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'Liz Truss laughed as she sacked me' says Johnny Mercer who says it led to depression

Johnny Mercer, who served as veterans minister under Boris Johnson , said Ms Truss has lost authority over the Tory Party as calls mount for her to step aside

Daily Mirror · Oct 17, 2022

Just two Nottinghamshire Conservative MPs confirm support for Liz Truss

One MP said he was awaiting a parliamentary statement from the Chancellor

Nottingham Post · Oct 17, 2022

Volte-farce? Mini-budget climbdown joins list of other spectacular U-turns

From Coke, Clinton to Clough, here are some other celebrated examples of shameless backtracking

The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2022

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Liz Truss clinging on as PM shows UK politics 'badly broken', Nicola Sturgeon fumes

The SNP leader claimed the UK is 'substantially poorer' than independent European countries of a similar size to Scotland as she outlined the financial case for independence

Daily Mirror · Oct 17, 2022

Watch: Mordaunt insists PM Liz Truss ‘not under a desk’ hiding from MPs

A Government minister insisted Liz Truss was “not under a desk” hiding from MPs after the Prime Minister was urged to quit. Shouts of “where is she?” and “weak” could be heard in the Commons after Penny Mordaunt deputised for Ms Truss to respond to an urgent question on the…

Evening Standard · Oct 17, 2022

Jeremy Hunt 'doubling down on austerity' as he tears up Liz Truss's mini-budget

SNP MP Alison Thewliss warned the public now faced a "cliff edge" on energy bills when the price cap ends in April.

Daily Record · Oct 17, 2022

Fifth Tory MP calls for Truss to quit as she fails to stand up to scrutiny

A FIFTH Tory MP has called for Liz Truss to go after she failed to stand up to scrutiny in the House of Commons for binning her entire economic…

The National (Scotland) · Oct 17, 2022

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Watch: Jeremy Hunt warns of tough spending decisions as he tears up Liz Truss’s plan

Liz Truss is battling to save her premiership as Chancellor Jeremy Hunt warned “eye-wateringly difficult” decisions were needed as he tore up her economic strategy. Mr Hunt scaled back the energy support package and ditched “almost all” the tax cuts announced by his predecessor Kwasi Kwarteng less than a month…

Evening Standard · Oct 17, 2022

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Manchester Evening News · Oct 17, 2022

Awkward Liz Truss spends 29 silent minutes in Commons humiliation over her Budget

The lame duck Prime Minister has been missing in action since she sacked her long-time ally Kwasi Kwarteng on Friday as Chancellor and U-turned on her tax-cutting agenda

Daily Mirror · Oct 17, 2022

Labour pulls 36 POINTS ahead of Tories in 'biggest poll lead since 1997'

Pollsters said it is the largest lead for any party since October 1997 - just months after former Labour Prime Minister's Sir Tony Blair's landslide election victory

Daily Mirror · Oct 17, 2022

'Liz Truss laughed as she sacked me as veterans minister', MP Johnny Mercer says

He said the move was a "gut punch" that sent him into depression

Wales Online · Oct 17, 2022

Jeremy Hunt hints at tax rises as he reverses mini-budget in Commons

Chancellor says decisions of ‘eye-watering difficulty’ are ahead and admits government partly to blame for market turmoil

The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2022

Tories facing wipeout as Labour takes 36-point lead in new poll

Liz Truss’s party would be left with fewer seats than the SNP according to the record-breaking data

The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2022

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Chronicle Live · Oct 17, 2022

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's budget U-turn branded 'total shambles' as North East reacts

Today's announcement was said to offer no reassurance for families on low incomes who face financial struggles amid a growing cost of living crisis

The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2022

Liz Truss jeered as she turns up in Commons after mystery absence

Penny Mordaunt refuses to reveal ‘very good reason’ PM failed to turn up to answer Labour question

Wales Online · Oct 17, 2022

Thunderous laughter as Commons leader tries to insist the Prime Minister isn't 'cowering under her desk'

Commons leader Penny Mordaunt has been taking questions from MPs in the Prime Minister's absence

The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2022

At this rate, the next PM will be the chasm where Suella Braverman’s soul should be

The Tory party is already lining up its next leader, running through all its MPs in ever-decreasing quality, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2022

Johnny Mercer says Liz Truss laughed as she sacked him as veterans minister

The Tory MP described the PM’s move as a ‘gut punch’ that cast him into a bout of depression.

The National (Scotland) · Oct 17, 2022

Liz Truss stares into space and blinks as Jeremy Hunt gives Commons statement

LIZ Truss arrived in the Commons to hear her Chancellor’s fiscal announcement after attending “urgent business” which made her unable to…

Manchester Evening News · Oct 17, 2022

Why wasn't Liz Truss in Parliament? Penny Mourdant denies PM was 'cowering under her desk' as she was missing from urgent question

The Prime Minister was absent from the Commons today during an urgent question on the Prime Minister’s decision to appoint a new Chancellor - but did arrive

The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2022

UK leader in peril after Treasury chief axes 'Trussonomics'

New U.K. Treasury chief Jeremy Hunt has reversed most of an economic package announced by the government just weeks ago, including a planned cut in income taxes

The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2022

Trussonomics: who were doomed mini-budget’s biggest cheerleaders?

Description of mini-budget as ‘seismic’ in one pro-Tory paper proved correct – though perhaps not in the intended sense

The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2022

Prime Minister Liz Truss ‘is not under a desk’ hiding from MPs, Penny Mordaunt insists

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer mocked Ms Truss as he said: ‘The lady is not for turning – up.’

The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2022

Sign of ‘badly broken UK politics’ that Truss has not resigned, says Sturgeon

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced the scrapping of most of the Prime Minister’s financial policies on Monday.

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