prime minister, the former- tory chancellor, phillip hammond, just said you have totally trashed thenning reputation - for economic competence. would you apologise to your party? well, i am determined to deliver on what i set out when i campaigned to be party leader. we need to have a high—growth economy, but we have to recognise that we are facing very difficult issues as a country. and it was right, in the national interest, that i made the decisions i've made today to restore that economic stability so we can deliver, first of all, helping people through this winter and next winter with their energy bills, but also making sure that our country is on the long—term footing for sustainable economic growth. thank you very much, everybody. liz truss's news conference. coming up liz truss's news conference. coming up next is froch. —— is sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. hailed as the most inclusive rugby league event ever, we bring you all the build—up to the world cup. and we look at the financial crisis engulfing rugby union and what this could mean for the future of the pre

, and long—time tory watcher iain anderson, and the former chancellor of the exchequer phillip — now lord — hammondhing or too about making the sums add up. hello and welcome to the first sunday of the sunak era. it is 9am, in case you forgot to put the clocks back, and we have a new, and britain's first, british—indian prime minister. this is what rishi sunak said he would do outside number 10 on tuesday. the mandate that my party earned in 2019 is not the sole property of any one individual. it is a mandate that belongs to and unites all of us, and the heart of that mandate is our manifesto. i will deliver on its promise. he says he'll stick to what borisjohnson promised three years ago, but beyond that, how much do we know? we know he backed brexit. we know he was fined for breaking covid rules, alongside borisjohnson, and we know he quit from government, helping bring down his old boss. we know over the summer, when he tried and failed to become leader, he predicted some of the economic chaos that shoved liz truss out. oh, and we know that he's fond of the odd fancy pr shoots. but this morning,