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Kwasi Kwarteng budget: MPs demand inquiry into ‘insider trading’ claims

Treasury Select Committee urged to probe Chancellor’s contact with City traders

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2022

Devolution talks over £3bn North East mayor deal stall with Truss government 'occupied' by turmoil

As Liz Truss' administration is engulfed by controversies surrounding its economic plans, local council leaders have been left waiting for news on the £3bn devolution deal

Chronicle Live · Oct 4, 2022

Government U-turns again on date of new fiscal plan

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves says the Government should 'get a grip'

Wales Online · Oct 4, 2022

Kwasi Kwarteng says ‘high pressure’ following Queen’s death factor behind flawed mini budget roll-out

Chancellor says pitch could have been prepared better after speed of events created ‘high pressure environment’

Evening Standard · Oct 4, 2022

Liz Truss’s Tories are higher than ever on ideology – and they’re refusing to sober up

This fiscal fiasco hasn’t dimmed the PM’s enthusiasm for bootleg Thatcherism. Only voters can scare the party straight, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2022

Interest rate, inflation, emergency fund and what they mean

Interest rates are high, inflation is soaring, but what does that actually mean?

Liverpool Echo · Oct 4, 2022

Liz Truss battles to maintain Cabinet discipline after U-turn on U-turn

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng appeared to be reversing one U-turn as the PM suggested she could one day cut the top rate of income tax

Evening Standard · Oct 4, 2022

'We thought Boris was bad...': What people in Wales have been saying about Prime Minister Liz Truss

It comes after WalesOnline offered her some advice on how not to run a government

Wales Online · Oct 4, 2022

Kwarteng: Mini-budget came in ‘high pressure’ period around Queen’s funeral

The Chancellor gave a sit-down interview to GB News in which he sought to defend his mini-budget.

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2022

Helpless couple with toddler found sleeping in car amid cost of living crisis

The struggling family were discovered in a Kia in Leeds on Friday night by Vulnerable Citizen support who helped them find a hotel to sleep in for the mean time.

Daily Record · Oct 4, 2022