Getty Images The government has decided not to launch a public information campaign on reducing energy use this winter after the prime minister’s office raised objections, the BBC has been told. A source said there was a “reasonably well-developed plan” to encourage household energy saving. But Climate Minister Graham Stuart denied a campaign had been
Month: October 2022
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Simon Fraser & Elsa Maishman BBC News An ex-policeman has killed at least 37 people, most of them children, in a gun and knife attack at a childcare centre in north-east Thailand. Police say he then
By Sima Kotecha and Hannah Barnes BBC Newsnight An immigration official at the Home Office has been suspended after a BBC investigation revealed he had been posting racist content on WhatsApp. Rob Lewis, an ex-Metropolitan Police officer, is understood to have created the group chat, which also included other former Met police officers. BBC Newsnight
EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock By Chris Mason Political editor in Birmingham There was the content of the prime minister’s speech. And then the context of its delivery. And context is everything. This is a party that has been close to ripping itself to shreds in the last few days. It was a conference that was a showcase of
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Becky Morton BBC political reporter Liz Truss has promised to get the country through “stormy days”, as she set out her plans to grow the economy. In her speech to the Tory conference, which has been
PA Media Liz Truss will use her set-piece Tory conference speech to explain why she thinks the “disruption” caused by her economic policies will be worth it. “Everyone will benefit” from the economic growth produced by her tax-cutting plan, the PM will claim. After a bruising conference marked by U-turns and internal division, she will
Getty Images By Daniel Thomas Business reporter, BBC News The pound has risen to its highest level for two weeks after the chancellor attempted to reassure investors by pledging to bring forward details of how he would cut debt. It rose above $1.14, recovering after Kwasi Kwarteng’s plans to fund tax cuts by extra borrowing
PA Media By Joshua Nevett BBC Politics Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng will set out his plan to get UK debt falling earlier than planned, after markets reacted badly to his package of tax cuts. He is expected to publish details on how the cuts will be paid for later this month despite previously insisting he would
Stefan Rousseau It’s quite something when a prime minister embraces unpopularity. A fortnight ago at the top of the Empire State Building in New York, Liz Truss told me she was willing to do things that weren’t going to go down well. That is a theory she very efficiently tested to destruction. Her party’s poll
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Liz Truss would lose a Commons vote on cutting the top rate of income tax, former cabinet minister Grant Shapps has told the BBC. Scrapping the 45% top rate was a key part of last Friday’s mini-budget
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. At least 125 people have died in a crush at an Indonesian football match that has become one of the world’s worst stadium disasters. About 180 were also hurt in aftermath of home team Arema FC’s loss
Reuters Russia has withdrawn its troops from the strategic Ukrainian town of Lyman, in a move seen as a significant setback for its campaign in the east. The retreat came amid fears thousands of soldiers would be encircled in the town, Russia’s defence ministry said. Recapturing Lyman is of strategic significance for Ukraine. The town