News in Picture

We've just despatched Jeremy to Whitehall to interview David Laws, Chief Secretary to the Treasury and the man with the unenviable task of deciding which government departments will be hardest hit in £6bn of spending cuts this year.

Chancellor George Osborne has said the government will announce next week how it plans to make the cuts.

Tonight David Grossman will be examining the chancellor's plans for a new Office of Budget Responsibility and his workings on how to tackle the deficit.

Michael Crick will be looking at the runners and riders in the Labour leadership contest and Justin Rowlatt has been talking to a Newsnight focus group to find out whom they would like to see leading the opposition.

Plus one of the candidates who have already thrown his hat in the ring, former foreign secretary David Miliband, will be talking to us live on the programme.

And Susan Watts will have the latest on the new volcanic ash which has triggered a new wave of flight disruptions and airport closures across the country.

Last time the volcanic ash drifted our way Europe's airports opened when aviation experts lifted the levels of ash concentration in which planes were allowed to operate.

This time they want hard data - but how long will this take?

Join Jeremy Paxman at 10.30pm.