[ad_1] A young first-time buyer has challenged a government minister after her initial mortgage offer of 4.5% interest was withdrawn and replaced with a 10.4% deal following last week's mini-budget.Rabia told BBC One's Question Time panel in Manchester that she would be unable to afford the new rate. "I was given four different offers of interest rates and none of them are now available," she says.Local Government Minister Paul Scully
[ad_1] The BBC’s chief political correspondent Nick Eardley has reflected on the mood at the closing day of Labour's party conference in Liverpool.In his address to delegates on Tuesday, the party's leader Sir Keir Starmer set out his vision for the UK, pledging to make the country a "green growth superpower". [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting will set out plans to improve access to GPs in England. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Rosie Duffield said she felt “safer” being back at the Labour conference this year but has not yet heard from her leader.She did not attend the 2021 gathering after speaking out on women's issues. The MP said she had spoke to Sir Keir Stammer about those issues at the time, but they have not talked since.Speaking to the BBC at the Liverpool conference, the Canterbury MP said she had
[ad_1] However, in July, his successor as Labour leader Sir Keir said he wanted to take a "pragmatic" rather than "ideological" approach on nationalisation, adding that for most utilities "the answer is going to lie in regulating the market, changing the market, rather than simply taking things into public ownership". [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Chief Secretary to the Treasury Chris Philp says taxes have been cut for everyone, to get the economy growing. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] The sheer daring nature of the Kwasi Kwarteng's announcement caused shockwaves, says Newsnight's Nicholas Watt. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] The UK is applying to access Horizon Europe, the EU's £81.2bn scientific fund, following Brexit. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] The foreign secretary will demand justice in a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Prime Minister Liz Truss was asked about allowing bankers to get bigger bonuses while many people were struggling to pay their energy bills.Speaking in New York, she told BBC political editor Chris Mason, she was "absolutely prepared" to take "difficult decisions" to make the UK economy more competitive.Liz Truss says higher energy bills worth paying for security [ad_2] Source link
