How will you be affected by the government’s tax and NI changes? We examine the relative fortunes of some sample households under Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget and Jeremy Hunt’s revised plans The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2022
‘Hunt’s running the show’: the day power drained away from Liz Truss Truss’s decline from shiny new prime minister to leader in name only continues, the last 24 hours underlining just how weak she is The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2022
‘A case of when, not if’ Tories oust Truss amid plotting British Prime Minister Liz Truss is trying to rescue her premiership after the tax cut debacle caused a fiscal crisis and gave Labour a gargantuan polling lead over her Conservatives. But after that calamitous start, analysts doubt the Tory Party will keep Truss in power for long, even if it… France 24 · Oct 17, 2022
Liz Truss mounts fightback as she 'finally says sorry' to furious Tory MPs The Prime Minister's new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt also said he believed Ms Truss will still be in No10 at Christmas as he urged Conservative backbenchers to 'give her a chance' Daily Mirror · Oct 17, 2022
Martin Lewis calls for immediate increase in benefits after Jeremy Hunt rips up mini-Budget Personal finance guru calls on government to hike benefits in line with latest inflation figures The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2022
Jeremy Hunt shreds Truss’s economic plans in astounding U-turn on tax New chancellor tells Commons there will be tax rises and spending cuts, as PM dodges urgent question The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2022
Truss commits to pensions triple lock despite Hunt signalling it could be scrapped Prime minister stands by big rises to pensions despite Chancellor’s misgivings Evening Standard · Oct 17, 2022
Brewers and distillers face ‘huge blow’ as alcohol duty freeze scrapped New Chancellor Jeremy Hunt confirmed on Monday that the Government will reverse a raft of tax cuts announced last month Evening Standard · Oct 17, 2022
Up was down, night was day. And was the prime minister OK? Librium Liz appeared for a brief, silent cameo in the Commons as her captors, Jeremy Hunt and Penny Mordaunt, held court The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2022
Tories would be wiped out if election held tomorrow, veteran MP warns 'We'd be a smaller party than the Scottish National Party' Wales Online · Oct 17, 2022
The dismantling of Trussonomics: PM’s last redoubt bites the dust Liz Truss’s one remaining ‘growth-fuelled’ policy, the energy price guarantee, failed to survive Jeremy Hunt’s brutal cull The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2022
Who are the economic experts appointed to Jeremy Hunt’s new advisory panel? Four advisers, including George Osborne’s ex-chief of staff, named, with chancellor seeking to repair damage from mini-budget The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2022
The one hugely unpopular mini-budget measure that will still go ahead It is one of the few of Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng's flagship spending policies that remains Wales Online · Oct 17, 2022
Labour’s Reeves warns the ‘damage has been done’ despite ‘humiliating U-turns’ Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves said Prime Minister Liz Truss has ‘no authority, no credibility, no plan for growth’. The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2022
The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2022 Jeremy Hunt signals state pensions triple lock could be scrapped The Chancellor warned the Government would not shy away from taking ‘difficult decisions’.
The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2022 Liz Truss U-turn will send taxes to highest levels since 1950s But economists warn more pain yet to come with spending cuts
Daily Mirror · Oct 17, 2022 Jeremy Hunt hints pensions triple lock under threat as he tears up Liz Truss's plans Chancellor Jeremy Hunt refused to commit that the state pension would rise in line with inflation in April as planned during a grilling by MPs over the Government dramatic economic U-turn
The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2022 Before he slashes services even further, Hunt should look at the state of the UK The last thing the country needs is another dose of austerity, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2022 Housing market expected to benefit as Hunt rips up mini-budget Savills says move is ‘best feasible outcome’, but some experts say risk remains of ‘significant’ house price falls
The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2022 With the energy price climbdown, Liz Truss has probably sealed her own fate It’s unclear why the PM would stay in office now; Hunt has become the face of change and Mordaunt made smart moves in her place
The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2022 Hunt: Scottish independence case based on extremist, crank think-tank economics The Chancellor was responding to a question by the SNP’s Stewart Hosie.
Wales Online · Oct 17, 2022 Wales is facing a 'new era of austerity' signalled by Chancellor's announcements, Welsh Government warns The new Chancellor has hinted that cuts to public finances will be included in his budgetary plans
Evening Standard · Oct 17, 2022 Liz Truss meeting with Graham Brady when she swerved Commons grilling on Kwasi Kwarteng The Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt stood in for the Prime Minister to answer questions from the opposition
Daily Record · Oct 17, 2022 Monday headlines: Scots mum's hair gives away crime and cuffed prisoner escapes Here are the main headlines on the Daily Record website today.
Nottingham Post · Oct 17, 2022 Just two Nottinghamshire Conservative MPs confirm support for Liz Truss One MP said he was awaiting a parliamentary statement from the Chancellor