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of repairing the damage. also in the programme. in beijing the chinese communist party congress continues but some parts of the city are back under a covid lockdown. and, a jury in new york clears the actor, kevin spacey, of making unwanted sexual advances on a iii year old. hello and welcome to the programme. britain is set to get a new prime minister by the end of next week, after the conservative party announced details of a fast tracked contest to choose its leader following liz truss s resignation. she stepped down afterjust six chaotic weeks in the job by far the shortest tenure in british history. her leadership foundered when the markets took fright, the pound crashed, she sacked her chancellor kwasi kwarteng and was forced into a humiliating series of u turns. we start our coverage with the bbc s political editor chris mason. lunchtime in downing street and the lectern is back. six weeks and two days since liz truss stood behind it as she became prime min ....
over the vexed question of trans rights. the gender recognition reform scotland bill is passed. shame on you! with the prime minister pondering blocking a controversial new scottish law. if a new law is passed that does impact the rest of the united kingdom, it is important that the uk government receives advice on that before deciding what to do, if anything. but we have one big question this morning is keir starmer ready for the job? so he s here with us live this morning. sir keir starmer, who wants to be your prime minister. fed up of the train strikes? mark harper, the transport secretary, whose job is to get things running, is here too. and with me at the desk, the hero villain of succession, the emmy award winning actor brian cox. the former minister, now head of the women and equalities committee at westminster, caroline nokes. and economist and banker, the boss of natwest, sir howard davies. good morning and thank you for watching. for the first sunday in a while, ....
richard walker. former cabinet minister andrea leadsom. and the bbc s deputy political editor, vicki young. the chancellors day began like this. this 45p rate was simply a distraction in our mission to achieve higher growth. a u turn on the scrapping the 45p top rate of tax a policy he d announced in his mini budgetjust 10 days ago. now, in a little under 15 minnutes he ll be addressing the party faithful to persuade them that he is the man to be trusted with the economy through turbulent times. welcome to politics live in birmingham. andrea led some, after the market turmoil following the mini budget on the 23rd of september by kwasi kwarteng, and then the dramatic u turn overnight and this morning, on a central plank of that budget, and the economic perspectives of the government, how damaged is kwasi kwarteng s authority? i damaged is kwasi kwarteng s authori ? ~ ., , authority? i think it was really important authority? i think it was really important that ....
should not be taken emotionally. and a royal welcome in scotland, as the king and the queen consort attend their firstjoint engagement since the end of formal mourning. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are dame ros altmann, who s a former pensions minister, and the features writer for the independent, james rampton. welcome to you both. a stark message from the daily mail, which says senior tories are attacking the government s u turn on plans to remove the top rate of income tax. the chancellor s admission to conservative party conference of a tough day after that u turn leads the metro. the mirror calls it a calamity conference , and claims despite the change of plans, the damage to the economy is already done. the i says conservative mps could now threaten liz truss s plans on benefits and public spending cuts. the telegraph also reporting what it calls a new battle with tory mps over reducing benefits ....
some amazon workers join rail and airline staff in walking out. more could follow. what does it mean for them and for you? good morning from birmingham where the commonwealth games went out with a bang. a sky full of fireworks, and ozzy osborne and black sabbath making a surprise appearance to close the show. and we catch up with rugby union s ed slater 24 hours into his 350 mile bike ride to raise awareness of mnd. tighter than charlie sharples at the bar! but beyond thatjust relief, relief. the dry weather remains with us about from across north west scotland but the temperature is going to rise, some of us up to 35 or 36 degrees. all of the detail throughout the programme. it s tuesday 9th august. tributes are being paid from around the world to dame olivia newton john, who s died of cancer, aged 73. the singer and actress was best known for playing sandy in grease, one of the most successful film musicals ever made. her co starjohn travolta has described her impact as in ....