UK shows ‘alarming lack of progress’ in hitting vital 30x30 nature target Government’s ‘dangerous deregulatory agenda’ risks missing pledge to protect 30% of land and sea by 2030, says report The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2022
Jeremy Hunt meets 1922 Committee chair as Tory MPs plot to oust Truss Chancellor will address Tory backbenchers on Wednesday The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2022
Jacob Rees-Mogg facing legal challenge over fracking plans OLD Exclusive: MPs to vote on Labour bid to ban controversial gas extraction method ‘once and for all’ The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2022
Graham Brady: Who is chair of influential 1922 Committee of Tory backbenchers? The long-standing representative of Conservative MPs is back in the spotlight and Liz Truss should be worried The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2022
Liz Truss faces election suicide if she scraps pension triple lock for millions Liz Truss, who has abandoned her disastrous mini-budget, faces a crucial Prime Minister's Questions today as she seems poised to break her triple lock pension pledge Daily Mirror · Oct 18, 2022
If NHS was in safe hands there would not be 7 million people on waiting list The latest figures from NHS England show 32,776 people had to wait 12 hours or more to be admitted to A&E in September – the highest since records began in August 2010 Daily Mirror · Oct 18, 2022
Tory MPs mull backing Labour attempt to force binding fracking vote Opposition motion drafted to make it very difficult for government to ignore or allow mass abstentions The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2022
Michael Gove: ‘No longer question of if Liz Truss goes, but when’ Britain is in economic ‘hell’ before ‘purgatory’, former levelling-up secretary says The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2022
Tory rebellion stirring after Liz Truss fails to back triple lock pension pledge Conservative MPs said pensioners ‘should not be paying the price for the cost of living crisis’ Evening Standard · Oct 18, 2022
James Bulger killer could be freed from prison in days as victim's mother begs PM to keep him jailed Jon Venables was 10 years old when he and his friend abducted the two-year-old in 1993 from a shopping centre in Liverpool before torturing and killing him. Daily Record · Oct 18, 2022
Reform of English football ‘delayed by politics’, says Tracey Crouch A white paper on the proposals of the fan-led review, authored by Crouch, is still to materialise, with Liz Truss reported to have considered putting plans to reform the game on hold The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2022
Election Now: The Independent launches petition calling for a general election Liz Truss has resigned as prime minister and we say it is time for voters to decide the country’s next leader The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2022
Liz Truss turns to former Johnson adviser as she fights to shore up tottering premiership ‘She’s toast’: PM to face MPs’ questions amid questions over how long she can survive The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2022
Liz Truss gives MPs 'unequivocal commitment' on defence spending after minister threatens to quit The Prime Minister's comments to the European Research Group came after a minister threatened to resign if she reneged on a commitment to increase defence spending to 3% of GDP by 2030 Daily Mirror · Oct 18, 2022
The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2022 What is 55 Tufton Street? The house that ‘crashed’ the UK economy Westminister home of conservative think-tanks targeted by Led By Donkeys over failure of ‘Trussonomics’
The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2022 Dismayed Tory MPs continue to plot to oust Liz Truss from No 10 Up to 100 letters sent to 1922 Committee as Michael Gove says PM’s departure is ‘a matter of when not if’
The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2022 Hunt’s expected austerity drive – where will the axe fall? Rebellious backbenchers, underfunding and previous pledges mean there are no easy options for the new chancellor
Daily Mirror · Oct 18, 2022 Rising mortgage rates put 45 Tory seats at risk in southern heartlands Mortgage rates shot up after Liz Truss's disastrous mini-Budget amid fears the Bank of England would hike interest rates to manage the flurry of unfunded tax cuts
France 24 · Oct 18, 2022 Figurehead prime minister? Liz Truss and the UK's political instability We knew about the figurehead king. But does Britain now have a figurehead prime minister? Liz Truss's grip on power is slipping by the day. A U-turn on unfunded tax cuts for the rich will most likely not be enough to repair the damage. Is she really reduced to the…
The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2022 Liz Truss faces unrest over public spending cuts and pensions triple lock threat Senior Tory ministers, Labour party and the public all expected to resist cuts, especially to frontline services
The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2022 End of triple lock is just another broken promise by PM in Name Only Librium Liz gets through another day of humiliation for herself, her party and her country
The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2022 The neoliberal Spartans led us all into this chaos Letters: Jerry Palmer on the threads that run from Brexit to today’s turmoil in the UK’s economy and politics. Plus letters from Fawzi Ibrahim and Stephen Coleman
The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2022 Is it jam tomorrow with Jeremy Hunt? Brief letters: New chancellor | Memory tests | Political bilge | Odd school sayings
WEKU · Oct 18, 2022 The U.K.'s Liz Truss hangs on by a thread, as party members call for her ouster After a bruising first six weeks in office, the prime minister replaced her finance chief with former leadership rival Jeremy Hunt. But she still faces a barrage of criticism.
Evening Standard · Oct 18, 2022 A Muppet Show video starring Liz Truss and her cabinet has gone viral Liz Truss memes are taking over social media