they re all gone, so why is she still here? cheers mr speaker. jeers mr speaker, lam a fighter, not a quitter. and in other news. harrowing and callous a damning report is published into maternity care at east kent hospital trust. the chief investigator says women weren t listened to. we had 202 families that came forward. in 97, deaths, injuries or other harm could have been different if care had been given to the standards accepted nationally. russian president vladimir putin declares martial law in the four regions of ukraine which it annexed last month. they ll be expected to work with russia to boost the war effort. and, how long do you sleep? researchers say that at least five hours sleep a night may cut the chances of multiple chronic health problems if you re over 50. hello and welcome to bbc news with me, joanna gosling, in sunderland and ben brown in westminster. we re here today to talk about the rising cost of living and how it s affecting you and your family. w
during the conservative leadership contest this summer. we can see the scene live at westminster where the vote is on fracking. it is a motion tabled by the opposition labour party and the government has said it is treating it as a vote of confidence in the government. it is not expected that more than a handful of conservative mps will vote against the government tonight, even though they oppose the change in fracking policy, which reverses the government s position from the last general election manifesto. the prime minister is facing widespread discontent and today she took part in her first premises questions after ditching her flagship tax cuts less than a week ago from the mini budget. let s talk to our political correspondent, helen carter. we will stay looking at the pictures of the house of commons as mps file back in. can you give us a snapshot summary for viewers watching you have just tuned in, summary for viewers watching you havejust tuned in, many summary for v
Less than 2a hours after Kwasi Kwarteng insisted he was 100 safe in his job as chancellor he has gone sacked by liz truss after he flew back early from washington for crisis talks. 3 weeks of turmoil on the Financial Markets has culminated in the Prime Minister Announceing A Second Major u turn on her economic plans for Growth Corporation tax will now rise in april after all. She has sacked the chancellor and named a new one jeremy hunt the 4th this year. At a very short Press Conference this Afternoon Liz Truss was repeatedly asked about her credibility as Prime Minister and why she was remaining in the job. Lets take a listen to what she had to say. My my conviction to this country needs to go for growth and is rooted in my personal experience. I know what its like to grow up somewhere that isnt feeling the benefits of growth and i so what that meant and im not prepared to accept that for our country. I want a country where people can get good jobs and new businesses can set up in fa
government s in panic. the country will pay a lasting price for putting is through this ideological experiment and will pay a lasting price through economic instability and rising mortgage rates for some time to come. and in other news. 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. scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon has set out her economic argument for leaving the uk, including plans move to a scottish currency when the time is right . 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, he abandoned indefinitely the planned 1p cut in the basic rate of income tax, that had been due to come in next year. help with energy bills will now only last until next april instead of for