The Latest Breaking News from Kwasi Kwarteng

Will ghosts of Tory past return to help Rishi Sunak re-election?

Former PMs and minister-turned-podcaster could get the vote out

Evening Standard · Jul 28, 2023

Kwarteng went ahead with mini-budget despite OBR warning, FOI reveals

Chancellor’s refusal to publish forecast contributed to stock market jitters and run on pound

The Guardian - UK · Jul 26, 2023

Special advisers got £2.9m in severance payments amid political upheaval

Ministers were also paid more than £400,000 in severance packages.

The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2023

Top civil servant Sir Tom Scholar’s sacking cost Treasury £457,000

Treasury accounts show numerous ministers also received severance payments amid last year’s spate of resignations.

The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2023

Why the pound has shot up while UK economy is struggling – expert Q&A

When Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng’s tax-cutting mini-budget triggered a UK debt crisis in autumn 2022, the pound plummeted to almost parity with the US dollar. In 2023 the UK has endured weak growth, falling productivity and high inflation, yet the pound has been the strongest performing currency among the…

The Conversation · Jul 17, 2023

Anas Sarwar makes ridiculous excuse for Labour's two-child benefit cap U-turn

ANAS Sarwar has made a ridiculous excuse for Labour’s decision not to scrap the two-child benefit cap.

The National (Scotland) · Jul 17, 2023

Campaign group concerned about wind farms loses fight with ministers

Suffolk Energy Action Solutions challenged a 2022 decision by then Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng relating to two winds farms off Suffolk.

The Independent UK · Jul 14, 2023

Unions hail ‘significant’ victory after agency worker fight with Tory government

Unions have won a “significant” victory after challenging law changes they said let agencies supply employers with workers to fill in for…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 13, 2023

High court quashes rules letting agency workers cover for UK strikers

Unions hail verdict that brands Kwasi Kwarteng’s approach ‘so unfair’ as to be ‘unlawful and irrational’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2023

If Threads is the final nail in Twitter’s coffin, where will the journalists and politicos go?

Elon Musk is wrecking his platform, but it has invented a medium for catchy soundbites that is too invaluable to lose

The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2023