Blair institute for global change working with over a0 countries, the former prime minister is still searching for answers to the great challenges of our time. Labour s back in power after 14 years. Very, very few people know what it feels like to actually be the prime minister of a new government, to be a country s leader. What does. . . What did it feel like as you walked through that door and into power in 1997? well, for me, the feelings were less those of elation. I mean, everyone around me was. . . . . Was, you know, celebrating, but i was very conscious of the fact, first of all, i d never been a minister, let alone a prime minister, and secondly, there is an awesome sense of responsibility. So you realise you re going to be taking decisions, you know you re on the start of a journey, you know the journey is going to be really difficult, you know there s going to be a whole lot of events and circumstances you can t predict. And you re acutely conscious of the fact that there is
Our coverage continues on the last word with my friend lawrence o donnell. Good evening. A big newsnight. Yes and minutes before you started your live coverage, we just got the news and i was reading it as you are handling it live. I have been following these swarming investigations of city hall and eric adams at what i felt was relatively closely, but i have never been able to describe to anyone the full shape of it. I think by tomorrow we will have the diagrams built to put on screen to show you the number of commissioners who resigned from this administration. The number of people in the adams administration alone who have had telephones seized. I first covered it on this program two weeks ago for the first time when the police commissioner was forced to resign. That had reached a level that really made it feel like it was now happening at the very top and here we are tonight at the top of the top, at city hall. Stunning news and new york city history in the making. Have a good show
Of retail is changing. Well hear from The Boss of ingka about what it means to go phy gital. Live from london this is Business Today, im sally bundock. We start in the united states, where Donald Trump haS Pledged the us would take other countries jobs if he returns to the white house. Hes laid out hiS Plans to slash taxes, lower Energy Costs and regulations for manufacturers that made goods on us soil. At a Campaign Rally in savannah, georgia, trump promised a Manufacturing Renaissance reiterating hiS Pledge to punish american companies that manufactured outside the us, and slap large tariffs on foreign made goods to protect us industries. Not only will we stop our Businesses from leaving for foreign land but under my leadership we are going to take other countries jobs. Leadership we are going to take other countriesjobs. Ever leadership we are going to take other countries jobs. Ever hear that expression before . That we are going to take other countries jobs, are going to take othe
Joining me now is satyam panday, Chief Us and Canada Economist at S P global ratings. Satyam, what are the key elements here that youre looking at that mean theres going to be a drag on growth . We are mostly focused on the consumer sector, we are mostly focused on the consumersector, like we are mostly focused on the consumer sector, like you mentioned in your opening statement. We are starting to see some Consumer Caution creep up, see some Consumer Caution creep up, especially given how the Labour Market has moderated, we have also seen the real Income Growth so often, and that means most likely moving forward, the same type of growth coming from Consumer Spending iS Probably going to be softer, and if you think about the Consumer Spending, you have to look at the taxes being collected state and local site, so the Upside Surprise we have seen from the state and local Government Spending is also going to be softened moving forward. Put it all together, it is the consumers that are go
And smartwatch payments, the once essential item could become a thing of the past. Good morning. Its goals galore for chelsea and signs of lift off this season, as they beat barrow 5 0. All the Premier League sides in action avoiding an upset in Last Nights League Cup. A dry start to the day for many. A few showers around. When wilful on areas already saturated. All of the details shortly. When will all. Its wednesday, 25th september. Labours first Party Conference since the party was elected injuly is due to come to a close this afternoon, with the Prime Minister promising delegates that change is on the horizon. Today the focus will be on the scrapping of the Winter Fuel Payment for pensioners, and the debate from unions to reverse it. Our political correspondent Helen Catt sent this report. Applause. It was the first time in 15 years that a sitting Prime Minister had addressed labours Party Conference. In his speech, Sir Keir promised the country that change was coming. I know that