In his first major interview since becoming Prime Minister of the Uk Keir starmer has told the bbc the government is going to have to be unpopular. Speaking on sunday with Laura Kuenssberg he said the only way to change the country was to do difficult things now even though he Knows they are unpopular. Our political correspondent Georgia Robertsjoins us. The decision to end Winter Fuel parents is among the earliest of those difficult decisions this government has taken. Mps will vote on this next week and we Know several are planning to make their unhappiness Known but this morning Keir Starmer defended those plans on Winter Fuel. Lets hear him talking about that. About that. This is really tou h, about that. This is really tough. I about that. This is really tough. I do about that. This is really tough, i do get about that. This is really tough, i do get to about that. This is really tough, i do get to staff. | about that. This is really| tough, i do get to staff. I Know tough, i do g
today, following the firm s takeover by elon musk. prince william has announced the finalists for his global we are going to find a solution is to repair our planet. prince william has announced the finalists for his global environment awards, the earthshot prize . good morning and welcome to the bbc news channel. the government could delay or scrap major energy and transport projects as it tries to rein in public spending a spokesperson said we are reviewing every major project . the treasury is due to reveal its tax and spending plans under the new prime minister rishi sunak in the autumn statement on the 17th of november. the bbc understands that plans for a new nuclear power plant called sizewell c in suffolk are under review borisjohnson pledged £700 million for the project in september, with a call to go nuclear and go large . a high speed rail line promised by liz truss for the north of england could also be scaled back. the government is also expected to try t
east quite quickly, with some showers coming into the north and west, but compared with this week, really it day. with temperatures back down to what they should be at this time of year. does it last? no. the weekend brings in this low pressure which is the remnants of storm martin which will bring wet and windy weather at times to us as well as some rather large waves on saturday night into sunday. saturday brings another land of rain eastwards, slowing down as it approaches the south and east. brighter weather following on behind. temperatures about average. because it is bonfire evening. are we going to get any dry weather? probably, between our weather front which is starting to clear away and the next a group of showers coming in. a rather unsettled picture this weekend, some large waves on saturday night and into sunday and some rather large amounts of rainfall potentially in the south and east once again. we will keep an eye on that. and that is it from the bbc news at
hallowe en on record, that was nearly 2a degrees but 18 is still round five degrees above where we should be. it is warmer there this evening but there will be be many a hallowe en costume needing waterproof. heavy shower, pushing northwards, that could give minor flooding, that will continue to work northwards but on the southern edge we could sigh strong winds, tighter s bars through the english channel. it will be a wild night there. but another mild night, nine to round 13 celsius as we start tomorrow morning. so into tuesday we go. start with cloud, rain, scotland, northern, eastern england, thenit scotland, northern, eastern england, then it will be a case of ever changing skies through wales, the midlands and southern england, a blustery day with a mixture of sunshine and shower, northern ireland a better day, a lot for in the way of drier weather. some of the way of drier weather. some of the driest conditions through the afternoon, temperatures down on today, but sti