of our fiscal discipline. former health secretary and leadership candidate, jeremy hunt, is now tasked with bringing the financial turmoil under control. also in the programme. cyrell and s supreme leader warns no one can overturn the islamic republic iran s leader. and the actor, robbie coltrane, who played hagrid in the harry potter films, has died aged 72. and welcome to bbc news. less than 2a hours after kwasi kwarteng insisted he was 100% safe in his job as uk chancellor he has gone sacked by liz truss after he flew back early from washington. in a day of political drama, the prime minister also reversed another of her key tax policies in an attempt to calm the financial markets. our political editor, chris mason, reports. turning up for another u turn, the prime minister invited reporters to downing street this afternoon and scrapped one of her key policies that she s championed for months. it is clear that parts of our mini budget went further and faster than ma
the islamic republic, as protesters again take to the streets. and the actor robbie coltrane, who played hagrid in the harry potter films, has died aged 72. welcome and thank you. less than 2a hours after kwasi kwarteng insisted he was 100% safe in his job as uk chancellor, he has gone sacked by liz truss after he flew back early from washington. in a day of political drama, the prime minister also reversed another of her key tax policies in an attempt to calm the financial markets. our political editor, chris mason reports. turning up for another u turn, the prime minister invited reporters to downing street this afternoon and scrapped one of her key policies that she s championed for months. it is clear that parts of our mini budget went further and faster than markets were expecting, so the way we are delivering our mission right now has to change. i have therefore decided to keep the increase in corporation tax that was planned by the previous government. this will rais
russian shelling hits targets in ukraine overnight as nato and the western allies promise to continue helping kyiv to defend itself. hundreds of allegations of sexual or domestic abuse are made against metropolitan police staff. a report by conservationists says global wildlife populations have fallen by nearly 70% in less than five decades. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister is coming under increasing pressure to rethink the tax cuts announced in last month s mini budget. one tory mp accused her of wrecking ten years of conservative policies aimed at helping working people. this morning the foreign secretary james cleverly warned tory mps that any attempt to replace liz truss as prime minister would be a disastrously bad idea . let s take a look at how we ve got this point. yesterday, liz truss appeared at pmqs for the first time since the chancellor set out the mini budget. she was repeatedly asked about her management of the economy which has bee
you can t keep approaching the problem, you know, by buying more guns and having more guns in the country. another conservative mp calls on the prime minister to resign over downing street lockdown parties. and former cabinet minister andrea leadsom criticises him for unacceptable failures of leadership. mega chippy. and the once humble chip shop in coventry, that s now at tiktok sensation. there are calls today to give more children in england free school meals to help tackle the cost of living crisis. teaching unions say all children from families on universal credit should be eligible forfree meals as part of an urgent expansion of the scheme. the cost of food, fuel and other goods has surged in recent months, pushing inflation to a ao year high. here s our education correspondent, elaine dunkley. more children than ever are coming through the doors. at capacity. we opened 11 minutes ago, we ve only got a small room, we are going to be busy. at this free half term
good afternoon. net migration to the uk hit a record level last year almost three quarters of a million more people coming to live here than leaving. the figure stood at 745,000 last year, according to the office for national statistics, higher than previously thought. but the indications are that net migration is now slowing. in 2010, the then prime minister david cameron promised to bring it down to the tens of thousands. our home editor mark easton is here with more details. mark. the figure i think most people will be looking at and the one that will raise eyebrows is the right advised net migration figure for 2022. 745,000 more people came to the uk than left, helping push the population of england and wales up at its fastest rate since the baby boom of the early 1960s. now, the latest net migration figure for the year tojune this year is 672,000. down a bit from what we now think happened last year and it looks like net migration is maybe on a downward trajectory. who