UK inflation rises to 10.1% on back of soaring food prices Annual rate returns to double digits in September as households face cost of living pressures The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2022
Five cost of living payments that will hit bank accounts before Christmas The second cost of living payment is due in November Wales Online · Oct 19, 2022
Inflation surges back to 40-year high after food prices soar INFLATION last month returned to the 40-year high it hit earlier this summer after food prices soared. The National (Scotland) · Oct 19, 2022
U-turn could cost pensioners £442 a year from next April “A reduced pension rise, combined with a cut in help on energy bills, could be part of a ‘double whammy’ for millions of pensioners” Wales Online · Oct 19, 2022
In Britain today it seems your suffering only counts if you have a mortgage Despite a deepening crisis, it wasn’t until homeowners were threatened that Westminster reacted, says political economist William Davies The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2022
UK inflation jump calls for matching rise in state benefits Standard formula means payments would increase by 10.1% but Jeremy Hunt could choose cheaper option The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2022
Government refuses to commit to raising benefits and pensions in line with soaring inflation Labour accuses government of ‘generating further anxiety’ The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2022
Pensions set for bumper increase after Truss says triple lock is being protected Prime Minister Liz Truss insisted ‘we are protecting the triple lock on pensions’. The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2022
Liz Truss faces tough clash with Sir Keir Starmer at PMQs amid mini-budget turmoil The Prime Minister will face the Labour leader for the first time since Jeremy Hunt ripped up her economic plans Manchester Evening News · Oct 19, 2022
Inflation back to 40-year high as food costs rise by more than 14% The headline inflation rate has risen to 10.1%, largely driven by the quickest increase in food prices in 40 years Chronicle Live · Oct 19, 2022
Truss faces tough PMQs after being forced to junk her economic strategy Prime Minister to face Starmer for the first time since Jeremy Hunt ripped up her plan for tax cuts and increased public borrowing Wales Online · Oct 19, 2022
What the papers say – October 19 Pensions, profits and strikes feature among the mastheads. The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2022
Liz Truss faces pivotal PMQs after junking economic strategy The Prime Minister faces a backlash over suggestions she could ditch the pensions triple lock. The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2022
Jeremy Hunt meets 1922 Committee chair as Tory MPs plot to oust Truss Chancellor will address Tory backbenchers on Wednesday The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2022
Daily Mirror · Oct 18, 2022 Liz Truss faces election suicide if she scraps pension triple lock for millions Liz Truss, who has abandoned her disastrous mini-budget, faces a crucial Prime Minister's Questions today as she seems poised to break her triple lock pension pledge
The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2022 Michael Gove: ‘No longer question of if Liz Truss goes, but when’ Britain is in economic ‘hell’ before ‘purgatory’, former levelling-up secretary says
Evening Standard · Oct 18, 2022 Tory rebellion stirring after Liz Truss fails to back triple lock pension pledge Conservative MPs said pensioners ‘should not be paying the price for the cost of living crisis’
The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2022 Liz Truss turns to former Johnson adviser as she fights to shore up tottering premiership ‘She’s toast’: PM to face MPs’ questions amid questions over how long she can survive
The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2022 Dismayed Tory MPs continue to plot to oust Liz Truss from No 10 Up to 100 letters sent to 1922 Committee as Michael Gove says PM’s departure is ‘a matter of when not if’
The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2022 Bank is taking a risk in cracking on with first QT sale Longer delay might have been mildly embarrassing but would be the safer approach
The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2022 Hunt’s expected austerity drive – where will the axe fall? Rebellious backbenchers, underfunding and previous pledges mean there are no easy options for the new chancellor
The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2022 Bank of England pushes back start of gilt sale to November 1 It came after the central bank earlier denied a postponement of plans to start selling government bonds.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2022 Liz Truss faces unrest over public spending cuts and pensions triple lock threat Senior Tory ministers, Labour party and the public all expected to resist cuts, especially to frontline services
The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2022 Is it jam tomorrow with Jeremy Hunt? Brief letters: New chancellor | Memory tests | Political bilge | Odd school sayings
WEKU · Oct 18, 2022 The U.K.'s Liz Truss hangs on by a thread, as party members call for her ouster After a bruising first six weeks in office, the prime minister replaced her finance chief with former leadership rival Jeremy Hunt. But she still faces a barrage of criticism.