the islamic republic, as protesters again take to the streets. and the actor robbie coltrane, who played hagrid in the harry potter films, has died aged 72. welcome and thank you. less than 2a hours after kwasi kwarteng insisted he was 100% safe in his job as uk chancellor, he has gone sacked by liz truss after he flew back early from washington. in a day of political drama, the prime minister also reversed another of her key tax policies in an attempt to calm the financial markets. our political editor, chris mason reports. turning up for another u turn, the prime minister invited reporters to downing street this afternoon and scrapped one of her key policies that she s championed for months. it is clear that parts of our mini budget went further and faster than markets were expecting, so the way we are delivering our mission right now has to change. i have therefore decided to keep the increase in corporation tax that was planned by the previous government. this will rais
Altering a manifesto that was only four days old. What does it tell us about theresa may . We can hearfrom one of the daily mails senior columnist. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister stands accused of performing a hasty u turn on her plans to reform social care in england. Just four days after publishing the conservative manifesto and following widespread controversy, theresa may claimed she was now clarifying the policy. The Prime Minister said she would consider imposing a limit on the cost of home care for the elderly. Mrs mays opponents said the about turn was the very opposite of strong and stable leadership. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports. Serenely rolling along, it had seemed, with only a few noises off. But an antihunting protest was the last of the tories problems today. The manifesto created a mess over social care that had to be cleared up. The original version of the tory plans were to be bundled away. It might not sound like it, but thi
Altering a manifesto that was only four days old. What does it tell us about theresa may . We can hearfrom one of the daily mails senior columnist. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister stands accused of performing a hasty u turn on her plans to reform social care in england. Just four days after publishing the conservative manifesto and following widespread controversy, theresa may claimed she was now clarifying the policy. The Prime Minister said she would consider imposing a limit on the cost of home care for the elderly. Mrs mays opponents said the about turn was the very opposite of strong and stable leadership. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports. Serenely rolling along, it had seemed, with only a few noises off. But an antihunting protest was the last of the tories problems today. The manifesto created a mess over social care that had to be cleared up. The original version of the tory plans were to be bundled away. It might not sound like it, but thi
Altering a manifesto that was only four days old. What does it tell us about theresa may . We can hearfrom one of the daily mails senior columnist. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister stands accused of performing a hasty u turn on her plans to reform social care in england. Just four days after publishing the conservative manifesto and following widespread controversy, theresa may claimed she was now clarifying the policy. The Prime Minister said she would consider imposing a limit on the cost of home care for the elderly. Mrs mays opponents said the about turn was the very opposite of strong and stable leadership. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports. Serenely rolling along, it had seemed, with only a few noises off. But an antihunting protest was the last of the tories problems today. The manifesto created a mess over social care that had to be cleared up. The original version of the tory plans were to be bundled away. It might not sound like it, but thi
Altering a manifesto that was only four days old. What does it tell us about theresa may . We can hearfrom one of the daily mails senior columnist. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister stands accused of performing a hasty u turn on her plans to reform social care in england. Just four days after publishing the conservative manifesto and following widespread controversy, theresa may claimed she was now clarifying the policy. The Prime Minister said she would consider imposing a limit on the cost of home care for the elderly. Mrs mays opponents said the about turn was the very opposite of strong and stable leadership. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports. Serenely rolling along, it had seemed, with only a few noises off. But an antihunting protest was the last of the tories problems today. The manifesto created a mess over social care that had to be cleared up. The original version of the tory plans were to be bundled away. It might not sound like it, but thi