Jeremy Hunt to make emergency statement to stabilise the market The new Chancellor is expected to set out plans for spending cuts and tax increases. The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2022
Jeremy Hunt to make snap statement on medium-term fiscal plan UK chancellor brings forward major announcement of mini-budget repair measures as Liz Truss fights for survival The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2022
Economy in crisis, Tories in meltdown: how I have told the sad, strange story of Britain Brexit, Johnson, Truss’s U-turns – I have tried to explain it all to a US audience. It’s been hard, says veteran foreign correspondent Stryker McGuire The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2022
Liz Truss v lettuce: Tabloid’s cruel test of longevity A British tabloid is live streaming a head of lettuce, asking viewers which will expire first – the lettuce, or Liz Truss' leadership? The New Daily · Oct 17, 2022
Throw Liz Truss and the Tories out now Record View says the Prime Minister has proved she is not fit to run the country. Daily Record · Oct 17, 2022
Turbulent times for Truss as Tories plot mutiny against UK leader When Liz Truss was running to lead Britain this summer, an ally predicted her first weeks in office would be turbulent. France 24 · Oct 17, 2022
Liz Truss told to quit by three Tory MPs as PM faces fight for survival Liz Truss and her new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt face a make-or-break week as they try to win support from the markets and the Tory party amid calls for her to go. Daily Record · Oct 16, 2022
Kwarteng was out of his depth: Tory members give views on ex-chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng was sacked by his close friend and ideological ally Liz Truss. The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2022
Rees-Mogg, Coffey, and Hunt would lose seats in election, poll suggests Survey for TUC shows string of top Tory ministers in peril and opposition to removal of workers’ rights The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2022
Power is now with Jeremy Hunt not Liz Truss, says veteran Tory Sir Roger Gale PM faces critical week for her premiership as senior Tories express deep unease over direction of the party Evening Standard · Oct 16, 2022
Liz Truss fights for survival as even allies say she could have only days left Prime minister to meet mutinous Tory MPs this week in effort to shore up her position after U-turns on tax The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2022
Truss under fresh pressure as three Tory MPs urge her to quit The calls mark the start of what is likely to be another dramatic week in Westminster. The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2022
No 10 chief of staff’s position untenable amid lobbying claims, says Labour Mark Fullbrook accused of trying to change UK policy by arranging for ministers to meet Libyan politician The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2022
Jeremy Hunt can’t undo the damage already done to Britain Letters: The country needs a brutally honest reckoning, not just a minor economic adjustment, says Colin Montgomery. Plus letters from Rev Julian Blakemore, Peter Leney, Nick Bennett-Britton and Sam Doncaster The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2022
Daily Record · Oct 16, 2022 First Tory MP publicly calls for Liz Truss to quit after admitting the 'game is up' Crispin Blunt, MP for Reigate, said the "game is up" for the Tory party leader after she sacked Kwasi Kwarteng as Chancellor.
The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2022 UK leader Liz Truss goes from triumph to trouble in 6 weeks British Prime Minister Liz Truss has only been in office for six weeks
Reuters · Oct 16, 2022 Goldman Sachs sees deeper UK recession after tax U-turn Goldman Sachs has downgraded Britain's economic outlook and warned of a deeper recession next year after Prime Minister Liz Truss last week removed Kwasi Kwarteng as chancellor and scrapped parts of their unpopular economic package.
Al Jazeera · Oct 16, 2022 UK’s Liz Truss struggles to save premiership after tax U-turns Truss is under pressure after making U-turns on two major policies, as new Chancellor Hunt makes a new budget plan.
The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2022 New UK Treasury chief insists Truss retains control The new U.K. Treasury chief has insisted that Prime Minister Liz Truss retains control of her government despite having to roll back her signature economic policies weeks into her premiership
The New Daily · Oct 16, 2022 Liz Truss is now a case study in poor leadership British prime minister Liz Truss has picked the wrong time and place to discover that leadership may not be quite her thing.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2022 As Truss heads for crucial Monday, signs are that U-turns will not be enough Jeremy Hunt is trying to reassure hedge funds but UK’s reputation for political stability has been shredded
Daily Record · Oct 16, 2022 US President Joe Biden brands Liz Truss's mini-budget a 'mistake' Ahead of a meeting between Biden and Truss in New York last month he hit out at "trickle down" economic policies, associated in the United States with former President Ronald Reagan and Republicans.
Manchester Evening News · Oct 16, 2022 Tory MP says Liz Truss's Government 'treating the whole country as laboratory mice' over economic policy He called for a 'dramatic reset' and urged the Government to apologise to the electorate
Daily Record · Oct 16, 2022 Jeremy Hunt insists Liz Truss remains 'in charge' as he signals her mini-budget could be scrapped The new Chancellor, brought in to replace the sacked Kwasi Kwarteng, is now widely seen as the most powerful figure in Westminster.
Daily Mirror · Oct 16, 2022 Joe Biden brands Liz Truss's tax cut plans a 'mistake' in blistering broadside The US President said he 'wasn't alone' in thinking Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng's plans were going to fail, having previously lashed out at 'trickle-down economics'