hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. i m sally bundock. it s a big day ahead for the chancellor kwasi kwarteng as he delivers the keynote speech at the conservative party conference later in birmingham. the new finance minister is expected to insist the government will stay the course on his tax cutting growth plan despite the swift and turbulent reaction on financial markets. this time last week, the pound hit an all time low against the us dollar and days later, the bank of england was forced to take emergency action to protect pension funds. i m joined by dr roger barker director of policy at the institute of directors. how will kwasi kwarteng do today? what are you hoping chancellor will say? i’m today? what are you hoping chancellor will say? i m sure the chancellor chancellor will say? i m sure the chancellor will chancellor will say? i m sure the chancellor will reiterate | the chancellor will reiterate his commitment to taxcutting p
ukraine has suggested it used special forces to carry out an attack on an ammunition depot in russian occupied crimea on tuesday. moscow has blamed the explosion on sabotage . an emergency has been declared in the north of the peninsula. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me again, the author and journalist rachel shabi. and we are hoping to bejoined shortly annabel denham, who s the director of communications from the free market think tank the institute of economic affairs. we arejust we are just having a few technical problems bring back the connection. let me update you on the front pages, starting with the ft. it leads on today s wage figures deepening the cost of living pain for households across the uk. ryanair to the rescue is the metro s splash, after the airline promised hundreds of extra half term flights in october. the telegraph has comments from a former immigration minister who says the modern slavery la
China’s push for a different world order that diminishes the US has extended to using its own currency instead of the dollar to pay for oil and gas imports, but the so-called “de-dollarisation” of some Chinese trade will not weaken the global importance of the greenback anytime soon. [Gas in Transition, Volume 3, Issue 9]