Liz Truss playing 'cruel games' with Britain’s nuclear test veterans The Prime Minister is being urged to announce a medal for heroes of the Cold War Daily Mirror · Oct 16, 2022
Dominant Hunt refuses to rule out new U-turn on Truss taxes Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt said nothing is “off the table” when asked if he will abandon more of Prime Minister Liz Truss’ tax cut plans, confirming that his is now the leading government voice on U.K. fiscal policy. Tribune News Service · Oct 16, 2022
Liz Truss fights for survival as even allies say she could have only days left Prime minister to meet mutinous Tory MPs this week in effort to shore up her position after U-turns on tax The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2022
Tory MPs are beginning to break ranks and publicly call for Liz Truss to resign THREE Conservative MPs have come out publicly to call for Liz Truss to quit, as pressure builds on the Prime Minister and SNP have called for more… The National (Scotland) · Oct 16, 2022
In sticking with tax cuts divorced from reality, Labor is left with a hard choice The big question prior to Treasurer Jim Chalmers delivering the Albanese government’s first budget on October 26 has been whether it will seek to modify the “stage 3” tax cuts legislated by the Morrison government, with Labor’s support. The Conversation · Oct 16, 2022
Truss under fresh pressure as three Tory MPs urge her to quit The calls mark the start of what is likely to be another dramatic week in Westminster. The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2022
No 10 chief of staff’s position untenable amid lobbying claims, says Labour Mark Fullbrook accused of trying to change UK policy by arranging for ministers to meet Libyan politician The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2022
Liz Truss told she needs to go as MP Jamie Wallis releases open letter telling her to stand down 'I believe you no longer hold the confidence of the country or the parliamentary party. It is the right thing to do to ensure the stability, security and prosperity of the people' Wales Online · Oct 16, 2022
Three Tory MPs break ranks to call for PM to go Crispin Blunt, Andrew Bridgen and Jamie Wallis have all said that that the Tories cannot carry on with Liz Truss as leader. The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2022
Ben Wallace seen as possible contender to replace Truss as Tory leader Defence secretary had ruled himself out as candidate but seemed at party conference to have had change of heart The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2022
Conservatives ‘deserve better’, Tory MPs tell Truss Rumours abound of plots to remove Liz Truss as Prime Minister after a chaotic start to her premiership. The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2022
Liz Truss may be safe until Halloween but nightmare is far from over PM will gather her cabinet for a rare Monday meeting to try to convince them she still holds levers of power The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2022
Liz Truss warned ‘the game is up’ as Tory MPs call for her to resign Calls for PM to be replaced come as defence secretary’s allies said to be shoring up support for a takeover The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2022
Jeremy Hunt can’t undo the damage already done to Britain Letters: The country needs a brutally honest reckoning, not just a minor economic adjustment, says Colin Montgomery. Plus letters from Rev Julian Blakemore, Peter Leney, Nick Bennett-Britton and Sam Doncaster The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2022 Joe Biden calls Liz Truss tax cuts a ‘mistake’ as political fallout continues US president rejects ‘cutting taxes on the super-wealthy’ and says he is not the only world leader critical of abandoned plan
The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2022 ‘It feels like this week or next’: this latest U-turn has only ramped up plots to depose Liz Truss Now Trussonomics is dead, even the prime minister’s supporters are wondering: what’s the point of her government? says the Spectator’s deputy political editor, Katy Balls
The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2022 Liz Truss facing growing pressure to resign as Tory MP becomes first to publicly call for her to go Senior Tory MP Crispin Blunt is first to publicly call for her to stand down
Daily Mirror · Oct 16, 2022 Liz Truss told 'the game's up' as first Tory MPs publicly demand embattled PM quits Veteran backbencher Crispin Blunt broke ranks to openly say he didn't think Prime Minister Liz Truss could survive the current crisis as Tory plotters circle
The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2022 UK economy is now an international punchline, claims Labour after Biden jab Asked about Liz Truss’s original plans, the US president said: ‘I wasn’t the only one that thought it was a mistake.’
Daily Record · Oct 16, 2022 First Tory MP publicly calls for Liz Truss to quit after admitting the 'game is up' Crispin Blunt, MP for Reigate, said the "game is up" for the Tory party leader after she sacked Kwasi Kwarteng as Chancellor.
The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2022 UK leader Liz Truss goes from triumph to trouble in 6 weeks British Prime Minister Liz Truss has only been in office for six weeks
Reuters · Oct 16, 2022 Goldman Sachs sees deeper UK recession after tax U-turn Goldman Sachs has downgraded Britain's economic outlook and warned of a deeper recession next year after Prime Minister Liz Truss last week removed Kwasi Kwarteng as chancellor and scrapped parts of their unpopular economic package.
Evening Standard · Oct 16, 2022 ‘Game is up’ - Tory MP calls for Liz Truss to step down ‘I think the game is up and it’s now a question as to how the succession is managed’
The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2022 Tory former minister: the game is up for Liz Truss as Prime Minister A senior Conservative MP also said it is ‘very difficult’ to say whether Liz Truss should continue in the top job.
Al Jazeera · Oct 16, 2022 UK’s Liz Truss struggles to save premiership after tax U-turns Truss is under pressure after making U-turns on two major policies, as new Chancellor Hunt makes a new budget plan.