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Tory MPs plotting to get rid of Liz Truss as PM and replace her with Ben Wallace

A group of MPs want Ben Wallace as the new PM, with Rishi Sunak back as Chancellor in a bid to calm the financial markets. They hope Liz Truss will step aside to avoid total carnage at the polls

Daily Mirror

Senior Tories hold talks to discuss ousting Liz Truss to ‘rescue’ party

As new chancellor Jeremy Hunt rips up prime minister’s economic plans, Conservatives plot route to replace her

The Guardian - UK

Tory donors turn on Liz Truss even as Jeremy Hunt rips up disastrous mini-Budget

‘Time is running out’ to remove the prime minister, says top Conservative donor. ‘The more we dig this hole the deeper it is going to be’

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'Tories have damaged Britain - only solution is a change of hands with Labour in power'

Keir Mudie says Liz Truss signed this mini-budget off, of course, so he is not sure what firing the Chancellor actually achieved other than removing the final human shield protecting the woman herself

Daily Mirror

Truss’ desperate bid to save UK premiership lands her in more trouble

Boxed in by market turmoil and a mutinous Conservative Party, British Prime Minister Liz Truss was left with two cards to play: hitting reset on her economic plan, and firing her friend and finance minister, Kwasi Kwarteng.

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‘A tragic figure’: in Liz Truss’s seat there is anger, frustration and little sympathy

The mood in the PM’s Norfolk constituency is sombre as the Tory leader is seen to have no credibility though some fear more turmoil

The Guardian - UK

If Jeremy Hunt is to be Truss’s saviour, he needs more than austerity 2.0

Tax-cut U-turns won’t be enough to balance the books, so the new chancellor will look at cutting public service budgets. But there is an alternative

The Guardian - UK

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'Liz Truss is running Britain with a glorious chaotic sense of uselessness'

Mark Steel says now that Kwasi Kwarteng has been sacked, every policy Liz Truss said was essential will be reversed - even her press conference explaining the sacking of the Chancellor was useless

Daily Mirror

Universal Credit warning as DWP told families could lose up to £1,000 a year

The government is due to make an announcement on benefit upratings at the end of the month

Manchester Evening News

'Grow a backbone': Mhairi Black challenges Scottish Tories to back Liz Truss resignation calls

MHAIRI BLack has challenged the Scottish Conservatives to “grow a backbone” and join mounting calls for Liz Truss to resign.

The National (Scotland)

Bank of England warns next interest rate hike could be higher than expected

‘Stronger response’ needed to tackle inflation, says Andrew Bailey

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer criticises ‘grotesque chaos’ under Liz Truss government

Labour leader says UK is ‘crying out for clear leadership’ and his party ‘must provide it’

The Guardian - UK

Tobias Ellwood has Tory whip restored after being suspended in July

Chair of Commons defence committee had whip withdrawn for failing to turn up for a confidence vote

The Guardian - UK

SNP challenge Scottish Tories to back Liz Truss resignation calls

Senior SNP figures have challenged the Scottish Conservatives to ‘grow a backbone’ and join calls for the Prime Minister Liz Truss to quit.

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Scottish Labour leader declares party ‘ready’ for general election

Anas Sarwar condemned Liz Truss as a ‘lame duck Prime Minister’.

Reuters

As UK's Truss fights for job, new finance minister says she made mistakes

Britain's new finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Saturday some taxes would go up and tough spending decisions were needed, saying Prime Minister Liz Truss had made mistakes as she battles to keep her job just over a month into her term.

The Independent UK

Why is Russia at war with Ukraine and what does Putin want?

Vladimir Putin’s military assault continues in face of near-unanimous international condemnation

The Independent UK

Starmer quotes famous Kinnock put-down in attack on Tories’ ‘grotesque chaos’

The Labour has accused Prime Minister Liz Truss of clinging to power.

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The Independent UK

Liz Truss news – live: Jeremy Hunt says PM went ‘too far, too fast’ on tax cuts

New chancellor said his focus was ‘on growth underpinned by stability’

Daily Mirror

UK's shortest serving prime ministers ranked as Liz Truss in danger of topping them all

The current holder of the dubious honour is George Canning, who was in office for just 119 days before dying of tuberculosis - but Truss has a long way to go to pass him

Daily Mirror

Humiliated Kwasi Kwarteng was flying 36,000ft over Atlantic when Liz Truss sacked him

The humiliated former Chancellor had been in Washington DC when he was ordered back to the UK, but he'd already been given the boot before his plane landed - not that he knew that

The Independent UK

Liz Truss ‘clinging to power’ amid ‘grotesque chaos’ of Kwarteng sacking, Starmer says

Labour leader says to expect ‘laughable excuses’ from ailing PM

The National (Scotland)

Tory prime ministers have ‘collectively got us into this mess’, says Ian Blackford

THE SNP’s Westminster leader Ian Blackford has said Tory prime ministers since 2010 have “collectively got us into this mess”, after…

Manchester Evening News

Jeremy Hunt says taxes will rise as he gets 'clean slate' on disastrous mini-budget

'Difficult decisions' will be made in the coming months, according to the new chancellor

The Independent UK

Tory prime ministers have ‘collectively got us into this mess’ – Blackford

Liz Truss should not be in office ‘one day longer’, the SNP’s Westminster leader has said.

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