EXCLUSIVE: London s stock market was surpassed by Paris as the largest in Europe after an exodus of companies from the City. But a Brexiteer said Brexit should not be blamed for the slump.
billions, 17 billion essentially is going to be written off, it will concern a lot of people. especially as we see in the other front pages today the chancellor isn t willing today the chancellor isn t willing to put any serious money forward to alleviate the cost of living crisis. the article also reports thatjust a few dozen directors have been disciplined for this, they ve been written off of being directors of companies. at £17 billion of suspected fraud, that was clearly more than a couple of dozen bosses that got away with this. i think the government would be wise to put in an enormous amount of focus on getting that money back because it might be able to help the rest of us pay our bills. might be able to help the rest of us pay our bills- good to talk to you both. that s it for the papers this evening. we ll be back again tomorrow evening with peter foster, public policy editor at the ft, and the broadcaster and journalist, james lewer. dojoin us then if you can but for now,
hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejessica elgot, deputy political editor at the guardian, and peter foster, public policy editor at the financial times. tomorrow s front pages. the metro says prince andrew will not settle his civil sex abuse case, and is set for a showdown in front of a jury in new york. it s the same lead story for the express, which also has an image of borisjohnson saying the conservative party are rallying behind him. the guardian covers the latest attack on the prime minister s credibility, after he was accused of lying over the rescue of a charity s cats and dogs from afghanistan. boris johnson accused of telling another whopper in the daily star that s a claim he denies, of course. the i says he s is being kept in suspense by the sue gray report, which is still yet to be released. the planned rise in national insurance is the focus of the telegraph, which has a report from mps who say it ll lead
be able to keep this thing afloat. i don t tend be able to keep this thing afloat. i don t tend to agree with her that this is don t tend to agree with her that this isjust don t tend to agree with her that this isjust about mps making calculations about their own seats but they calculations about their own seats but they are making calculations, i have no but they are making calculations, i have no doubt, about whether or not it is actually have no doubt, about whether or not it is actually beneficial for the conservative party and more portly for the conservative party and more portly for the country to be thrown into a period for the country to be thrown into a period of for the country to be thrown into a period of real insecurity and with leadership election that they won t necessarily be able to predict the outconre necessarily be able to predict the outcome of and how long it s going to take it outcome of and how long it s going to take it with a period of trans