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
problems for the nhs that s according to patients groups. the mayor of paris has apologised to liverpool fans for the chaos at saturday nights champions league final. bradford is named the 2025 city of culture bids from 20 of the cities to secure the title. konoplyanka, the once humble chippy in coventry that is now a tick tock sensation. hello welcome to bbc news. the transport secretary has demanded a meeting to go fight out what s going on at uk airports. meeting to go fight out what s going on at uk airports. the prospect of serious travel disruption over thejubilee bank holiday affecting thousands of travellers is increasingly likely. the holiday giant tui is cancelling more flights until the end ofjune affecting more than 30,000 holiday makers. other airlines have also cancelled flights as around two million people prepare to fly over the next few days. four days of holiday begin on thursday. four days of holiday begin on thursday. the aviation industry cut tho
Conference, it is time that we have a government that matched the ambition that people have for their families and communities, a Government Siding with the builder is not the blockers. A government that will get Britain Building again and with labour we will. Let me give you one example. Our energy grid. Today, new developments are being forced to wait up to 15 years, into the late 2013s, to connect to the grid. £200 billion worth of projects stuck in limbo. Into the late 2030s. So i can announce labours plans to rewire britain, working with ed miliband. 0pening britain, working with ed miliband. Opening up new Grid Connections at competitive tendering. And so that the british people should own a stake in their energy system, the publicly owned Great Britain energy will look to bid into a competition. 220,000 newjobs, lower bills for good and Energy Security for britain. And theres more. We will invest in expanding local authorities planning capacity to speed up decisions and here is