after appearing in court charged with the murder of nine year old olivia pratt korbel. thomas cashman who s 3a is due to stand trial in march. king charles and the queen consort have greeted crowds in dunfermline on their first official engagment since the period of royal mourning came to an end. and meet the man from kent who makes his living from doodling and has achieved a childhood dream, by covering his whole house in drawings. the chancellor kwasi kwarteng has defended his u turn on abolishing the 45p income tax rate, following widespread criticism, at the conservative party conference. this morning he backtracked on the plans, which were announced just 10 days ago in the mini budget, follwoing several senior conservative mps voicing their opposition. in a speech in the last hour, he admitted it s been a difficult day, but told the conservative party conference that the uk needs a new approach and that economic growth is the only way to spread opportunity and
richard walker. former cabinet minister andrea leadsom. and the bbc s deputy political editor, vicki young. the chancellors day began like this. this 45p rate was simply a distraction in our mission to achieve higher growth. a u turn on the scrapping the 45p top rate of tax a policy he d announced in his mini budgetjust 10 days ago. now, in a little under 15 minnutes he ll be addressing the party faithful to persuade them that he is the man to be trusted with the economy through turbulent times. welcome to politics live in birmingham. andrea led some, after the market turmoil following the mini budget on the 23rd of september by kwasi kwarteng, and then the dramatic u turn overnight and this morning, on a central plank of that budget, and the economic perspectives of the government, how damaged is kwasi kwarteng s authority? i damaged is kwasi kwarteng s authori ? ~ ., , authority? i think it was really important authority? i think it was really important that author
so they really are looking for some political and economic stability. well, for now, markets are calm. but investors say any mis step in appointing a new leader could see the uk plunged back into financial crisis a place in uk political history as the shortest serving prime minster ever. she lasted just 44 days in office before announcing her resignation yesterday. but she s also contributed another record to the english language. the shortest lived economic catchphrase. we started using the term trussonomics just six weeks ago. a plan for a low tax, low regulation, high growth britain by liberated by brexit. with the phrase and its policies now on the scrapheap, our business editor simonjack takes a look back at the rapid rise and fall of trussonomics. can we afford these tax cuts, chancellor? the road to liz truss demise arguably started here the not so mini budget that she and her chancellor announced with great fanfare. and i commend it to the house. trusso