let s take you through what today will look like. the current prime minister, liz truss, held her fourth and final cabinet meeting starting about an hour ago. she is due to make a statement outside number 10 at around 10:15, before travelling to buckingham palace for an audience with king charles. after this, rishi sunak will head to the palace, where he ll be invited to form a government. then it s back to downing street, and the new prime minister will address the nation at around 11:35. and over the next 2a hours, we can expect to see a trickle of cabinet appointments which will start to shape what rishi sunak s government will look like. of course, not just of course, notjust appointments, but the message too. what is the message is likely to be when he appears at the podium which is just being put up behind us? first of all four at liz truss, then for a rishi sunak later on. keeping us company throughout the morning as we follow these events is nick eardley, our chief po
form a government. a remarkable start to the form a government. a remarkable start to the reign, form a government. a remarkable start to the reign, nick, form a government. a remarkable start to the reign, nick, as - form a government. a remarkable start to the reign, nick, as we i form a government. a remarkable | start to the reign, nick, as we were reflecting earlier. the king, of course, having acceded to the throne not so many weeks ago. and already on his second prime minister, something that nobody could have imagined. how candid do you think this exchange of views will be in this exchange of views will be in this final audience with liz truss today? what is your sense without open the discussion might be? == of open the discussion might be? of how 0 en open the discussion might be? of how open this open the discussion might be? of how open this discussion open the discussion might be? of how open this discussion might be? i think king how open this discuss
while we chat and look at the images, i will bring in the conservative mp alessia kearns. thanks for waiting to talk to us. what is your reading of what is happening today? i what is your reading of what is happening today? happening today? i think it is important happening today? i think it is important we happening today? i think it is important we admire - happening today? i think it is important we admire those i happening today? i think it is i important we admire those who happening today? i think it is - important we admire those who step forward important we admire those who step forward for important we admire those who step forward for public service and we .ive forward for public service and we give li2 forward for public service and we give liz truss our thanks. she brought give liz truss our thanks. she brought in give liz truss our thanks. she brought in magnificent support to help people with energy bills and help people with energy bills and help businesses g
their own legacy. it is going to be very hard for liz truss to do that. she might talk about national insurance, the fact they reversed the rise. she might talk about energy costs and the fact a cap was put on the price. but let s face it, the big things that liz truss wanted to do seven weeks ago, growing the economy, bringing tax down, rewriting the economic rule book, they have not worked and this premiership is ending in failure. i5 premiership is ending in failure. is there any element of sympathy on a personal level for her to there is lots of anger, given that people say she put in place policies that caused turmoil for the country, let alone the interest of the conservative party. is there any sympathy on a personal level for what he has gone through? yes. sympathy on a personal level for what he has gone through? yes, i think there what he has gone through? yes, i think there is. what he has gone through? yes, i think there is. some what he has gone through? yes, i think
weeks. seeing all her policies, part in the way they have, having to resign in the way they have, having to resign the in the way they have, having to resign the seven weeks to the day after resign the seven weeks to the day after she resign the seven weeks to the day after she was invited to form a government by queen elizabeth. sol think that government by queen elizabeth. sol think that a government by queen elizabeth. sol think that a king charles will not wish think that a king charles will not wish to go think that a king charles will not wish to go into the details of what went wish to go into the details of what went wrong and why. i think pre eminently he will wish to express pre eminently he will wish to express sympathy to her and ask how they are express sympathy to her and ask how they are going to go forward from here as they are going to go forward from here as a they are going to go forward from here as a family. i think in general terms here as a