the new uk chancellor, jeremy hunt has been in talks with prime minister, liz truss as they consider further changes to the mini budget that had been the centrepiece of her economic plan. 48 hours into thejob, mr hunt has made clear nothing has been ruled out on taxes or spending. he also said the prime minister is in charge. some of her own mps are continuing to criticise her though, and are calling for changes to her team and they re questioning whether she can remain in office. here s our political correspondent ben wright. behind the doors of the prime minister s country retreat, liz truss met her chancellor not unusual in normal times, but these are not. jeremy hunt has been sent in to urgently rewrite the government s economic plan. so who has the power now? the prime minister is in charge. really? i think it is important that when you talk about ditching things, the biggest element of that mini budget was the energy price guarantee. some tory mps think liz truss ne
of the conservative party in parliament. as despairing tory mps trudge back to westminster tomorrow, they know this is a political crisis that directly affects their constituents, and if the last few weeks have shown anything it s that decisions made by politicians here can have an instant impact on people s lives and the economy, on the value of the pound, on borrowing costs, mortgage payments and rents. and it seems many tory mps have resolved that liz truss cannot be left in office to sort it out. can liz truss survive? no, i think the game is up. and it s now a question as to how the succession is managed. he s the first conservative mp to publicly say it should now be curtains for liz truss, but the criticism from others is hardly veiled. power is a very fickle thing - and i think liz truss, as i see it, is in office but is not in power. over the past few weeks the government has looked
protect the elderly people i think is the key. and i think people with compromised immune systems. so i can understand the policy. the policy is in place because they care about the surge about if the health system could collapse and depths of old people and he has committed to not letting happen. at the gate could last quite a long time. ii letting happen. at the gate could last quite a long time. last quite a long time. if the economy last quite a long time. if the economy in last quite a long time. if the economy in china last quite a long time. if the economy in china is - last quite a long time. if the economy in china is doing i last quite a long time. if the - economy in china is doing badly, it impacts around the world is in it? yes it impacts countries like australia that have been giving the chinese economy a lot of commodities. in other countries and in the united states perspective we are still buying a lot of things from china. and europe is still buying all of thei
china. so china cosmic export economy has actually weathered zero covid fairly well. with the export economy doesn t help chinese consumers because chinese consumers are trying to live a normal life, have a normaljob. and unless you are working in a factory for export than that is really challenging. really get to talk to you, thank you very much professor. some breaking news to bring you a man has died following a gas explosion in central scotland. we spoke to a spokesperson who reported a gas explosion in an out building at ten past four this afternoon. emergency services attended and inquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances so there is no danger to the wider public and the man s death is being treated as
that zero covid is having an immense effect on the economy, unemployment, and people s mental health. people in china have been going through this for the past three years. teiis this for the past three years. tells more about this for the past three years. tells more about it this for the past three years. tells more about it because this for the past three years. tells more about it because they have basically had three years of lockdown and testing and the impact, youth unemployment is really high isn t it? ., , , isn t it? youth unemployment is something isn t it? youth unemployment is something between isn t it? youth unemployment is something between 20 - isn t it? youth unemployment is something between 20 and - isn t it? youth unemployment is something between 20 and 25%| isn t it? youth unemployment is - something between 20 and 2596 right something between 20 and 25% right now i think it is just immensely high. the service economy has been destroyed in many cities b