with the proposition is coming out of the treasury about how to get public finances back into a sustainable state. also this afternoon rishi sunak reintroduces a ban on fracking reversing liz truss decision to ban it. please do be respectful of the host nation, they will try, they are trying to ensure that people can be themselves and enjoy the football. ukrainian and russian forces prepare for what could be a bloody battle for the occupied city of kherson. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news, live from westminster. the chancellorjeremy hunt has announced he is delaying the economic statement due on monday, in which he was expected to lay out plans for getting the government s finances in order. he will instead deliver a full autumn statement on 17 november. the news came shortly before rishi sunak took part in prime minister s questions for the first time since he entered number ten. at pmqs, he came under pressure from labour about his decision to appoint suella braverm
those saying we need more self sufficiency, but the way to do thatis self sufficiency, but the way to do that is through a massive investment in green energy, renewable energy, and that home retrofit programme which will fix some of the coldest, leaky us, most multi housing stock in europe. that s what the government should be doing, that s what will help people right now. we ve seen some abrupt terms from the various governments over the last few years, anti fracking, pro fracking, back to anti fracking with yellow it s important to know how much opposition there was from the tory backbenchers whenjacob rees mogg announced the end of the moratorium in parliament a few weeks ago. it was a massive moratorium because we know the communities don t want it. he thought he would try and find a compromised way through that by saying it’ll try and find a compromised way through that by sayin- through that by saying it ll only ha en through that by saying it ll only happen if communities - th