ten people have been killed and eight injured in an explosion at a petrol station in the republic of ireland police say it appears to have been a tragic accident . protests continue in iran and around the world as three people are killed in the country. now on bbc news it s political thinking with nick robinson. welcome to political thinking. one question haunts the chancellor, any chancellor of any political party. it is what will the iss say because the verdict of the institute for fiscal studies on whether the numbers add up, any budget and what these days we have to call fiscal events, can be devastating for a politician. it is what will the ifs say. that word is treated like the word of god, not least broadcasters like the bbc who have experts from the ifs on our programmes all the time. my guest this week is the director of the ifs, pauljohnson. welcome to the programme. if the ifs is the word of god that makes you god. how does that feel? , , ., that feel? very
events. , , , ., ., , a running commentary on political events. , ,, ., ., , ., ., events. despite that answer, among the cabinet ministers events. despite that answer, among the cabinet ministers urging - events. despite that answer, among the cabinet ministers urging the - the cabinet ministers urging the prime minister apparently to michael gove, a senior member of government. sajid javid, whose departure yesterday as health secretary set everything in motion said the government s problems started at the top . there are only so many times you can t on that machine on and off before you realise that something is fundamentally wrong. at pmqs, where the absence of support for the prime minister was very noticeable, the labour leader added his voice to the chorus telling mrjohnson to leave office. isn t this the first recorded case of the sinking ships are fleeing the rights? we ll have all the latest developments from westminster, and from here in downing street. and we
measures were very top down measures, they will build a new nuclear power plant, sizewell c, will complete the hs2 train line, some of us would have thought that would have been saving that could have been made thin cruel. the plans for deregulation and planning reform, for example, or looking at whether financial services are properly regulated, and investment zones, some of the idea is that the previous short lived liz truss administration came up with some of those have all been binned. so what i worry about is if you are a business owner or a worker, circumstances are going to get tougherfor circumstances are going to get tougher for you circumstances are going to get tougherfor you in the circumstances are going to get tougher for you in the year ahead and that will make economic growth harder to generate, and make tax receipts harder to collect and therefore public services harder to fund.in therefore public services harder to fund. . . . therefore public services harder to fu
projects to stimulate the economy, is again you have suggested. the bottom line is that sound money is important for economic growth, and that s what he s done. that s what he s done. there is no doubt about that s what he s done. there is no doubt about that. that s what he s done. there is no doubt about that. i that s what he s done. there is no doubt about that. i think - that s what he s done. there is no doubt about that. i think a - that s what he s done. there is no doubt about that. i think a failure | doubt about that. i think a failure of the liz truss and kwasi kwarteng administration, and one of the reasons for its downfall, as they took a rather cavalier approach balancing the books. jeremy hunt has taken a somewhat more cautious approach to attempting to balance the books. i think a problem he is going to face is we are probably going to face is we are probably going to face is we are probably going to bejust a bad other taxable limits of the economy. what do i me