fears grow for a female iranian athlete who competed in a climbing competition without wearing a hijab her family say they ve good afternoon and welcome to bbc news, live from westminster. the prime minister will be meeting more backbenchers as she continues to try to shore up her leadership, a series of difficult headlines this morning following yesterday, following that interview as well, with our political editor chris mason in which she apologised for issues since she became prime ministerjust 41 days ago, earlier on today, it was business as usual, almost, with a cab neating, she and cabinet meeting, she and the new chancellor speaking at that meeting and the chancellor was setting out his plan, his thoughts on spending cuts which he said were on the way, he said that departments should agree those spending cuts by the end oaf week so a tight timetable there, and, they were meeting of course after he tore up most of that mini budget, the liz truss economic policy, t
this is bbc news, i m annita mcveigh at westminster. the headlines at 5. the new chancellor has told ministers that spending cuts are on the way, and their budgets will need to be reduced. jeremy hunt and liz truss have been meeting the cabinet after he tore up most of the mini budget yesterday. the trades union congress says uk families are at breaking point as the country experiences the longest squeeze on real wages since the 1800s. and i mjane hill the headlines this hour. ukraine s president says nearly a third of his country s power stations have now been destroyed, after another round of russian air strikes on energy facilities.
hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the new chancellor has told ministers that spending cuts are on the way. and their budgets will need to be reduced. jeremy hunt and liz truss have been meeting the cabinet after he tore up most of the mini budget yesterday. the trade union congress says uk families are at breaking point as the country experiences the longest squeeze on view wages since the 1800s. ukraine s president said nearly one third of his country s power have now been destro ed stations have now been destroyed after another round of russian on energy facilities. fears are growing female iranian athletes who competed in a climbing competition without wearing a hijab. herfamily say
because of does particularly well tomorrow both because of the really tough hand that she because of the really tough hand that she has dealt herself, frankly, but also that she has dealt herself, frankly, but also because the way that she performs but also because the way that she performs at p and q but also because the way that she performs at p and 0 over the last five or performs at p and 0 over the last five or six performs at p and 0 over the last five or six weeks, how long she has been five or six weeks, how long she has been prime five or six weeks, how long she has been prime minister, she has not performed been prime minister, she has not performed very well. last week, for example. performed very well. last week, for example, she gave the same answer in response example, she gave the same answer in response to example, she gave the same answer in response to questions which was not a great response to questions which was not a great ounce the first ti
peter, i will continue for us because my goodness, how big is the challenge facing liz truss tomorrow? it is a challenge and i think this is really make or break for her. a lot of parliamentarians will be waiting to see just how she responds to keir starmer. it s overly brutal direct approach to her new chancellorjeremy hunt through chancellor jeremy hunt through rachel chancellorjeremy hunt through rachel reeves where she responded to him yesterday when liz truss were sitting there mute. now we will hear from her but i think the most devastating thing that cure stomach do simply ask very basic questions, not make it about him but make it about her responses. even a really simple question such as why did you suck the chancellor and why not you too, it is your economic plan? i m sure that something that cure stomach prospect people are formulating at the moment the liz truss will have to come out fighting. you have to show herself to be human. she said she has made mistakes and intervie