In downing street. is she finished now? has she made too many mistakes? a united front but they know the prime minister is in serious jeopardy. prime minister, who is to blame? last night liz truss told the bbc she was sorry. first of all, i do want to accept responsibility and say sorry for the mistakes that have been made. i wanted to act, but to help people with their energy bills, to deal with the issue of high taxes. but we went too far and too fast. i ve acknowledged that, i ve put in place a new chancellor with a new strategy to restore economic stability. and now what i m focused on is delivering for the public. but ms truss said she wasn t going anywhere. i will lead the conservatives into the next general election. definitely?
Well, look, yeah. i m not focused on internal debates within the conservative party. but you need to be. i am focused. you know you need to be in order to stay in office. the important thing is that i have been elected to this position to deliver for the country. and you re staying put however bad the poll ratings get, however much noise there is amongst your own backbenchers, you re not shifting. i will stay in the job to deliverfor the national interest. many of her mps are not so sure. inside the houses of parliament herfuture is being actively discussed. from a government minister this morning, a warning not to move against her. i can t see, and neither can the vast majority of my colleagues, how the answer to the current situation is to indulge in even more political instability with all the economic impact that that brings. liz truss continues to meet different groups of her mps to try to reach out and shore up support. some of them think that she should be given at least a littl
The prime minister is in serious jeopardy. their programme for government is now radically different. last night liz truss told the bbc she was sorry. first of all, i do want to accept responsibility and say sorry for the mistakes that have been made. i wanted to act to help people with their energy bills, to deal with the issue of high taxes, but we went too far and too fast. i have acknowledged that. i have put in place and new chancellor, with a new strategy, to restore economic stability, and now what i m focused on is delivering for the public. back liz truss said she was not going anywhere. i will lead the conservatives into the next general election. definitely? well, look, i m not focused on internal debates within the conservative party. but you need to be in order to stay in office. the important thing is that i have
Had written a book about ten years ago this idea, now she is lockstep withjeremy hunt, the contradiction between those two are very difficult and keir starmer will certainly ask about that. i think your starmer needs to bring it back and so does liz truss, actually, maybe this is her secret weapon, liz truss, actually, maybe this is hersecret weapon, dipping liz truss, actually, maybe this is her secret weapon, dipping back to real people in the country who are not worried about faceless and nameless conservative mps most of whom they couldn t identify in a police line up and the backstabbing of liz truss and really the question about energy bills and the fact that there is some certainty for six months but there won t be for two years. that is the u turn i would worry most about if i was liz truss because that is what affects most people in this country rather than the entire imaginations of westminster which can be entertaining. in prime ministers question time as part of that most p
Hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the new chancellor has told ministers that spending cuts are on the way. and their budgets will need to be reduced. jeremy hunt and liz truss have been meeting the cabinet after he tore up most of the mini budget yesterday. the trade union congress says uk families are at breaking point as the country experiences the longest squeeze on view wages since the 1800s. ukraine s president said nearly one third of his country s power have now been destro ed stations have now been destroyed after another round of russian on energy facilities. fears are growing female iranian athletes who competed in a climbing competition without wearing a hijab. herfamily say