walker, who's political editor of the birmingham post and mail, and the former pensions minister ros altmann. tomorrow's front pages starting with... let's start with the observer ministers are being warned of a mounting nursing crisis as england's hospitals struggle to recruit staff for tens of thousands of vacancies. the telegaph says that the prime minister is preparing for confrontation in courts and parliament over brexit as he demands a new deal with the eu that would free northern ireland from the oversight of europeanjudges. the express leads with the remarks made by energy minister, kwasi kwarteng, that britain is not at risk of running out of gas this winter and that energy prices will remain capped. the independent says that the government is to offer the north a �*bare minimum' of railway upgrades despite the pm's pledge to �*level up�* the country. according to the mail on sunday, civil servants working from home weren't able to access vital documents about uk citizens trying to flee afghanistan, slowing down the progress of the evacuations. and the sunday times says that scotla

our guestsjoining me tonight for the papers are the former pensions minister ros altmann and jonathanr, the political editor of the birmingham post and mail. the education secretary has committed to tackling persistent pupil absences "head on", describing it as a "key priority". in a speech to head teachers this afternoon, nadhim zahawi said disadvantaged children lose out most from not being in school. ahead of the spending review later this month, he pledged to invest "record sums" in children's education. we must really close the gap, the disadvantage gap, and do the best by every single child, by focusing on the outcome for every single child. that means mental health must be better understood, and support provided where it is needed. i want us to pull wellbeing and put it at the centre of everything we do in schools, alongside a drive for rigorous standards and high performance. but of course we cannot do this if children are not at school, so another key priority for me will be getting to the root of what is causing children not to be at school and to be persistently absent, and

our guests this evening are the former anschutz minister ros altmann, jonathan walker, the politicalt in some rain, it was a weather front that will bring something cool in the next few days. it will push its way southwards and eastwards and underneath that temperatures will not drop much. still sitting in double figures, with some drizzle. either side, a fresh start to tomorrow. some mist and fog patches around. any early sunshine in kent will be taken away and largely cloudy until the end of the afternoon. after a cloudy start in some areas, it will brighten up later. a scattering of showers in the northern half of scotland, winds may be touching 40mph in orkney and shetland. but mostly a dry afternoon and pleasant for much of england and wales, and temperatures down to what we have seen recently, but still not faring too badly. ia to 20 for the vast majority. the week ahead should be mainly dry, but it will feel cooler. this is bbc news, the headlines... chancellor sebastian kurz of austria has announced that he will step down, after he was placed under investigation on suspicion

arejonathan walker, political editor of the birmingham post and mail, and the former pensions minister ros altmannng with... ministers starting with. .. are ministers starting with... are being warned of a mountain ministers are being warned of a mountain nursing crisis as hospitals struggle to recruit staff for tens of thousands of vacancies. the telegaph says that the prime minister is preparing for confrontation with parliament and the courts over brexit as he demands a new deal with the eu that would free northern ireland from the oversight of the ecj. the express leads with the remarks made by the energy minister that britain is not at risk of running out of gas this winter and that energy prices will remain capped. the independent says the government is to offer the north a bare minimum of railway upgrades, despite the prime minister's pledged to level up the country. the sunday times says that the scotland yard detective that has spoken to virginia giuffre, the woman who said she was assaulted by prince andrew when she was 17, claims that he has always strongly denied. let's begin with one