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to pay stamp duty. i found that out this morning. that's good. it's a trickle—down budget. sometime in the future, we may see a benefit, if all goes well. but the poor need help right now. in nother news, four russian—occupied areas of ukraine are staging referendums on whether to become part of russia. western governments call them a sham. the first woman to win the booker prize twice, the celebrated author dame hilary mantel, has died at the age of 70. hello. in a massive shake up of the uk's finances, the chancellor kwasi kwarteng has outlined a series of tax cuts and spending...

of potential security risks from classified materials recovered from donald trump's home in florida earlier this month. a spokesman for mr trump accused the democrats of �*weaponising' the intelligence community. now on bbc news, dateline london with shaun ley. hello and welcome to the programme which brings together some of the best—known british commentators and correspondents who write, blog, podcast and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline london. this week, britain's elusive prime minister turns up in ukraine, as the country marks six months since the war began...

where's it going in the united states? and in australia, how come much of it ended up in the hands ofjust one man? and even his his friends aren't happy about it. to discuss all of that, in the studio, we have latika bourke, a correspondent for the australian newspapers the age and the sydney morning herald, a writer who has been writing a weekly column for the guardian since 1987, polly toynbee, and michael goldfarb, who was a foreign correspondent for national public radio in the united states, his podcast is called the first rough draft of history. lovely to have you all back in t...

commentators and correspondents who write, blog, podcast and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline london. this week, britain's elusive prime minister turned up... in ukraine, as the country marks the six months since the war there began. we now know in the uk how much energy bills will rise in the uk, in october, but not what the new prime minister will do when they take over from boris johnson. where is power going in the uk? where is it going in the united states and, in australia, how come much of it ended up in just the hands of one man and even his friends aren't h...

to the country today, this as johnson has been rocked by a new wave of resignations. joining us now from london, nada bashir. good morning, we've been following these developments the past few hours. what do we know so far about the reports that johnson will step down? >> reporter: good morning, christine. just gone 10:00 a.m. here in london and clearly a lot has happened. boris johnson now expected to stand down from his post as prime minister. we are expecting him according to downing street to make a statement in the coming hours. we're also waiting for that lectern to come out he...