hello and welcome to viewers in the uk and around the world. liz truss says she will not be stepping down as prime minister, despite her premiership hanging by a thread after her new finance minister ditched most of her economic policies. in an interview with the bbc, ms truss apologised for what she called mistakes over the past six weeks but she insisted she would lead the conservatives into the next general election. asked about that last night, one tory backbencher said: well, we ll have to see . the new cabient meets this morning. ourfirst report this morning from our political correspondent, jonathan blake. inside number 10 last night, after a day in which her programme for government was largely scrapped, liz truss sat down for an interview and offered an apology. i do want to accept responsibility and say sorry for the mistakes that have been made. i wanted to act to help people
that we did act too far. we went too far and too fast. liz truss said the job had been tough and acknowledged with understatement her time as prime minister hadn t been perfect. she urged mps questioning herfuture to focus on the public. i m sticking around because i was elected to deliver for this country and that is what i am determined to do. and will you lead the conservatives into the next general election? i will lead the conservatives into the next general election. definitely? well, look, yeah. i m not focused on internal debates within the conservative party. earlier, the prime minister had come to the house of commons to witness her new chancellor, jeremy hunt, confirm most of her economic plans were being thrown out. all the prime minister could do was watch and listen, as policy after policy was scrapped in an attempt to restore financial stability and the government s credibility.
anything? i don t think she has, i think her chancellor may - anything? i don t think she has, i think her chancellor may have . anything? i don t think she has, i i think her chancellor may have done, i think the markets seem to have responded very positively to his interventions yesterday, so there is some positivity coming to but liz truss as prime minister, her reputation is currently on the floor, unfortunately, needs recovered fairly quickly for her to be able to stay in that position. given everything you have just said, i wonder what your reflections on the way in which the conservative party elects its leader is? do you think the membership, you obviously can t speakfor think the membership, you obviously can t speak for everyone, but do think the membership is looking at what is happening and feel some responsibility for the position the parties and now, because the parliamentary party wanted rishi sunak but the wider membership went for liz truss? i sunak but the wider membe
as we ve been hearing, yesterday the new chancellor ditched almost all of liz truss s tax cuts announced in the government s mini budget three weeks ago. the measures that change is to do with the way freelancers and contractors are paid. the government had promised to change the so called ir 45 reels, make sure workers that would have been considered an employee left providing services to a client play broadly the same natural insurers contribute and other employees about the government will no longer introduce those reforms. i mjoined by will no longer introduce those reforms. i m joined by an employment lawyer, georgina clark. tell us a little more about what 135 is our, because i havejust given little more about what 135 is our, because i have just given a very brief explanation in the introduction? brief explanation in the introduction? , , ., ., introduction? yes, these are off to a man working introduction? yes, these are off to a man working rules introduction? yes, these
terrifying pm hughes was for him. she has that to face tomorrow in the circumstances. potentially a lot could write on that. circumstances. potentially a lot could write on that. yes, and the fact she sent could write on that. yes, and the fact she sent a could write on that. yes, and the fact she sent a leader could write on that. yes, and the fact she sent a leader of- could write on that. yes, and the fact she sent a leader of the - could write on that. yes, and the i fact she sent a leader of the house of commons to sub in for her shows the weakness of her position, and pmqs will be a big test for liz truss, not the most natural arena, she is not a great debater, she has admitted that her self, there are other formats she prefers to communicate in, but pmqs is a great barometer of where people s political power is and if you think of the last pmqs of borisjohnson s premiership, the power was probably draining away within the chamber when tory mps were not cheating, labour mps