instability and rising mortgage rates for some time to come. downing street says the prime minister is now focussed on ensuring economic stability, but with most of her plans now ripped up, we ll be asking whether liz truss can survive, and getting reaction from voters. also this lunchtime the head of the metropolitan police says hundreds of his officers should have been sacked for gross misconduct. civilians rescued in the ukrainian capital after an attack by russian kamikaze drones. and against the odds, scotland s cricketers beat the west indies in one of their greatest ever victories. and coming up on the bbc news channel scotland have made a winning start to their t20 world cup campaign with a shock defeat of the west indies in australia. good afternoon. the new chancellor, jeremy hunt, has scrapped almost all of the key measures in last month s controversial mini budget, in the latest in a series of government u turns. in an emergency statement, aimed at reassurin
government s in panic. the country will pay a lasting price for putting is through this ideological experiment and will pay a lasting price through economic instability and rising mortgage rates for some time to come. and in other news. the head of the metropolitan police says hundreds of his officers should have been sacked for gross misconduct. civilians rescued in the ukrainian capital after an attack by russian kamikaze drones. scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon has set out her economic argument for leaving the uk, including plans move to a scottish currency when the time is right . the new chancellor, jeremy hunt, has scrapped almost all of the key measures in last month s controversial mini budget, in the latest in a series of government u turns. in an emergency statement, he abandoned indefinitely the planned 1p cut in the basic rate of income tax, that had been due to come in next year. help with energy bills will now only last until next april instead of for
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ensure there is trust and confidence in our national finances. that means decisions of eye watering difficulty. as her plans unravelled, liz truss kept a low profile in westminster leaving a cabinet colleague to step in. the prime minister is not under a desk. she. laughter. after a day in which the prime minister was barely seen and not heard, tonight she speaks exclusively to me for this programme. also on the programme. russian forces launch waves of drone attacks on the ukrainian capital kyiv. hundreds of metropolitan police are getting away with law breaking and misconduct says a new report. iamat i am at the roundhouse in london where the winner of the booker stay with us here on the bbc news channel 4 continuing coverage and analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at ten. the prime minister liz truss has said she is sorry and accepts repsonsibility for mistakes in her economic plan as the maj
and the economy is also a key issue for us voters three weeks out from the crucial midterm elections as inflation continues to rise. tonight with the context, paul waugh, chief political commentator for the i newspaper, and democratic strategist mary anne marsh. as government u turns go, and there have been a few of late, this was a big one. britain s new chancellor, jeremy hunt, has dumped nearly all of the flagship economic policies of the liz truss government in an attempt to end weeks of financial turmoil. it has left the prime minister fighting for her political survival with a few mps openly calling for her to quit, and more doing anonymously. this gives you an idea of the scale of how much has been dropped from the pm s plan for growth last month which the then chancellor kwasi kwarteng announced in parliament, and how little now remains. the 1p cut in the basic rate of income tax has been dropped indefinitely. it will remain at 20p. the 2 year cap on energy prices h