Politics

We were joined by the former Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps who gave his reaction to the government’s mini-budget u-turn today.

So how has all this been going down with the voters?

We spoke to the Business Secretary, Jacob Rees-Mogg.

The financial markets responded positively to the government’s u-turn, with the pound rising against the dollar. Economic reporter Neil Macdonald explains.

The Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng said ditching the 45p tax rate for the highest earners had become too much of a distraction.

Krishnan Guru-Murthy is joined by the Education Secretary Kit Malthouse.

Today the prime minister admitted she ‘should have laid the ground better’.

Joining Jackie Long is the Chief Political Commentator of the i-paper, Paul Waugh.

Pressure is mounting on consumers who will be paying higher energy bills from today. 

Brazil is set to elect a new president this weekend amidst a febrile political atmosphere that’s already seen bloodshed. Right wing President Jair Bolsonaro – who’s trailing in the polls – has taken a leaf out of Donald Trump’s playbook, sowing doubt about the electoral system. He once said only God could remove him from…

We spoke to security analyst Maria Avdeeva.

International Editor Lindsey Hilsum is in Kharkiv. Filmed by: Soren Munk Produced by: Rob Hodge

A short while ago I spoke to Conservative MP Sir Charles Walker, backed Penny Mordaunt for the leadership. I started by asking him whether he felt the party could reverse its fortunes with voters ahead of the next election.

18 trade unions have written to the Prime Minister asking for a “cast-iron assurance” that the government will not make further real terms cuts to public services. They claimed any cuts would be “an act of national vandalism”.

After a week in which their controversial plan to grow the economy had sparked a slump in sterling and a £65 billion Bank of England bailout, the Prime Minister and Chancellor faced the music today with one clear message: they’re sticking to their guns. Liz Truss – running the gauntlet of eight back-to-back local radio…