have to engage them directly via employee status and it means many of the contractors are going overseas. so what i think, we are going to have less skilled uk contractors who would ordinarily provide their services in this way, saying actually i m going to go and provide the services to other countries outside of the uk. could it be seen as something that is going to discourage growth? this as something that is going to discouraue urowth? , ,., discourage growth? this government, liz truss in particular discourage growth? this government, liz truss in particular has discourage growth? this government, liz truss in particular has talked - liz truss in particular has talked so much about growth, within the context of an anti gross coalition or whatever, context of an anti gross coalition orwhatever, because context of an anti gross coalition or whatever, because this measure be seen as discouraging growth, then? effectively that is the issue, she has introduced it with the viewpoint
with all of the zigzagging u turns and chaos, the damage, the lasting damage with people coming off fixed rate mortgages, who are now worrying about how they re going to pay the higher rates, people trying to get on the housing ladder for the first time, their dreams becoming a nightmare. the damage has been done and that is because of the decisions. and, you know, an arsonist is still an arsonist even when they turn up with a bucket of water and run back into the burning building. the fire was started by the conservatives. they ve lost all credibility. they can t put this fire out. our political correspondent iain watson is with me. how iain watson is with me. much trouble is liz truss ir today? how much trouble is liz truss in today? element a similar amount of trouble as yesterday, quite a lot, despite what she was saying to chris mason. , , ., , mason. very few people in the conservative mason. very few people in the conservative party mason. very few people in the conservative
into the next general election. asked about that last night, one tory backbencher said, well, we ll have to see. the new cabinet in meeting this morning. with me now is conservative mp and former minister, liam fox. good and former minister, liam fox. morning to you. a; don t good morning to you. apologies, we don t have liam foxjust good morning to you. apologies, we don t have liam fox just at the moment. we will press on and hopefully speak to him in the next few minutes. a little earlier, i try to get a sense of how people who voted for liz truss in the leadership election were feeling. a grassroots group for young party members member says he accepts rishi sunak s predictions about the impact of this truss s economic policies were correct. of this truss s economic policies were correct-
in, but they chose a man that in terms of his popularity with party members probably didn t have a chance of making it through the final two. chance of making it through the finaltwo. i chance of making it through the final two. i think there are quite a lot of questions going round at the moment about how the party elects its leaders. i know some mps want to remove members entirely when we are in power. that would not go down well with party members who obviously are the backbone of our entire campaigning scene, so it s all a bit of a mess, unfortunately. we ve been left with a leader who the mps don t really want any members are not particularly happy with. ~ ., ., ,, ~ members are not particularly happy with. ~ ., ., ., with. what do you think should ha en with. what do you think should happen next with. what do you think should happen next reis with. what do you think should happen next reis liz with. what do you think should happen next reis liz truss - with. what do you th
labour say the prime minister s apology won t undo the damage she s done. it s unlikely to be enough on its own to secure herfuture in office. jonathan blake, bbc news. the minister for armed forces and veterans, james heappey, has defended liz truss this morning saying the prime minister has owned the mistake that was made and apologised for it. the prime minister has, actually, if you listen to the interview she gave with your political editor, chris mason, last night, she s very clear eyed about the mistake that was made. it s also important to note that, yes, the mini budget went too far, too fast. but there are also global economic circumstances that are causing all major economies around the world to face real challenge at the moment. i think the imf overnight have pointed to other major european countries that look like they re going into recession. bloomberg overnight have said that the us is almost certainly