the bill moved a step closer last night, passing through the house of representatives on wednesday, but the clock is ticking. and do you know your o s from your e s, your g s from yourj s? the pressure mounts in washington, as the final of the national annual spelling bee gets under way. i ll put our panel to the test. but first the legal challenge launched by the government. it s over demands from the covid public inquiry that ministers whatsapp messages from the pandemic are released. in a letter, the cabinet office said it was doing so with regret but that the request goes beyond the remit of the inquiry. a deadline for the government to submit the messages passed at 4pm this afternoon, but the inquiry says it instead received notice of legal action. in response, borisjohnson said he was happy to hand over unredacted material if asked. let s talk about it with the panel, and, jim, what do you make of this? because the government here is saying we are not going to ha
after standing by the policy. but with a growing number of senior conservatives criticising the plan, the chancellor admitted this morning that it had to go as it had become a distraction from other parts of the government s economic plan. and so the chancellor used a key speech at the conservative party conference in birmingham to try and move beyond that distraction , take a listen. what a day. it has been tough but we need to focus on thejob in hand. i know the plan put forward only ten days ago has caused a little turbulence i get it. i get it. we re listening and have listened. i refused to accept that it is somehow britain s destiny i refuse to accept that it is somehow britain s destiny to fall back into middle league status or that the tax burden reaching a 70 year high is somehow inevitable. it isn t and it shouldn t be. we needed a new. applause. conference, we needed a new approach focused on raising economic growth. just over a week after hitting an all time lo
one of the world s worst stadium disasters. at least 125 people have died in a stampede at an indonesian football match after police tear gassed pitch invaders. and crunch time in brazil with just hour to go in the election which has seen a bitter campaign between past and present presidents. good evening. the prime minister has admitted her government should have laid the ground better before unveiling its plan for major tax cuts funded by borrowing which led to days of turmoil on the financial markets. in a bbc interview this morning liz truss defended the content of the mini budget but some prominent conservatives are publicly expressing significant concern. our deputy political editor vicki young is in birmingham where the conservative party conference is underway. this is a prime minister who needs to calm the markets and many in her own party. the decision to borrow billions to pay for tax cuts was met with panic and disbelief. today she made no apology for
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group of people happy with that and thatis group of people happy with that and that is that group who wants to see the conservatives defeated at the next election. next election. erased a couple of interesting next election. erased a couple of interesting questions next election. erased a couple of interesting questions there, - next election. erased a couple of interesting questions there, first i interesting questions there, first of all that the government business should be handled on whatsapp but is that an appropriate method of communication for government ministers? i communication for government ministers? ministers? i don t think it is, certainly ministers? i don t think it is, certainly not ministers? i don t think it is, certainly not in ministers? i don t think it is, certainly not in the ministers? i don t think it is, | certainly not in the traditional sense. but, look, iwas a certainly not in the traditional sense. but, look, i was a government minister in