the rise to the average wage increase instead, a much lowerfigure. it comes as the home secretary, suella braverman, accused tory mps of undermining liz truss and staging a coup to force the u turn on the top rate of tax for high earners. our political editor, chris mason, reports from the conservative party conference in birmingahm. how much does this cost if i break it? is the prime minister in control? does she know what she is doing? liz truss, on a visit to a building site in birmingham today. she and the chancellor kwazi kwarteng must be tempted to leave those hard hats on all the time at the moment. the latest row is about benefits and whether all benefits payments should rise in line with wages or the much more expensive option, keeping up with rising prices. i asked the prime minister, which of those was fair? well, we haven t made a decision yet on that specific issue. all of these things depend on the specific circumstances, but what i sought to do when i got into
after 12 years of a tory government, what have we got to show for it? people not being able to pay their bills, an nhs on its knees, and law and order completely broken down. and we ll be asking voters in peterborough for their take on yet another change at 10 downing street. she has got a lot of work ahead of her, and we really need her to prove to me what she will do to help keep the doors open on my business and the doors open on my business and the customer is in my local community. and coming up in sport later on the bbc news channel. cameron norrie is looking to extend his record run at the us open but can the british number one get past andrey rublev? good evening from number 10 downing street, which from tomorrow will be home to a new prime minister liz truss, who earlier today was elected leader of the conservative party to succeed borisjohnson. she will be the uk s fourth prime minister in the space of six years. ms truss, who s been foreign secretary for the pa
female prime minister, promising to deliver on pledges. i will deliver a bold plan to cut taxes and grow our economy. because, my friends, i know that we will deliver, we will deliver, we will deliver. as the cost of living hits crisis levels, with fuel bills breaking new records, labour says the conservatives are out of ideas, regardless of who s prime minister. after 12 years of a tory government, what have we got to show for it? people not being able to pay their bills, an nhs on its knees, and law and order completely broken down. tomorrow downing street will host two prime ministers. borisjohnson in the morning, liz truss in the afternoon. and we ll be asking what kind of prime minister liz truss is likely to be and what kind of government she will lead. also tonight. in canada police are searching for two men suspected of killing ten people in a remote northern area. and the duke and duchess of sussex are back in the uk, where meghan has been addressing a leadership sum
here s nick miller. an amazing show of the aurora borealis has been captured in northumberland. different there is more cloud around so limit your expectations. cloud and rain from the north west and more wind and rain as the week goes on. northern ireland has seen the rain so far, this afternoon that will ease. it is into western scotland and will push across central parts of scotland. most of england and wales will stay dry, maybe a few showers in the south west later. but it is a mild afternoon with hazy sunshine at times. tonight, we are going to bring another spell of rain across northern ireland. look at the bright colours it will be heavy, particularly into western scotland late at night and into glasgow tomorrow with up to 50 millimetres of rain that could bring disruption. a milder night. we start wet tomorrow, particularly in scotland. the rain will move south across northern england, wales into south west england and then ahead of that east anglia and the south e
should receive immediate six figure compensation, rules a judge. two people are arrested, after a nine year old girl died in a suspected stabbing. and i m in birmingham, as we head into a huge weekend of sporting action. hosts england made it a golden start to the commonwealth games. alex yee stormed to victory in the triathlon with more medals up for grabs this evening. and how the lionesses are inspiring at the next generation as england prepare to take on germany in the euros finals on sunday. and coming up in sportsday on the bbc news channel: we ll round up all the action on day one of the commonwealth games, including a look at the 3x3 basaketball, which is making it s debut. hello and welcome to the bbc news at six. rebekah vardy has lost her libel case at the high court. in what had become known as the wagatha christie trial, the wife of the former england footballerjamie vardy had sued coleen rooney after she accused vardy of leaking private information about her t