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BMW to axe UK production of electric Mini and relocate to China

Cowley factory on outskirts of Oxford not up to challenge of creating electric vehicles, says Mini boss

The Guardian - UK

As UK's Truss fights for job, new finance minister says she made mistakes

Britain's new finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Saturday some taxes would go up and tough spending decisions were needed, saying Prime Minister Liz Truss had made mistakes as she battles to keep her job just over a month into her term.

Reuters

Labour ‘will turn Britain into green growth superpower’, Sir Keir Starmer says

He promised more solar panels and home insulation during a speech to the party’s regional conference in Barnsley, South Yorkshire.

The Independent UK

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BMW moving electric Mini production to China

LONDON: BMW will stop manufacturing its electric Minis in the United Kingdom and move production to factories in China, dealing yet another blow to Britain’s ambitions in battery-powered vehicles, the Times has reported.

Bangkok Post

New UK Treasury chief: Mistakes were made, tax rises coming

Britain’s new Treasury chief has acknowledged mistakes made by his predecessor and suggested that he may reverse much of Conservative Prime Minister Liz Truss’ tax-cutting plans, in order to bring stability to the country after weeks of economic and political turbulence

The Independent UK

Therese Raphael: Liz Truss is still in office, but no longer in power

Kwasi Kwarteng may have cut a large figure, but he proved to be the proverbial bull in a china shop as Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer. He was repeatedly wrong, but never in doubt. His central conceit was that trust — whether from his party, the public or markets —…

Tribune News Service

British PM fights for her job

LONDON: Britain’s new finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Saturday some taxes would go up and tough spending decisions were needed, signalling further reversals from Prime Minister Liz Truss as she battles to keep her job just over a month into her term.

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New UK Finance Minister Warns Some Taxes Will Rise in Sign of New U-turn

Britain's new finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Saturday that some taxes will have to go up, signaling another abrupt policy U-turn by Prime Minister Liz Truss who is battling to save her leadership just over a month into her term. In an attempt to appease financial markets that have…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘This is the news - our news’: The history and importance of the UK’s Black press

‘It matters to the world because we are the only people who can tell our stories. And, man, our stories. They deserve to be told,’ says journalist Charlie Brinkurst-Cuff

The Independent UK

Three hour blackouts and midnight washes - what energy rationing could look like this winter

Britain hasn't had energy rationing since the 1970s - so what could it look like today?

Manchester Evening News

Tom Daley: ‘If I was told I couldn’t compete because of who I was, I’d never have tried’

Britain’s Olympic diving gold medalist has written a book about knitting and is contemplating whether to leave the pool behind. He talks to Sam Fishwick about the decision to ban transgender athletes from competing in women’s diving, and hosting the World Cup in a country that oppresses LGBT people

The Independent UK

Britain on course for staggering £26bn mortgage hike, think tank predicts

The forecast predicts that by the end of 2024 nearly a fifth of all British households will be spending more on their housing costs

Wales Online

Britain is on track for a £26bn mortgage hike, think tank predicts

The think tank said over five million households are set to see their annual mortgage payments rise by an average of £5,100 between now and 2024.

The Independent UK

Liz Truss Is Flailing, Politically and Economically

The British Conservative Party can’t figure out what it wants.

Reason

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Liverpool Echo

Harry Potter and Cracker actor Robbie Coltrane has died at 72

Robbie Coltrane was one of Britain's best loved comedy actors

Axios

Why Britain's economic mess matters even if you're not British

Britain's economic problems are unique in many ways, but recent events indicate the world economy is entering a new phase.

Reuters

Jeremy Hunt brought in from the cold to be UK's new finance minister

Jeremy Hunt was named Britain's new finance minister on Friday, the latest senior ministerial role for the self-proclaimed entrepreneur regarded by many in his Conservative Party as a safe pair of hands but whose days in top jobs had seemed over.

The Guardian - UK

The markets have taken back control: so much for Truss’s Brexit delusion of sovereignty

This is the biggest humiliation of Britain since Suez, a reminder that no government can ignore reality, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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Evening Standard

Rare family appearance and a TikTok glow-up — Jeremy Hunt’s first Budget

The Chancellor has already lasted longer in the job than his predecessor Kwasi Kwarteng – so does his first Budget fit the serious, “steady” reputation he’s become known for? Katie Strick reports

Chronicle Live

Paige Thorne and Adam Collard split 'official' as she aims to bounce back on ITV singing show

Love Island star Paige Thorne has been confirmed to star on ITV's Britain Get Singing after her split from Adam Collard

The Independent UK

Liz Truss’s history of U-turns after series of reversals as prime minister - OLD

PM is no stranger to about-turns and, less than two months into her premiership, they just keep coming

The Conversation

Why the 'energy price cap' is confusing – and how it could be better communicated

If you thought energy bills in Britain were capped at £2,500, you are not alone. Even Prime Minister Liz Truss recently made the same mistake, incorrectly claiming that no household would pay more.

The Conversation

BBC at 100: a century of informing, educating, entertaining – and trying to keep politicians honest

The BBC as it is known in Britain – as a breathing part of our political and social life, the soundtrack to our private lives, our thinking as citizens and our voice to the world – was born out of conflict.

Reuters

UK's Truss sacrifices close friend Kwarteng over unloved fiscal plan

He was one of her closest friends and supporters, but Prime Minister Liz Truss sacked Britain's first Black finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng just 38 days into the job.

Reuters

Jeremy Hunt replaces Kwarteng as Britain's finance minister

Former foreign minister Jeremy Hunt has been appointed Britain's finance minister, Prime Minister Liz Truss's office said on Friday, following Kwasi Kwarteng's resignation from the post after less than six weeks in the job.

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