Morning briefing Thursday 22nd October

0:01This is Times Radio's morning briefing on Thursday 22nd October. The Chancellor is promising his budget next week will be one for British entrepreneurs as he prepares to cut regulations and back those businesses making a profit. In an interview with the Times, John Healy said he was as focused on cutting the cost of business as he is on the cost of living. He also admitted that firms had been placed under a lot of pressure, citing changes to employment law which were introduced by Sakia Starmer's government. Michael Jacobs is a former economic advisor to the government. Speaking to Times Radio, he said the Chancellor has limited room for manoeuvre.

0:38I don't think he can change the minimum wage, nor do I think he can change the employment legislation. Those are things which the Labour Party, the trade unions, have been very keen to see the Labour government do. The one thing he could do, if he feels he has the money, is to reverse the increase in national insurance contributions which employers pay, perhaps just for those younger workers. International governments and agencies are urging websites to address two critical cybersecurity flaws in a programming language known as PHP, which powers much of the Internet. Multiple agencies are advising those organisations, unable to apply fixes, to consider taking their sites down.

1:19Councils in the UK have been affected. Morgan Wright is a cyber security expert. Speaking to Times Radio, he said the flaws often provide a direct path to the server's file system or database. I don't need a password. I don't need a username. I could take over and everything you were talking about, I could intercept things like your credit card number, your PIN, your most secure passwords, things like that. So look, if you can't patch it, take your site down. These are actually weapons, cyber weapons. That's why these alerts came out the way they did. A charity that was created in the 13th century to keep London's bridges open has been criticised for dedicating millions of pounds to social justice causes as well as political campaigns.

2:01Currently sitting on a£1.5 billion fortune, the City Bridge Foundation is accused of neglecting many of London's river crossings which have fallen into disrepair. The Times columnist Juliette Samuel says more than£800 million has been given to charities across the capital since 1995, including donations to increasingly radical causes. From so-called anti-racism to support for trans-sex worker capacity building, and essentially what's happening is that millions that could be used to repair London's bridges, many of which are in an absolutely terrible state is instead being poured down the drain.

2:42The Manchester United manager Michael Carrick says he's already turned his attention to the club's next Premier League game despite increased uncertainty over his future. United were beaten 4-1 by Champions League debutant Como in Northern Italy last night and it led to Carrick fielding questions about his future. Frustrated, more than frustrated. I'm really angry to be honest but you've got to move on. You've got to deal with what's next and there's a lot to do before that next game to get the team ready because that was a difficult night for everyone. United's next game is against Bournemouth on Sunday.

3:16There's more on these stories throughout the day on Times Radio.