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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

‘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

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

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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

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

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

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

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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

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

"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

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

Daily Mirror

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

Evening Standard

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

Daily Mirror

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

'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

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

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

'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

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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

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

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

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer criticises ‘grotesque chaos’ under Liz Truss government

Labour leader says UK is ‘crying out for clear leadership’ and his party ‘must provide it’

The Guardian - UK

Tobias Ellwood has Tory whip restored after being suspended in July

Chair of Commons defence committee had whip withdrawn for failing to turn up for a confidence vote

Reuters

As UK's Truss fights for job, new finance minister says she made mistakes

Britain's new finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Saturday some taxes would go up and tough spending decisions were needed, saying Prime Minister Liz Truss had made mistakes as she battles to keep her job just over a month into her term.

Evening Standard

Banker pay unchained: A bonus for the British economy?

City comment: Jeremy Hunt now has the chance to re-examine the disastrous mini-Budget. He should think twice before scrapping the banker bonus cap.

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