good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. it lasted just over three weeks. today almost all of the prime minister s plans for our economy outlined in her so called mini budget have been junked by her new chancellorjeremy hunt. and tonight liz truss is fighting for her political survival with a few of her own mp s calling openly for her to quit and many more doing so in anonymous briefings. 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 two year cap on energy prices has been cut it will now last until april next year and be more targeted after that. and the new chancellor made it clear
this is bbc news, i mjoanna gosling at westminster. the headlines. the new chancellorjeremy hunt scraps most of last month s controversial mini budget, ditching the promise of a 1p cut in basic income tax, while help with energy bills will only last till april. growth requires confidence and stability and the united kingdom will always pay its way. this government will therefore take whatever task decisions are necessary to do so. the chancellor s emergency statement was designed to calm turmoil on the financial markets and early reaction there has been positive. but labour say the
this is bbc news. the headlines. the new chancellorjeremy hunt scraps most of last month s controversial mini budget, ditching the promise of a 1p cut in basic income tax, while help with energy bills will only last till april. growth requires confidence and stability and the united kingdom will always pay its way. this government will therefore take whatever tough decisions are necessary to do so. the chancellor s emergency statement was designed to calm turmoil on the financial markets and early reaction there has been positive. but labour say the government s in panic.
the new chancellor scraps most of last month s controversial mini budget. jeremy hunt has abandoned the promise of a 1p cut in basic income tax, while help with energy bills will only last till april. growth requires confidence and stability and the united kingdom will always pay its way. this government will therefore take whatever tough decisions are necessary to do so. the statement was designed to calm turmoil on the financial markets, and early reaction there has been positive. but labour say the government s in panic. the country will pay a lasting price for putting us through this ideological experiment and we ll pay a lasting price through economic
this is bbc news, i mjoanna gosling at westminster. the headlines. the new chancellorjeremy hunt scraps most of last month s controversial mini budget, ditching the promise of a 1p cut in basic income tax, while help with energy bills will only last till april. growth requires confidence and stability and the united kingdom will always pay its way. this government will therefore take whatever task decisions are necessary to do so. the chancellor s emergency statement was designed to calm turmoil on the financial markets and early reaction there has been positive. but labour say the government s in panic.