The Latest Breaking News from Kwasi Kwarteng

When does the Government summer recess end? MPs set to return to work

MPs’ parliamentary business will soon end until September, but this is often not a long holiday and involves other business

Evening Standard · Sep 30, 2022

Liz Truss to hold emergency talks with budget watchdog amid market turmoil

The Prime Minister and the Chancellor will meet with the head of the Office of Budget Responsibility today

Manchester Evening News · Sep 30, 2022

Treasury to delay publishing OBR forecast by six weeks after 7 October delivery – as it happened

Budget watchdog to give assessment of fiscal plans next week but public will have to wait until chancellor’s November statement

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2022

Universal Credit and other DWP benefits face real-terms cut next year

Experts say the move will cost the average family £1,000 a year

Wales Online · Sep 30, 2022

BBC veteran David Dimbleby hits out at Tory 'sh**storm' in rare on-air expletive

VETERAN broadcaster David Dimbleby made a rare outspoken remark while on air as he discussed the UK’s economic turmoil of recent days with…

The National (Scotland) · Sep 30, 2022

FTSE 100 Live: Pound tanks after Kwarteng meets with OBR

The pound fell 1.5% against the dollar to $1.10 after Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng met with the head of the UK’s Budget watchdog, Richard Hughes.

Evening Standard · Sep 30, 2022

Pound falls after UK’s fiscal watchdog meets Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng – as it happened

Pound trading 0.4% lower at $1.1066 following OBR meeting with UK PM and chancellor; economy grew in second quarter but ‘continues to slow’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2022

Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng promise to work ‘closely’ with OBR after meeting amid market turmoil

The Prime Minister and Chancellor will “work closely” with the Office for Budget Responsibility in the coming weeks, the Treasury said

Evening Standard · Sep 30, 2022

Friday briefing: What’s driving the investors who stopped seeing the UK as a safe bet

In today’s newsletter: why did the market react so poorly to the government’s package of tax cuts? And what does that mean for the future? Nils Pratley – and an anonymous banker – explain

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2022

Veteran broadcaster David Dimbleby blasts Tory tax cuts with rare on-air expletive

Veteran broadcaster David Dimbleby retired as Question Time host in 2018 but appeared on the BBC's Newscast podcast to label the Government's mini-budget 'a complete s**tstorm'

Daily Mirror · Sep 30, 2022