story is the chancellor to launch capital gains arrayed, he has to plug the £50 billion hole in public finances, the savers, landlords and entrepreneurs face that hit. why is that? i entrepreneurs face that hit. why is that? ., 4 entrepreneurs face that hit. why is that? ., ~ ., , . that? i don t think he has too much choice, to that? i don t think he has too much choice. to be that? i don t think he has too much choice, to be honest. that? i don t think he has too much choice, to be honest. you ll- that? i don t think he has too much choice, to be honest. you ll hear. choice, to be honest. you ll hear the pro minister talk a lot about the pro minister talk a lot about the 2019 manifesto and trying to stick to that partially in an attempt to keep mps at bay so they don t do anything too radical, like with liz truss. we have a mandate, we will stick to the manifesto that one us that mandate in that manifesto, it says no rises on national insurance, vat or income ta
it comes as new figures show the task in hand with the price of some household basics soaring. tonight with the context, anand menon, director of the think tank uk in a changing europe and jack blanchard, the uk editor for politico. welcome. rishi sunak has become the uk s third prime minister in seven weeks, saying he ll unite the country, not with words, but with action . he promised stability, integrity, professionalism and accountability. his first day in office began with a trip to buckingham palace to meet the king and formally be invited to form a government. after travelling the short distance to downing street he addressed the nation, emphasing the scale of the economic task ahead and also finding some kind words for liz truss before talking about the problems she left behind. i want to pay tribute to my predecessor, liz truss. she was not wrong to want to improve growth in this country. it is a noble aim. and i admired her restlessness to create change. but some
secretary and long term trump staffer and tom peck political sketch writer at the independent. hello welcome to the programme. the european commission will set out next week emergency measures to reform the structure of the european electricity market. the exact makeup of that intervention is still to be decided. but a growing number of eu member states are calling for electricity prices to be decoupled from the price of gas which has soared as a result of russia s war in ukraine. the commission president, ursula von der leyen, said prices which havejumped ten fold in the last year have exposed the limitations of how the market is currently managed. it is no more fit for purpose, and that is why we, the commission, are now working on an emergency intervention and a structural reform of the electricity market. it is the czech republic that has summoned eu s energy ministers to this meeting next week, they currently hold the rotating presidency of the eu council. and just befor