gentlemen. quick look at the front pages. we will start with the mail. it leads on speculation mps will move to topple liz truss this week. meanwhile, the metro details three separate plots to oust her. the mirror is rather more blunt, saying tory mps want truss to just quit now . the independent says senior tory figures are telling her the game is up . the guardian echoes this sentiment but suggests truss will try to fight on. it might be too late, though the times suggests the party is looking to crown a new leader already. the express, meanwhile, focuses on the economic backdrop to all this, asking if her latest u turn will be enough to turn things around. and there we go, that s the times, we have caught up. and amid all this, a plea for unity by former leadership rival penny mordaunt on the front of the telegraph. let us begin our chat, sebastian and merchant. lovely to have you both with us again. sebastian, it is your round, this one. we are going to start off wi
my some mps have called for a u turn. my advice to the prime minister would be to do it, do it now, something that will be firm, bold and convincing. liz truss has faced growing calls from within her own conservative party to rethink her economic plans. labour, the principal party of opposition in the uk, says a u turn would mean liz truss has to resign. liz truss who got us into all this trouble, rowing backwards desperately, not knowing where she s going, what would what good would that do for britain? good afternoon. if you have just joined, if you havejustjoined, welcome if you have justjoined, welcome to bbc news. the bbc has been told kwasi karteng is no longer chancellor. it s not yet clear if he s been sacked or if he s resigned. this morning he rushed back to london to see the prime minister, after cutting short a trip to washington. it follows turmoil on the finanancial markets after his mini budget last month. the prime minister is about to hold a news conferenc
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after a drop off in donations as the cost of living crisis bites. and the british built space rover looking for work after its mission to mars was cancelled. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has refused to rule out a real terms cut in benefits despite growing pressure to do so. liz truss faces a fresh battle with some conservative mps who want her to promise welfare payments will rise in line with inflation rather than earnings a lower percentage figure that would save the government billions of pounds. there s already a cabinet split on the issue. the leader of the commons penny morduant has openly demanded that benefits do go up in line with prices. this morning the prime minister told the bbc she would still like to see the rate of tax paid by the highest earners to be lower, despite ditching her plan to do just that only yesterday. iain watson reports from the conservative party conference. it s tin hat time for liz truss. she and her chancel
more surplus food to those in need after a drop off in donations as the cost of living crisis bites. and the british built space rover looking for work after its mission to mars was cancelled. good afternoon. the prime minister has refused to rule out a real terms cut in benefits, despite growing pressure to do so. liz truss faces a fresh battle with some conservative mps who want her to promise welfare payments will rise in line with inflation rather than earnings a lower percentage figure that would save the government billions of pounds. there s already a cabinet split on the issue the leader of the commons, penny morduant, has openly demanded that benefits do go up in line with prices. this morning, the prime minister told the bbc she would still like to see the rate of tax paid by the highest earners to be lower, despite ditching her plan to do just that only yesterday. iain watson reports from the conservative party conference. it s tin hat time for liz truss. she a