Good evening welcome to newsnight for insights and interviews. The Prime Minister told us all today things will get worse before he said they would get better we already know that means tax rises, but well ask a labour Treasury Minister if it also means austerity is back in some form. Well ask what advice he has for a newsnight viewer whos nearly 80 and is having his winter fuel payment taken away, and we ask about accusations of cronyism. Is cronyism bad under a conservative government but ok under a Labour Government . Government but 0k under a Labour Government . Government but 0k under a Labour Government . Cronyism is something keir starmer government . Cronyism is something keir starmer has government . Cronyism is something keir starmer has made government . Cronyism is something keir starmer has made very government . Cronyism is something keir starmer has made very clear government . Cronyism is something keir starmer has made very clear he | keir starmer has made very clear h
handful of battle grounds. ohio, georgia, pennsylvania. the republicans who are trying to flip control of the senate say they see opportunities in some races that have not been getting as much attention. i think we clearly pick up georgia, clearly pick up nevada and a good chance in new hampshire. we have a really good chance in arizona. and joe day is behind. and levy is behind five points. depends on the night. i think we ll have a great night. the closing argument for democrats is all about republicans. warning if congress clips, social security and medicare benefits are in danger. the republicans say they want to undo the inflation reduction act even though they ll need biden s signature to do that. there s a new abc poll that shows 38% of voters will trust the gop more with handling inflation as 21% say they truth democrats. the president himself has had really limited exposure to the campaign trail lately. the only battle ground on the schedule this week is pennsylv
there s been talk 75% could lose their jobs. he dialed that back. he hasn t given a number yesterday, has he? no, he hasn t. so i m talking to sources inside the company. we ve known that lay-offs are coming nor awhile. he s talked about this. at one point, there was a 75% number figure reported. now it s looking like it s around 25%. of course, he s going to go and hire folks as well because he s go to shift his focus to free speech. he s even joking, maybe not joking on twitter that he might bring vine back. the short form video platform that twitter killed in 2016. we don t have a number yet. there s a lot of trepidation from folks in the company. this is not the time that you want to get laid off from a tech company. hiring freezes are going on rights now. neil: not the ideal environment it was. kelly o grady in san francisco.
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