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UK PM Truss U-turns on mini budget, raises corporation tax and names Hunt finance minister

Embattled UK Prime Minister Liz Truss has appointed Jeremy Hunt to replace Kwasi Kwarteng as Finance Minister on Friday, while also ditching the cut in corporation tax in a major U-turn to her mini-budget announced just last month triggering major market turmoil.

France 24

Britain to be battered by 47mph winds as heavy downpours hit UK from today

Brits are being warned to prepare themselves as the weather unleashes hell for the next four days - starting today - with bouts of low pressures and fog patches moving around the UK

Daily Mirror

NATO to kick off nuclear drills involving B-52 bombers on Monday

NATO said on Friday it would launch its annual nuclear exercise "Steadfast Noon" on Monday, with up to 60 aircraft taking part in training flights over Belgium, the North Sea and Britain to practise the use of U.S. nuclear bombs based in Europe.

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‘Painful memories’: what will the royal family do with the Koh-i-noor diamond?

India’s Narenda Modi has suggested Queen Consort should not wear infamous gem on coronation day

The Guardian - UK

Shields and Marshall lead historic night of UK women’s boxing

The American Claressa Shields and Britain’s Savannah Marshall headline the first all-female UK boxing card with 11 bouts and 22 women at the O2

The Guardian - UK

Russia, under Pressure in Southern Ukraine, Captures Villages in East

Russian-backed forces have made some advances in eastern Ukraine, Britain said on Friday, even as Moscow's hold weakens in the south, where a Russian-installed official has advised residents to flee a region Russia claims to have annexed. A British intelligence update said forces led by the private Russian military company…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UK finance minister Kwarteng to be sacked - Times

Britain's finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng is to be sacked, The Times reported on Friday.

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UK Treasury chief dashes back to London amid crisis

Britain’s Treasury chief is dashing back to London for urgent talks with Prime Minister Liz Truss amid growing expectations that they will scale back unfunded tax cuts to calm financial markets and quell a burgeoning revolt by members of their own party

The Independent UK

Kwasi Kwarteng hits 46-year record low for Chancellors after mini-budget - poll

Exclusive: Poll shows 65 per cent adults in Britain dissatisfied with Chancellor

Evening Standard

UK's Truss sacrifices finance minister, scraps tax plan in fight to survive

British Prime Minister Liz Truss fired her finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng and scrapped parts of their unpopular economic package on Friday in a desperate bid for political survival less than 40 days into her premiership.

Reuters

Truss is frantically blowing on the embers of neoliberalism. But it is a funeral pyre

Just as the rest of the world is turning its back on free-market economics, we have a purist in No 10, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

National Grid blackouts could be 'a big problem' for Nottinghamshire businesses

The National Grid provides 43% of Britain's electricity through it's gas fired power plants

Nottingham Post

The incredible 47-year fight to end one of Britain's greatest miscarriages of justice

Eileen Turnbull has spent years fighting for justice after 24 building workers were arrested on Valentine’s Day 1973 after successful strike action by miners, dockers and others the year before

Daily Mirror

Why global investors are piling into the UK’s luxury care home sector

With people aged 65 and over controlling 51% of Britain’s wealth, the logic for investors is simple

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Families forced to re-use dirty nappies and ration medication as cost of living bites

A survey of Britain’s baby banks, which hand out essentials including nappies and clothes for under fives, found 90 per cent are facing their busiest year to date as demand soars

Reuters

World Bank preparing to disburse another $530 million to Ukraine-Malpass

World Bank President David Malpass said on Thursday that the lender is preparing to disburse another $530 million to Ukraine by the end of October, financing enabled by guarantees from Britain and Denmark that brings total World Bank disbursements to the war-torn country to about $11 billion this year.

Daily Mirror

Reformed con artist tricks Brits into handing over sensitive data - to highlight scams

Tony Sales used to be known as 'Britain's greatest fraudster' - but now he warns other people not to fall for scams and cons

Wales Online

Reformed con artist tricks Brits into handing over sensitive data to highlight scams

Tony Sales used to be known as 'Britain's greatest fraudster' - but now he warns other people not to fall for scams and cons

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Daily Record

Plans to crown Camilla Queen Consort with 'stolen' diamond could be scrapped

The 105-carat Koh-i-Noor diamond was gifted to Britain after the heir to the Punjabi throne was forced to sign it away.

Daily Mirror

Why Prince Philip wasn't king but Camilla will be crowned queen at Charles' coronation

Britain will have its first coronation in nearly 70 years as King Charles will officially be crowned in 2023. His wife Camilla Parker Bowles is set to be crowned as Queen Consort at the same time

Asharq Al-Awsat

Study: Microsoft Avoids Paying Tax in Many Countries

Tech giant Microsoft has avoided billions in taxes in Britain, Australia and New Zealand, all countries where it has lucrative public sector contracts, because of its complex corporate structure, a study published Thursday claimed. The company, which insists it respects local laws and regulations everywhere it operates, was starving the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UK to Supply Ukraine with Air Defense Missiles

Britain on Thursday said it would supply Ukraine with air defense missiles to defend itself against Russian assaults and will for the first time provide rockets capable of shooting down cruise missiles. The announcement comes after Western allies on Wednesday vowed to rapidly deliver new air defenses to Ukraine to…

Reuters

Britain to donate air defence missiles to Ukraine

Britain said it would donate air defence missiles capable of shooting down cruise missiles to Ukraine in the wake of Russian strikes on Kyiv and other cities in recent days.

The Independent UK

UK to send anti-aircraft missiles to help Ukraine defend its skies

The Amraam rockets are the first donated by Britain that are capable of shooting down cruise missiles.

Reuters

Queen Elizabeth's life features in a new comic book

The life of Queen Elizabeth, Britain's longest-reigning monarch, is celebrated in a new comic book by TidalWave Comics, covering her public and private life, big events, family scandals, and crises.

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