british prime minister, liz truss, has defended her government s chaos, and a sharp drop in the value of the pound. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejessica elgot, deputy political editor at the guardian and emma wolf an author and journalist. we usually start with newspaper front pages, but the economist magazine s cover is so eye catching, we thought we d kick off with it: under a banner of how not to run a country it shows liz truss and kwasi kwarteng in a sinking rowing boat named great britain . the i newspaper continues the theme with the banner: tories fear wipe out after three weeks of truss as pm, also highlighting the yougov poll which they suggest shows more than half of voters would back the opposition in a general election. the times picks up with new bad news. the daily mail echoes the sentiment trust i am not for turning. the guardian looks ahead to tomorrow s meeting between liz truss and br
and the economy is also a key issue for us voters three weeks out from the crucial midterm elections as inflation continues to rise. tonight with the context, paul waugh, chief political commentator for the i newspaper, and democratic strategist mary anne marsh. as government u turns go, and there have been a few of late, this was a big one. britain s new chancellor, jeremy hunt, has dumped nearly all of the flagship economic policies of the liz truss government in an attempt to end weeks of financial turmoil. it has left the prime minister fighting for her political survival with a few mps openly calling for her to quit, and more doing anonymously. this gives you an idea of the scale of how much has been dropped from the pm s plan for growth last month which the then chancellor kwasi kwarteng announced in parliament, and how little now remains. the 1p cut in the basic rate of income tax has been dropped indefinitely. it will remain at 20p. the 2 year cap on energy prices h
difficult decisions to come. good mornin: difficult decisions to come. good morning from difficult decisions to come. good morning from this difficult decisions to come. good morning from this womenswear factory in derbyshire. i m here finding out what businesses like this want to hear from the new prime minister as hear from the new prime minister as he stitches together at his plan for the economy. the end of the road for the fiesta. ford is expected to announce the iconic motor is being scrapped. the miracle babies harry and harley are the most premature born twins to survive, and now they re celebrating their first birthday. good morning. chelsea are into the knockout stages of the champions league. they qualified in impressive style. and it s another mild start to the day today, with rain to clear in the far north east of the country, then a drive slot and then more shower remain pushing towards the east, and thenit remain pushing towards the east, and then it drie
through the south east during friday night. in two saturday, for much of saturday, high pressure will bring a fine day and it stays fine for the south east on sunday but the next batch of wet weather a lovely day on saturday, a lot of sunshine, sunday turns wet and windy across scotland, northern ireland but it stays fine for part two of the weekend across the south. thanks, stav. and that s bbc news at ten on the 6th of october. there s more analysis of the day s main stories on newsnight with kirsty wark, which isjust getting under way on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are, but from the ten team it s goodnight. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the former trade minister, lord digbyjones, and rachel cunliffe, who s senior associate editor for the new statesman. and the energy theme is followed in the i