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has confirmed that the government will back down on its controversial plan to scrap the top rate of income tax. it's after growing pressure on the prime minister following criticism from several senior conservatives. our political correspondent nick eardley is at the party conference in birmingham. good morning, nick. where to start? it's quite a significant u—turn, understatement of the morning. it’s understatement of the morning. it's a understatement of the morning. it�*s a colossal u—turn, sally. this is a big moment in this government becausejust yesterday big moment in this government because just yesterday morning if you were switching on bbc one, you would have seen the prime minister saying, we are totally committed to scrapping the additional rate of income tax that is paid by more than 150, by those earning more than £150,000. this morning, the screeching u—turn from the chancellor, as he says, it's become a distraction. that basically there