Borrowing from the George Osborne and David Cameron playbook. You say that things are so terrible that we will have to make really difficult decisions. Dont blame me, blame the last lot. We are trying to fix the mess. They have evidence to suggest that argument isnt completely fabricated. However, icannot emphasise enough that Making Decisions is difficult. And the government will have to choose to do certain things. And when it makes those decisions, it will face the consequences of its actions. And in that sense, yes, you can blame the last administration. Yes, you can say that there is not as much money as we hoped or thought or could have been available if the economy had been available if the economy had been managed in a different way. But you still have to take responsibility for the decisions that you are taking. So in that sense, there is no doubt this government is going to feel a lot of pressure over the next few weeks, particularly leading up to the budget at the end of oct
We start in hawaii, and apocalyptic scenes as wildfires sweep across the islands. At least 36 people are known to have died and others are still unaccounted for. Large parts of the Tourist Town Of Lahaina on the island of maui have been burned to the ground. This is what it looked like overnight when flames spread rapidly, forcing some people tojump into the sea to escape. Multiple areas have been burnt to the ground and the western side of the island is almost cut off. Officials say, the Hospital System is overwhelmed, with many people suffering burns and smoke inhalation. 0ur correspondent Richard Galpin has this report. If anybody is still out here, it is time to go is anybody still out here . Its time to go these are the desperate calls for people still in the historic City Of Lahaina on the island of maui, as the flames on the marina gets closer and closer. Many neighbourhoods were burned to the ground as the western side of the island was nearly cut off with only one highway open
This was billed as a high level delegation that was meant to go to meet with the top Military Leaders to try and get them to step down. Part of this delegation was a former Military Leader of nigeria, neighbouring nigeria, and then also an influential cleric. But the information we are getting right now is that this delegation was in the country forjust a few hours. They met some members of the military but they didnt really meet the top man himself, general abdourahamane tiani, or the deposed president , to try and mediate between the two of them possibly. We understand the delegation has now left. They reason why this is also important is because ecowas, the military bloc, had given the military a deadline of this sunday to step down, or otherwise they might use force to remove them from power. So right now the scene is set for this countdown to sunday to see if the military steps down, and if doesnt what happens next. You mentioned that deadline. Is it any clearer whether that inter
Just one pound in five has been paid out in financial redress to postmasters wrongfully accused of theft and fraud is it time the post office is completely removed from delivering compensation . Disarray at the top of the post office in full view at a hearing in front of mps today. The main scandal remains the snails pace of redress for postmasters. Well talk live to this post Office Manager wrongfully accused of stealing £78,000 and jailed for six months, and this mp whos on the horizon compensation Advisory Board. Also tonight. Labour mp Margaret Hodge tells us shes written to the metropolitan police and the Electoral Commission to ask them to investigate whether the Conservative Party broke electoral law in taking £200,000 from the partner of a prominent donor. The chancellor said he wanted to get Older Workers off the golf course and back into employment but why have they really opted out of the workforce . In a dramatic Hearing Today, current and former post Office Bosses traded
16 countries take the stage in liverpool later for the second semifinal. sticking with the eurovision theme, we are in liverpool at the shopping centre right in the heart of liverpool, surrounded by these beautiful eggs, i will tell you about them later on. the bank of england is expected to raise interest rates again today to 4.5%, the highest level in 15 years. it will be the 12th consecutive hike since december 2021, meaning mortgage payments could rise further for millions of customers. our business correspondent hannah miller reports. this is the first home gheev has owned, bought with his girlfriend two months ago. but since they agreed their mortgage, the monthly payments have gone up twice in line with the base rate of interest set by the bank of england. when we were coming to find a mortgage, the fixed rates were astronomically high. we figured that if the bank of england base rate goes up by another two or three percentage points, we re actually better off staying