instability and rising mortgage rates for some time to come. downing street says the prime minister is now focussed on ensuring economic stability, but with most of her plans now ripped up, we ll be asking whether liz truss can survive, and getting reaction from voters. also this lunchtime the head of the metropolitan police says hundreds of his officers should have been sacked for gross misconduct. civilians rescued in the ukrainian capital after an attack by russian kamikaze drones. and against the odds, scotland s cricketers beat the west indies in one of their greatest ever victories. and coming up on the bbc news channel scotland have made a winning start to their t20 world cup campaign with a shock defeat of the west indies in australia. good afternoon. the new chancellor, jeremy hunt, has scrapped almost all of the key measures in last month s controversial mini budget, in the latest in a series of government u turns. in an emergency statement, aimed at reassurin
and misconduct. the mayor of kyiv says that russian strikes on the city this morning have killed one person and wounded three others. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the uk s new chancellorjeremy hunt is to deliver an emergency statement on the british economyjust after 11 o clock this morning, bringing forward measures a fortnight earlier than expected. it s expected there ll be a delay in the plan to cut the basic rate of income tax from 20p to 19p, that would be yet another u turn from the mini budget that caused such turmoil on financial markets. with me now as our chief political correspondent. he is waiting in the wings to talk to me. let me round up, because an hour or so we are expecting to hear from the chancellor, he is going to be making that statement and we are expecting pretty much everything in the mini budgets to be pulled back, except for the national insurance increase, the national insurance cut because that has already been legislated for, obviously
ensure there is trust and confidence in our national finances. that means decisions of eye watering difficulty. as her plans unravelled, liz truss kept a low profile in westminster leaving a cabinet colleague to step in. the prime minister is not under a desk. she. laughter. after a day in which the prime minister was barely seen and not heard, tonight she speaks exclusively to me for this programme. also on the programme. russian forces launch waves of drone attacks on the ukrainian capital kyiv. hundreds of metropolitan police are getting away with law breaking and misconduct says a new report. iamat i am at the roundhouse in london where the winner of the booker stay with us here on the bbc news channel 4 continuing coverage and analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at ten. the prime minister liz truss has said she is sorry and accepts repsonsibility for mistakes in her economic plan as the maj
and the met reveals it is now investigating 1000 claims of sexual and domestic abuse involving around 800 police officers. we will have more on the view from number ten downing street on falling public trust in the police. also on the programme. a constitutional showdown as rishi sunak says he ll block the gender recognition bill passed by nicola sturgeon and the scottish parliament. the government at westminster stops the government of parliament here in edinburgh from doing what it wants to using a legal advice never used before. and yes, you guessed it, thatis before. and yes, you guessed it, that is prompting one heck of a row. what do we want? 10%! when do we want it? as teachers strike in scotland, seven new dates for action are announced for england and wales, affecting more than 23,000 schools. and after 30 years on the run, the head of the infamous cosa nostra mafia has been arrested in sicily. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel: no slip ups down unde