with the murder of nine year old olivia pratt korbel, who was shot dead in her home. brazil s presidential election on a knife edge there ll be a run off between the far right incumbent jair bolsonaro and his left wing challenger. king charles and the queen consort visit dunfermline on their first official engagment since the period of royal mourning ended. and the 9,000 year old footprints giving us clues about the story of our coastline. and coming up on the bbc news channel. we ll bring you the outcome of the women s champions league draw as we find out who arsenal and chelsea will face in the group stage. good afternoon. it has been the sharpest of u turns the government is dropping its plans to abolish the 45p top rate of income tax for the highest earners. amid growing opposition to the policy, kwasi kwarteng, the chancellor, said it had become a distracton. we get it, he said, we have listened . but the plan is being ditched less than 2a hours after the prime mi
with the murder of nine year old olivia pratt korbel. she was shot in her home in liverpool in august. king charles and the queen consort camilla visited dunfermline on their first official engagment since the period of royal mourning came to an end. and coming up we meet mr doodle the man from kent who makes his living from doodling and has covered his whole house in drawings. hello, if you havejustjoined us welcome to bbc news. just to remind you we will have live coverage of the chancellor kwasi kwarteng s speech to the conservative party conference later. he has been forced into a dramatic u turn to scrap the 45p top rate of income tax. the decision to ditch the policy a decision which mr kwarteng confirmed this morning came less than 2a hours after the prime minister liz truss had publicly defended it. in a statement, mr kwarteng said the 45p tax plan had become a huge distraction and that the government had listened to people s concerns. yesterday on the bbc,
seat of winchester. home to 130,000 people and plenty of strong views on the chancellor s tax decision this morning. we came across cassie, an independent business owner, aaron, who s on universal credit, and deborah, who s a pensioner. cassie white owns the projects, which is part cafe, part antique shop and part giftware. she says the government should never have considered cutting the 45p tax rate as it s simply unfair on the low earners. it s a bit of a joke, maybe, in my opinion, but i don t think it actually has a huge effect on me and my business and what i do. it s definitely going to cause our new prime minister some problems and possibly some trust in her might be difficult. aaron within is on universal credit. he s been a conservative voter but he believes today s u turn is politically damaging, especially for the chancellor.
so what have they been listening to? 0ur correspondent duncan kennedy has been talking to voters in the tory held seat of winchester. home to 130,000 people and plenty of strong views on the chancellor s tax decision this morning. we came across cassie, an independent business owner, aaron, who s on universal credit, and deborah, who s a pensioner. cassie white owns the projects, which is part cafe, part antique shop and part giftware. she says the government should never have considered cutting the 45p tax rate as it s simply unfair on the low earners. it s a bit of a joke, maybe, in my opinion, but i don t think it actually has a huge effect on me and my business and what i do. it s definitely going to cause our new prime minister some problems and possibly some trust in her might be difficult. aaron within is on universal credit.