Zahawi warns ‘delay is our biggest enemy’ as he urges Tory unity A senior Conservative MP said the mood in the party is ‘febrile’. The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2022
Ministers ‘blame Bank of England’ for soaring mortgage costs as housing crisis grows Mortgage costs have risen sharply since chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s so-called mini budget The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2022
North London townhouses? Liz Truss’s critics can’t afford them Large Georgian homes worth £4m or more are far more likely to be the province of the chancellor’s ‘pro-growth’ City cronies The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2022
Can Greater Manchester afford Liz Truss? Why we need a general election We haven't had our say on what Prime Minister Liz Truss is offering - an election would settle that, M.E.N Weekend Editor Chris Osuh writes Manchester Evening News · Oct 9, 2022
Truss and Kwarteng will face fury of Tory MPs in week of crisis meetings The PM and chancellor will try to stop panic spreading through the party after their high-risk economic plan threatens a ‘death spiral’ The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2022
Kwasi Kwarteng’s champagne reception may have broken ministerial code Liberal Democrats write to cabinet secretary to demand examination of meeting with financiers after chancellor’s mini-budget The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2022
Cabinet ministers urge Tories to rally behind Truss or risk electoral annihilation The appeal for unity comes as fresh polling puts PM’s personal approval rating at minus 47 Evening Standard · Oct 9, 2022
Kwasi Kwarteng buckles up for an awkward first date with the IMF The chancellor is bound for Washington for talks with the organisation that blasted his mini-budget The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2022
Cabinet ministers urge Tories to rally behind Truss or risk election defeat The appeal for unity comes as fresh polling puts PM’s personal approval rating at minus 47. The Independent UK · Oct 8, 2022
Ministers urge Tories to rally behind Liz Truss as ‘Cabinet ambush planned over benefits’ Appeal for unity comes as fresh polling puts PM’s personal approval rating at minus 47 The Independent UK · Oct 8, 2022
Liz Truss approval ratings now worse than Boris Johnson’s at height of Partygate scandal Three in five voters want a general election this year The Independent UK · Oct 8, 2022
Liz Truss at risk of losing job if she presses ahead with benefits cuts The Prime Minister's position hangs in the balance as less than 40 Conservative MPs would need to vote with opposition parties to threaten her future in the role Daily Mirror · Oct 8, 2022
Truss and Kwarteng made ‘worst first impression’ in UK political history, SNP conference told Ian Blackford says Tory mini-budget will go down as one of worst financial interventions in modern history The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2022
No 10 sidelines Suella Braverman in bid to relax immigration rules in fresh cabinet split Exclusive: Business leaders told to ignore Home Office and lobby other ministers in their efforts to build case for change The Independent UK · Oct 8, 2022
Daily Mirror · Oct 8, 2022 'Liz Truss promises us growth but she reduced pound to lowest-ever value in just one day' Mark Steel says Prime Minister Liz Truss 'sounded like a disturbed seven-year-old' during her speech at the Conservative Party conference, in which she often mentioned the word 'growth'
The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2022 The week in audio: Clear the Air with Sadiq Khan; Today; The Open Secret; Eliza The mayor of London kicks off his new climate crisis podcast; Nick Robinson grills Kwarteng and Truss to perfection; and Sky News resorts to actors to voice abuses in parliament
The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2022 Who’s against Truss and Kwarteng’s growth mania? Anyone with sense How can the government build, build, build and hit net zero? Or, come to that, keep both the Bank and the OBR on its side?
The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2022 Freeze state pensions and slash ‘non-frontline’ NHS and schools staff, said No 10’s economic adviser Radical ideas to reduce spending, outlined in Matthew Sinclair’s 2010 handbook, may now be needed by the Tories to pay for their tax cuts
The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2022 ‘Bad smell’: Mick Lynch criticises Liz Truss government as rail workers strike At Euston picket line, RMT general secretary talks of ‘incompetence’ of new prime minister and chancellor
The Independent UK · Oct 8, 2022 Boris Johnson ‘full of energy with no bitterness’ after being ousted – Dorries The former culture secretary said the ex-Prime Minister was ‘swinging a cricket bat’ when she went to see him earlier this week.
The Independent UK · Oct 8, 2022 First-time buyers see hopes destroyed amid rising interest rates and higher rents The property market is set to weaken from the bottom up as people struggle to climb onto the housing ladder, economists warn
Daily Mirror · Oct 8, 2022 Will house prices crash next year? We ask the experts as mortgage rates surge House prices have been rising, but what will happen next after the mortgage market was thrown into chaos after the Mini-Budget? We ask the expert for their opinion
The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2022 After a disastrous mini-budget can Liz Truss tackle the myriad crises looming ahead? The PM’s in tray looks ever more challenging with warnings of winter blackouts, NHS winter crisis and nuclear threat from Russia
The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2022 Volatility of sterling disrupts winter sun holiday planning – survey The pound plunged to historic lows against the US dollar in the wake of Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget on September 23.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2022 OBR forecasts likely to show £60bn-£70bn hole after Kwarteng’s mini-budget Predictions handed to chancellor expected to paint gloomy picture for UK economy amid sweeping tax cuts