Who will set out his economic plans in next months Autumn Statement he has said tax cuts are virtually impossible at present. Live now to manchester to speak to our political correspondent, nick eardley. The focus will be on the Economy Today and tax cuts and some people asking for higher wages as well. Good morning. There will be higher wages for a lotta people because the government is confirming today the National Wage will go up to £11, not a huge surprise because the government follows the recommendations it gets pretty much every opportunity. You are also right tax continues to be a debate within the conservative party, different wings calling for different wings calling for different things. The chancellor saying steady as she goes for the moment, some of the allies of liz truss, they are still around and making those arguments, saying we need to go faster and be bolder with tax cuts and one man involved in drawing up the policy on this is the Chief Secretary to the treasury. T
you. barbara- labour is accusing the foreign secretary of putting the lives of afghan interpreters who worked with british forces at risk. dominic raab was advised on friday to personally ask his afghan counterpart for urgent help to evacuate them from the country. but he didn t make the phone call. for now, the foreign secretary is going nowhere. share for now, the foreign secretary is going nowhere- going nowhere. are you going to resin, going nowhere. are you going to resign. mr going nowhere. are you going to resign, mr rabah? going nowhere. are you going to resign, mr rabah? but - going nowhere. are you going to resign, mr rabah? but if- going nowhere. are you going to resign, mr rabah? but if he - miss an opportunity to get people out of afghanistan sooner? while the taliban were advancing, dominic raab was on holiday here in crete. rather than lounging on the beach, we re told he was working at making regular phone calls. last friday, officials here at the foreign office