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Liz Truss: ‘I’ll do all that I can to help those struggling’

Exclusive: Tory leadership frontrunner says she stands ready to offer more support through an emergency Budget if she wins the keys to No 10

Evening Standard

The UK’s cost of living support won’t protect the poorest – here’s what the government should do instead

UK households have faced unprecedented blows to their living standards in 2022. Home energy costs have more than doubled and are threatening to triple, the price of petrol has risen by more than half since the start of last year and overall price inflation is heading for double digits.

The Conversation

Distraught Martin Lewis warns Tory 'bull' on cost of living 'national crisis' risks lives

Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis warned the cost of living is a 'national crisis' like Covid and Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss's plans could 'leave millions destitute and in danger this winter'

Daily Mirror

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Cost-of-living talks before Tory leadership concludes branded ‘bizarre’ by Truss

The two Tory leadership candidates have clashed over further support for rising energy costs

The Independent UK

Liz Truss rejects energy bill help as ‘Gordon Brown economics’

Cost of living crisis dominates latest Tory hustings as foreign secretary rules out tax rise to fund government help

The Guardian - UK

Tory hustings: Sunak says Truss’s tax cut ‘worthless’ in helping poorest during cost of living crisis

Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak spoke before Conservative members in Darlington

Evening Standard

Truss rejects ‘Gordon Brown economics’ as Tory candidates address cost of living

Liz Truss was speaking at a hustings debate where Rishi Sunak said he would target pensioners and the most vulnerable for support with fuel bills.

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Liz Truss attacks cost of living 'Gordon Brown handouts' and brands crisis talks 'bizarre'

The Foreign Secretary appeared to make fun of the former Prime Minister who pleaded with the Tory leadership candidates to sit down with the outgoing PM and thrash out an emergency package before a 'financial timebomb'.

Daily Mirror

Gordon Brown's pro-Union campaign questioned over mystery £250,000 boost source

GORDON Brown’s pro-Union think tank is facing calls to reveal the source of a mysterious quarter of a million pounds in donations.

The National (Scotland)

Boris Johnson complained £145,000 job was like being stuck inside ‘steel condom’

Johnson did not like Foreign Office officials trying to stop him from making controversial comments, says senior Tory peer

The Independent UK

Conservative leadership race: Tory rivals trade new blows over cost of living plans

Allies of Rishi Sunak claim Liz Truss’s tax cut plans would be ‘electoral suicide’

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson urged to end ‘summer of drift’ and draw up cost of living plan with Sunak and Truss

Business group urges PM to meet Tory leadership contenders, while Lib Dems call for energy price cap rise to be ditched

The Independent UK

Nicola Sturgeon demands urgent cost of living talks with Boris Johnson THIS WEEK

Boris Johnson is facing urgent calls from influential figures including Gordon Brown to help struggling families now and not wait until the next PM is chosen in September.

Daily Mirror

Laugh? I almost cried at Gordon Brown’s night of Edinburgh fringe comedy

The former PM’s one-off onstage chat with standup Matt Forde belied his dour image. If only he’d shown more of this side of himself to the electorate

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Daily Mirror

Poorest Brits could be £1,600 a year worse off - even after cost-of-living payments

An out-of-work couple with two children could lose nearly £1,300, or £1,600 if higher inflation is taken into account, according to a new report

Wales Online

Business leaders push for urgent government action to tackle cost of living crisis

Downing Street said Boris Johnson had no plans to introduce major new fiscal measures before the end of his premiership

The Independent UK

Nicola Sturgeon calls for urgent meeting with PM over cost-of-living crisis

A meeting of the devolved administrations is due next month but the First Minister has called for it to be brought forward.

Daily Record

Nicola Sturgeon demands meeting with Boris Johnson over cost of living crisis

The First Minister has written to Downing Street to call for a meeting between the Tory PM and the leaders of the devolved governments to be brought forward.

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The Independent UK

Business leaders join calls for emergency cost-of-living support

CBI chief Tony Danker has warned the Government against a summer of inactivity, following on from Gordon Brown’s plea for urgent measures

Reuters

UK government told to act now over cost of living crisis

The British government came under pressure on Monday to set out plans immediately to support families through a mounting cost of living crisis, with a leading business group and former prime minister saying a political vacuum cannot be allowed to last.

Daily Record

Boris Johnson returns to cost of living crisis from holiday retreat where guests can gorge on bear

The outgoing Prime Minister has finally returned to Downing Street after a four-night stay at Vila Planinka in Slovenia.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson won’t act on cost of living crisis as he rejects pleas for emergency budget

PM will not call Cobra meetings or meet with Tory leadership rivals to discuss economy, says No 10

The National (Scotland)

Government rejects call to summon Cobra meeting to tackle cost-of-living crisis

DOWNING Street has rejected calls to summon a meeting of the Government’s Cobra civil contingencies committee to address the cost-of-living…

The Independent UK

Gordon Brown: Cobra should meet to consider how to solve cost-of-living crisis

The former prime minister issued a plea for ‘urgent measures’ to cover further rises in fuel bills.

Evening Standard

Liz Truss: If London does well, so does Britain

Tory leadership hopeful ‘won’t leave London behind’ as pressure mounts over costs crisis

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