This ‘mini-budget’ is a naked exercise in redistributing wealth upwards Kwarteng’s borrowing spree will have ugly economic consequences, says Michael Jacobs of Sheffield University The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2022
Welsh Government responds to Kwasi Kwarteng's stamp duty cut in England Ministers will be looking at how the Welsh budget is affected by the Chancellor's plans Wales Online · Sep 23, 2022
Trussonomics: Chancellor’s budget marks sharp break in economic policy The Prime Minister sat nodding approvingly behind Kwasi Kwarteng as the Chancellor announced a multi-billion pound package of tax cuts. The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2022
Complicated IR35 tax rules scrapped in Mini-Budget in huge boost for self-employed Brits Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng announced a major new tax shake up in the mini budget this morning - and it means self employed workers are expected to receive a big boost Daily Mirror · Sep 23, 2022
‘Right place at the right time’: freeports model gives fillip to St Helens regeneration scheme Parkside project conceived almost a decade ago is among hundreds poised to benefit from tax cuts and other incentives The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2022
Pound plummets to fresh 37-year low as markets are spooked as mini-budget unveiled Sterling declined to a new 37 year low of $1.0899 Evening Standard · Sep 23, 2022
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng's mini-budget - have your say Using more than £70 billion of increased borrowing, Kwasi Kwarteng has set out a package which includes abolishing the top rate of income tax for the highest earners. Let us know what you think of his mini-budget announcement Bristol Post · Sep 23, 2022
Opinion: Don't forget the South West when levelling up the UK "It’s up to us as business leaders, owners and professionals to make the case for our region" Birmingham Post · Sep 23, 2022
Onshore wind farm ban scrapped in mini-Budget OLD REDIRECTED Campaigners welcome move – but condemn fossil fuel push and plan to weaken environmental protections The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2022
Graph shows change in income for low and high earners after 'disgraceful' Mini-Budget The Mini-Budget this morning announced a £45billion tax cut with the richest people potentially benefitting by a huge £10,000 per year, according to Treasury officials Daily Mirror · Sep 23, 2022
Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng's big gamble could railroad the economy off the tracks The Daily Record's Westminster Editor Torcuil Crichton analyses Kwasi Kwarteng's mini budget that helps the wealthiest in society. Daily Record · Sep 23, 2022
People claiming Universal Credit working part-time may see benefit payment cut under new plans Part-time workers could have their benefits cuts if they don't look for more work. Daily Record · Sep 23, 2022
Children ‘facing hungry Christmas’ after Kwarteng ‘prioritised bankers’ in mini-Budget, charities warn Kwasi Kwarteng and Liz Truss accused of ‘prioritising bankers’ bonuses’ over hardest-hit families The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2022
Rail unions say government plans to limit strikes will ‘enrage’ members Kwasi Kwarteng announces moves that oblige unions to ensure trains run ahead of sustained industrial action The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2022
The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2022 Pound plummets as Kwasi Kwarteng sets out biggest raft of tax cuts for 50 years The Chancellor abolished the top rate of income tax for the highest earners.
Birmingham Post · Sep 23, 2022 Welsh Government should consider going lower than the Chancellor on the top rate of tax Business Editor Sion Barry on Kwasi Kwarteng's gamble with his dash for growth mini-Budget
The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2022 ‘Helping the rich’: mini-budget brings fear and anger to PM’s home patch Residents in the Leeds suburb of Roundhay, where Liz Truss went to school, express their views
The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2022 Pound falls to 37-year low against dollar as mini-budget puts markets in spin FTSE 100 drops more than 2% to trade below 7,000 for first time since early March
Evening Standard · Sep 23, 2022 Analysis: Chancellor’s mini-budget presents Sir Keir Starmer with dilemma as UK returns to Thatcherite free market economics The new Chancellor buried the legacy of Boris Johnson’s big spending, higher tax agenda
The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2022 Hospitality sector: mini-budget judged a missed opportunity to help Freeze on alcohol duty welcomed, but lack of new measures to support struggling businesses disappoints
Al Jazeera · Sep 23, 2022 UK mini-budget shakes the stock market, benefits the wealthy The new finance minister’s tax cuts send the British pound to a 37-year low.
Evening Standard · Sep 23, 2022 Pub and restaurant body challenges Chancellor on VAT budget omission UKHospitality boss insists ignored business rates must also be urgently addressed in autumn budget or before
Evening Standard · Sep 23, 2022 Chancellor goes to war with ‘militant trade unions’ as he vows to make it harder to strike The Government will make it harder for trade unions to declare strike action, the Chancellor announced on Friday.
Birmingham Post · Sep 23, 2022 Hydrogen, carbon capture and offshore wind - all Humber infrastructure Chancellor aims to accelerate Northern Powerhouse Rail and road improvements also flagged for the region
The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2022 If you are poor, it’s time to ask yourself: have you thought of simply being rich? Kwasi Kwarteng’s tax-slashing mini-budget is the latest masterstroke in Liz Truss’s quest ‘to be unpopular’, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde