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
Because we serve your interests. Why labor . Because we will grow every corner of our country. Why labor . Because we have a plan to take back our streets, switch on Great British energy, get the nhs back on its feet, tear down the barriers to opportunity and Get Britain Building again. A plan for a britain built to last. A plan to heal the wounds. A plan to turn the page and say in a cry of defiance to all those who now write our country off. Britain must, britain can, britain will get its future back. Thank you. Conference. Lucy fisher is Whitehall Editor of the financial times. Thank you forjoining ours. Were about a year out for that expected uk General Election. What was the manifesto over all that keir starmer was presenting from labour . Interesting leave the speech today wasnt jam packed interesting leave the speech today wasntjam packed with interesting leave the speech today wasnt jam packed with flashy policies and the rain rabbit out of the hat was about house building, a p
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At the Cricket World Cup in india. Good evening from jerusalem, on a night where the israeli goverment has ordered a complete seige of the gaza strip and started to amass tanks on its border. It follows the attack by hamas militants, which has so far claimed more than 800 israeli lives many of them, ordinary citizens. Israel has cut electricity, food, fuel and Water Supplies to gaza, it says it has hit 2,400 hamas targets. The Palestinian Health authority says so far, 560 people have been killed and nearly 3,000 wounded. Thousands of palestinians are now fleeing for their lives, but safety is hard to find. And hamas continues to fire rockets into israel. In tonights programme, we will be reporting from jerusalem, 0n the latest military responses. We will also be in re im, the city close to the gaza border where artillery and vehicles have started to amass ahead of a potential ground operation. We will also be in ashkelon. And well look at the situation for the more than 100 israelis k
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