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
the ukrainian fighters who defended the mariupol steelworks until they had to surrender to russia we hear the story of one of them on his release. when i look at this, it actually reminds me of me, because it s the exact same as my glasses. and the young people hoping to see more emojis that look like them. and coming up on the bbc news channel, liverpool s 7 1 champions league win at rangers might be the result that galvanises them after a poor start to the premier league season, withjurgen klopp saying it s lifted the mood. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. downing street is insisting this lunchtime there will be no further u turns, despite pressure intensifying on the prime minister to rethink her tax cutting plans following last month s mini budget. last week, the government abandoned its plan to abolish the 45p rate of tax for top earners. but senior conservatives have continued to voice grave concerns at liz truss s tax cutting agenda without explaini
the former england footballer alex scott speaks out about the domestic abuse she and her mother experienced. i feel sorry right now that i ve not used my voice sooner to help my mum, or any other woman that is in this position. and the man who spent 16 years building his own spitfire from scratch with the help of his wife finally takes off. coming up on sportsday on bbc news. i m here at the inaugural bbc green sport awards, where we ll hear from some of the athletes using their sport to try and help raise climate awareness. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the predator is facing mounting pressure from within her party over a refusal to commit to increasing benefits in with inflation. the commons leader, penny mordaunt, said it made sense to do so, but ms truss is considering pegging the rise to the average wage increase a much lowerfigure. it comes as a hope secretary accused tory mps of undermining liz truss and staging a coup to force a u turn on the top