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Cost of living crisis: the UK needs to raise taxes not cut them – here's why

Taxation has turned out to be the main issue dividing the two candidates in the current Conservative Party leadership contest. While Rishi Sunak wants to hold off making tax cuts until after the cost of living crisis has been tackled, Liz Truss wants immediate reductions. She believes cutting taxes will…

The Conversation

Andrew RT Davies has backed Liz Truss to be the next leader of the Conservative Party

He joined Conservatives from Scotland and Northern Ireland to write a piece backing the favourite

Wales Online

Install new PM immediately ‘for the good of the nation’, energy boss warns

Rivals urged to act to ease pressure on tens of millions of households

The Independent UK

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Truss told to be transparent over her plans for emergency cost-of-living budget

In the final fortnight of the leadership contest supporters of Rishi Sunak have seized on his opponent’s plans for an emergency budget.

The Independent UK

Tory plan to reduce green energy firm profits with bills set to spike

Business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng is set to take action

Evening Standard

UK's Liz Truss maintains big lead in leadership contest - poll

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss remains far ahead of leadership rival Rishi Sunak in the race to become Britain's next prime minister, a YouGov poll for Sky News showed on Thursday.

Reuters

BBC's Stephen Nolan was lined up to host Tory leadership hustings in Northern Ireland

The BBC said Stephen Nolan's involvement in the hustings "had not been finalised in all of its aspects"

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Mixed views on Tory leadership contenders from party members in Northern Ireland

Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak were quizzed by Conservative Party members at the Culloden Hotel on the outskirts of Belfast.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak is more authentic and emotional, and Liz Truss more analytical: a linguistic analysis throws up unexpected results

In a series of hustings across the country, Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are talking to Conservative party members about what they plan to do if elected as leader of the party and prime minister of the UK.

The Conversation

Conservative leadership hopefuls visit Northern Ireland

Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak will take part in hustings in Belfast later to win Conservative Party member votes in the region.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak: I will fix the protocol, restore Stormont and protect your family from rising energy bills

"I will fix the protocol, restore the Northern Ireland Executive, and protect your family from rising energy bills this winter"

Belfast Live

Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak set out stalls on Northern Ireland ahead of Tory leadership hustings

The two candidates to succeed Boris Johnson will make their pitches to Conservative members at a "sold-out" event near Belfast

Belfast Live

Who are the Conservative Party members who will choose the next prime minister?

Tory loyalists tend to come from particular backgrounds, age groups and parts of the country

The Independent UK

Four economists on ways to tackle UK cost of living crisis

Political leaders from all major UK parties have put forward proposals to relieve the cost of living crisis this winter

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Truss, Sunak set China in their sights amid UK leadership race

Conservative hopefuls vying to replace Boris Johnson as PM have pledged to confront Beijing if elected.

The Conversation

How to tackle the UK cost of living crisis – four economists have their say

UK inflation, already at 40-year highs, could pass 13% in October, according to Bank of England forecasts. While wages have not kept pace with inflation, much of the expected squeeze on households and businesses is down to rising energy costs.

Daily Mirror

Ousted Boris Johnson can take lavish No10 furnishings with him - including gold wallpaper

Anything Boris Johnson paid for himself in a luxury revamp can go to his next home - even £840-a-roll wallpaper - as two huge removal vans parked up nose-to-tail in Downing Street

Asharq Al-Awsat

Britain’s Opposition Labor Party Demand Energy Price Cap Freeze

Britain's main opposition Labor Party called on Monday for the energy price cap to be frozen this autumn to help the public deal with another expected surge in fuel bills during the worst cost-of-living crisis in decades. Labor leader Keir Starmer said his party, if in power, would cap energy…

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'China threat' emerges in elections from UK to Australia

While inflation and recession fears weigh heavily on the minds of voters, another issue is popping up in political campaigns from the U_K_ and Australia to the U_S_ and beyond: the “China threat.”

Reuters

Liz Truss 22 points ahead in race to be Britain's next PM -poll

Britain's Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is 22 percentage points ahead of her rival Rishi Sunak in the contest to become the country's next prime minister, a poll of Conservative Party members by Opinium Research showed on Saturday.

Reuters

UK leadership candidate Sunak says scrapping BoE independence would be a massive mistake

Rishi Sunak, the underdog in the race to become Britain's next prime minister, said scrapping the Bank of England's independence would be a mistake that would scare off international investors.

The Independent UK

Leadership candidates raise thousands but frontrunners’ backers remain a mystery

Suella Braverman received £10,000 from a company owned by a leading climate sceptic.

The Conversation

Gordon Brown economics versus Liz Truss tax cuts: a new twist in the battle to resolve the UK’s cost of living crisis

The ongoing Conservative Party leadership hustings haven’t seen much agreement between candidates, but they have resulted in the creation of a new political narrative: “Gordon Brown economics”. Foreign secretary Liz Truss explained away her rejection of cost of living “handouts” for households with the phrase. But even as she indicated…

The Guardian - UK

Tories face questions over £500,000 of donations linked to bribery-accused banker

Labour asks whether Conservatives will give back funds, and calls for Tory co-chair’s sacking

The National (Scotland)

Tory leadership campaigns linked to climate sceptics, property moguls and tech investors

WEALTHY donors gifted thousands to Conservative Party leadership campaigns, new figures show.

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