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Market turmoil sparked by mini-budget saw banks scrambling and 1,688 home loans pulled from shelves

The Prime Minister insisted Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng was right to act to get the economy moving.

Editorial: Liz Truss’s policies have put the Tories behind Labour by 30 points. Without reversing course she will be in office but not in power

More than half of Britons think Liz Truss should quit as UK premier, according to a YouGov poll that adds to her woes less than a month into the job.

Labour has a brief window to sear a narrative into the public’s mind, so the Conservatives are saddled with this crisis for years, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The day before new UK chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget plan for economic growth, a pound would buy you about $1.13. After financial markets rejected the plan, the pound suddenly sunk to around $1.07. Though it has since rallied thanks to major intervention from the Bank of England, the currency remains…

Exclusive: Concerns about not capping number of areas allowed to get favourable tax and planning treatment

Nottingham experts have had their say on a raft of government policies

Crispin Odey described his bets against government debt as "the gifts that keep on giving"