where her majesty will invite her to form a government. liz truss will be the 56th prime minister of the united kingdom the third female occupant of number ten. she has promised to tackle the energy bill crisis in her first few days in office. her plan to be revealed on thursday is likely to include a freeze in bills. canadian police say one of the two men charged in connection with ten fatal stabbings has been found dead. the other is still on the run. good morning from downing street where later today, liz truss will enter the famous door at number ten as the country s new prime minister, following her election yesterday as leader of the conservative party. the man she ll take over from, borisjohnson, is now on his way to balmoral to meet the queen and formally resign from office. earlier this morning, here in downing street, he delivered a farewell speech extolling his own record as prime minister and calling on the conservative party to get behind his successor. l
her predecessor, borisjohnson, left downing street earlier this morning. we have some in depth analysis of the claims he made in his final speech later in the programme. in that final address at the downing street podium, he also urged the conservative party to unite behind his successor. it s time for politics to be over, folks. it s time for us all to get behind liz truss and her team, and her programme, and deliver for the people of this country. and behind me, here on downing street, we ve seen ministers we see brandon lewis going into number ten there. we heard boris johnson earlier, calling for conservatives to get behind liz truss and her team. and we re learning more about what her team is as the evening goes on because liz truss is in the process of appointing cabinet, that s why we re seeing a range of conservatives going in through the door and bit by bit, we are learning who liz truss s top will be. top team will be. we are getting details all the time of liz t
good morning from birmingham wholesale market. i ll be getting reactions from traders. we ll speak to the parents of teenager harry dunn after their three year battle for justice which yesterday saw an american woman plead guilty to causing his death by careless driving. steven gerard is sacked by aston villa. he lost his job, after villa s defeat at fulham last night, with the club 17th in the premier league. and it s the final day for the children in need rickshaw challenge team. we ll be with them as they set off on the last leg of the journey. hopefully much drierfor hopefully much drier for them as well and certainly a dry day for eastern areas compared with yesterday. heavy showers in the west. details on that and your weekend forecast coming up here on your friday morning edition of breakfast. good morning. it s friday 21st october and i m outside number 10 downing street. liz truss moved into this famous building when she became prime ministerjust six weeks ago. by th
hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are aubrey allegretti, political correspondent at the guardian, and former trade minister lord digbyjones. tomorrow s front pages, starting with. the telegraph leads on penny mordaunt pushing liz truss into third place in the conservative leadership race. so does the i, which says the trade minister is rattling her rivals. the times predicts she may even be the ultimate victor of the contest, with her grassroots popularity outstripping rishi sunak s. meanwhile, the mail says the tory right was under pressure to get behind third place candidate liz truss. the sun focuses on the narrowing race with the headline the six factor . the mirror has a different spin by accusing the candidates of ignoring the cost of living crisis, claiming people are using washing up liquid to clean their hair. meanwhile, the ft says inflation in the us is piling the pressure on the federal reserve, and he