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Joe Biden brands Liz Truss's economic plan a 'mistake'

US President Joe Biden has branded Liz Truss’s economic plan a “mistake” amid continued criticism of the Prime Minister’s policies.

The National (Scotland) · Oct 16, 2022

Who is Jeremy Hunt?: New chancellor of the exchequer and former health secretary

Treasury chief has signalled he will have a ‘clean slate’ when it comes to re-examining Kwasi Kwarteng’s disastrous mini-Budget, which spooked global financial markets and piled pressure on Liz Truss

The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2022

From ‘best’ budget to a dead parrot: how Tory press turned against Liz Truss

Conservative newspapers struggle to reposition themselves after praising Kwasi Kwarteng’s tax-cutting plans that triggered financial chaos

The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2022

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Liz Truss hasn’t saved her own skin by making a sacrifice of Kwasi Kwarteng

Her premiership is finished. Tory MPs now have to decide how to finish her off

The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2022

Jeremy Hunt welcomed by Tories as he tears up Liz Truss’s fiscal plan

There’s relief among Conservative MPs as the new chancellor seeks to bring stability back to government

The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2022

‘Send off the clowns’ - Labour launches new attacks on Tories as party gears up for election

In two posters, Labour attacks the Government for damaging the UK’s standing on the world stage and hiking mortgages

Evening Standard · Oct 16, 2022

Here’s my plan for growth, Liz Truss: rejoin the EU and let its citizens work here

It was no good for the PM and Kwasi Kwarteng to dismiss U-turns on their growth plan as ‘distractions’, the damage is done

The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2022

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The Observer view on Liz Truss and the sacking of Kwasi Kwarteng

Our now titular prime minister has run out of options, but at least the right has finally loosened its grip on the economy

The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2022

The unravelling: the full story of how Liz Truss lost her way – and her authority in the Tory party

The prime minister ditched her close ally Kwasi Kwarteng to save her own job – but now Conservative MPs are openly plotting to replace her

The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2022

Tory MPs plot to get rid of Liz Truss and replace her with ex-MSP Ben Wallace

The Prime Minister could be ousted within days.

Daily Record · Oct 16, 2022

Jeremy Hunt: Mini-budget went too far, too fast

Wales Online · Oct 16, 2022

Liz Truss clinging to power as new Chancellor prepares to shred economic plan

Mr Hunt and Ms Truss will meet in her Chequers residence on Sunday as tax rises and spending cuts loom on the horizon.

The Independent UK · Oct 15, 2022

Labour attacks Tories in new posters as party gears up for election

In two posters, Labour attacks the Government for damaging the UK’s standing on the world stage and hiking mortgages.

The Independent UK · Oct 15, 2022

"We have to be honest": New Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's warning as he promises to get economy back on track

He has warned of 'difficult' economic decisions to come

Manchester Evening News · Oct 15, 2022

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Daily Mirror · Oct 15, 2022

Liz Truss's premiership 'hanging by a thread' as Tory MPs plot to get rid of PM

On Friday she fired her friend, Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng, for delivering the mini-budget she ordered and did another U-turn on taxes, but that did not halt economic turmoil

Evening Standard · Oct 15, 2022

Jeremy Hunt warns of ‘difficult decisions’ ahead amid reports of delay to basic rate tax cut

The Chancellor is reportedly considering delaying the 1p cut to the basic rate of income tax by a year

Daily Mirror · Oct 15, 2022

Tory MPs plotting to get rid of Liz Truss as PM and replace her with Ben Wallace

A group of MPs want Ben Wallace as the new PM, with Rishi Sunak back as Chancellor in a bid to calm the financial markets. They hope Liz Truss will step aside to avoid total carnage at the polls

The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2022

Health and teaching unions aghast at Jeremy Hunt’s new era of Tory austerity

The chancellor sparked alarm among trade union leaders by promising ‘very difficult decisions’ for government budgets

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Daily Mirror · Oct 15, 2022

'Tories have damaged Britain - only solution is a change of hands with Labour in power'

Keir Mudie says Liz Truss signed this mini-budget off, of course, so he is not sure what firing the Chancellor actually achieved other than removing the final human shield protecting the woman herself

Tribune News Service · Oct 15, 2022

Truss’ desperate bid to save UK premiership lands her in more trouble

Boxed in by market turmoil and a mutinous Conservative Party, British Prime Minister Liz Truss was left with two cards to play: hitting reset on her economic plan, and firing her friend and finance minister, Kwasi Kwarteng.

The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2022

If Jeremy Hunt is to be Truss’s saviour, he needs more than austerity 2.0

Tax-cut U-turns won’t be enough to balance the books, so the new chancellor will look at cutting public service budgets. But there is an alternative

Daily Mirror · Oct 15, 2022

'Liz Truss is running Britain with a glorious chaotic sense of uselessness'

Mark Steel says now that Kwasi Kwarteng has been sacked, every policy Liz Truss said was essential will be reversed - even her press conference explaining the sacking of the Chancellor was useless

Chronicle Live · Oct 15, 2022

Miriam Margolyes swears live on air on BBC Radio 4 as she talks about new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt

The Harry Potter star was being interviewed on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme on Saturday morning when she swore and the presenters had to apologise

Manchester Evening News · Oct 15, 2022

Universal Credit warning as DWP told families could lose up to £1,000 a year

The government is due to make an announcement on benefit upratings at the end of the month

Evening Standard · Oct 15, 2022

Interest rate rises could be higher than expected next month, warns Andrew Bailey

Bank of England Governor says ‘inflationary pressures’ could prompt stronger response than bank had previously thought

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