have improved touch. but making ends meet still the biggest for families and firms. i can t give them the things you would like to give them, like the new books. i can t afford to do it any more. with a new promise from labour to help keep a lid on bills, we have one big question this morning is rishi sunak keeping his promise to run a professional government for us all? to answer that, james cleverly, the foreign secretary. the woman who d be your chancellor if labour win the next election rachel reeves is here. and the latest of our leaders interviews for 2023 we ll hearfrom nicola sturgeon, scotland s first minister. with me at the desk to help make sense of what that lot of have to say, the chair of tesco and imperial college, john allan, the lbc presenter and journalist, racheljohnson, and iain duncan smith tory mp who used to lead his party. good morning, thanks for being with us. it s not been a great week for the government, with a feeling that rishi sunak ca
details in the programme. it s saturday the fifth of november. our main story: passengers are being warned to expect significant disruption on the railways today, despite strike action being called off. tens of thousands of rail workers had been due to walk out in the long running dispute over pay and working conditions. strikes planned for monday and wednesday have also been cancelled, as negotiations between the rmt union and train operators are stepped up. our business correspondent, marc ashdown reports. today s strike action may have been called off but widespread disruption will continue. network rail welcomed the decision but says services which had been cancelled can t be reinstated at such late notice. a reduced strike timetable means just 20% of services will run across england, scotland and wales. those which do will start much later and finished by the early evening. thousands of members of the rmt union of 1a real companies and network rail are involved in the lo
line up and the weight that most are pledging to tax cuts if they win. and the way. also on the programme. a week of very high temperatures ahead for much of the uk, as the met office issues an extreme weather warning for the weekend. train drivers at eight rail companies have voted overwhelmingly to go on strike in a dispute over pay. and england s women are the first team through to the euro quarterfinals after a stunning victory against norway. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, a five star performance from england. it s a five wicket win as they dominate south africa in their first one day international. welcome to bbc news at ten. it s official the united kingdom will have a new prime minister by the 5th of september following an election to find a new leader of the conservative party. that process will begin tomorrow. so far, no fewer than 11 conservative mps have entered the fray. they ll need to be backed by at least 20 colleagues to be on the fi