

all of thank you. -- oliver dowden.millions of children in england could go hungry this summer because councils have reduced or scrapped free school meal vouchers over the school holidays. the children's society says the rising cost of living and changes to how the scheme is funded have created a postcode lottery for families that are already struggling. 0ur education correspondent, elaine dunkley, reports. zed watches every penny. today, she's shopping at a community food pantry to pick up discounted essentials for the children. last summer, zed got a free school meal voucher in the holidays worth £15 a week. but here in birmingham, that's been scrapped. £15 might not sound like a lot of money. actually, in the grand scheme of it, it is when you've got two children to be paying for. like it is, it is a big it's a big loss. the vouchers have been replaced with free holiday clubs that provide food and activities. i love to get my children out in all activities, but with having a young child and a child with additional ne

oliver dowden, a supporter of rishi sunak, says liz truss's proposed tax cuts are "insufficient".or an incoming prime minister. we're going to see energy bills going up to almost £11,000. if you look at the idea of the tax cuts, this idea of reversing national insurance contributions, that's only going to benefit someone working full—time on the national living wage by less than £60. contrast that with whoever the prime minister is — they're going to get the benefit of about £1,800. this isn't the way to help people through this very difficult period. earlier i spoke to our business correspondent ben king who began by reflecting on the bank of england's forecast of a recession. we had a really extraordinary announcment on thursday from the bank of england, where they published new economic forecasts predicting a recession lasting more than a year, inflation to go above 13%, and on top of that they announced a half—point interest rate rise. all those things have really changed our view ofjust how bad this winter and autumn are going to be. it really is going to be quite a grim outl

oliver dowden, a supporter of rishi sunak, said ms truss' proposed tax cuts were "insufficient". one of the biggest challenges, possibly the biggest challenge for an incoming prime minister. we're going to see energy bills going up to almost £a,000. if you look at the idea of the tax cuts, this idea of reversing national insurance contributions, that's only going to benefit someone working full—time on the national living wage by less than £60. contrast that with whoever the prime minister is, they're going to get the benefit of about £1,800. this isn't the way to help people through this very difficult period. our political correspondent, damian grammaticus, spoke to us earlier. yes, recession and also inflation 13% now, peaking at that level, it says. so the really critical question, what are the two candidates going to do about that? and we see their very different visions. interesting today, i think, though, that what we saw was liz truss had very clearly, actually, said in her financial times interview yesterday that... the wording she said was, "the way i would do things wo