Truss could be gone ‘within days or weeks’, say Tory MPs after PM ditches chancellor Expectation that new chancellor Jeremy Hunt will rewrite Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-Budget The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2022
Tom Watson and Arlene Foster among new peers with seat in House of Lords - see full list In a list released on a day of chaos for the government, TUC General-Secretary Frances O'Grady and retired Tory MP Nicholas Soames, grandson of Winston Churchill, were appointed to the House of Lords Daily Mirror · Oct 14, 2022
The Guardian view on the Conservative party: better off out Editorial: Liz Truss’s project is finished and her MPs know it. The party needs new ideas and time to rebuild in opposition The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2022
Demonstrators block Downing Street gates in protest at PM’s climate approach Crowds of Extinction Rebellion protesters arrived in Whitehall on Friday, waving flags, setting off flares, chanting and banging drums. The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2022
Factbox-How could British PM Truss be removed, and how would she be replaced? British Prime Minister Liz Truss is clinging on to her job after a political crisis and market turmoil sparked by her fiscal plans that has seen her fire her finance minister and reverse major parts of her flagship tax-cutting agenda. Reuters · Oct 14, 2022
Pound falls further and bonds under pressure despite Government tax U-turn THE value of the pound has dropped further despite Liz Truss's U-turn on large parts of former chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng's mini-budget. The National (Scotland) · Oct 14, 2022
Kamikwasi takes Librium Liz’s offer to consciously uncouple from train wreck Decision to sack chancellor for bonkers mini-budget to restore her credibility was futile. PM and Tories are a laughing stock The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2022
'After the sacking of Kwarteng, sorry seems to be the hardest word for cowardly Truss' Labour MP for the Rhondda Chris Bryant says that Liz Truss has lost the confidence of both the British people and her own party and she stumbles from one disaster to another Daily Mirror · Oct 14, 2022
Ed Miliband mocks David Cameron’s 2015 ‘chaos’ tweet after Liz Truss U-turn The former Labour leader’s response to David Cameron’s tweet has quickly accrued tens of thousands of likes after a tumultuous day for the Tories. The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2022
Can Liz Truss survive? Tory dismay after day of chaos and press conference horror show The crisis-hit Prime Minister is battling to regain control but mutinous Tories are openly plotting to oust their second leader in a matter of months Daily Mirror · Oct 14, 2022
Fighting for survival as UK PM, a chastened Truss changes course again It was a bruising meeting with her Conservative lawmakers this week that finally shook British Prime Minister Liz Truss's earlier unwavering faith that she could weather the market fallout from her radical economic growth plan. Reuters · Oct 14, 2022
'Rearranging chairs on a sinking ship' - North East MPs call on Truss to go after Kwarteng sacked as Chancellor The Prime Minister insisted she would not resign after removing her Chancellor on Friday Chronicle Live · Oct 14, 2022
Top Tory donor handed peerage – but former Daily Mail boss Paul Dacre misses out Former Labour MP Tom Watson and ex-DUP leader Arlene Foster on list to enter Lords The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2022
From nukes to corporation tax: Liz Truss’s history of flip-flopping After PM’s latest U-turn, we look at other reversals since her days as a Lib Dem activist The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2022 Keir Starmer: UK needs election now whether Liz Truss stays or goes Labour leader says government is ‘completely at end of the road’ and his party is preparing for power
The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2022 How ‘knives of the long night’ led to brutally swift Kwarteng sacking The chancellor was dispatched soon after touching down, but Tory colleagues were not convinced that was enough to save the PM
The Conversation · Oct 14, 2022 Liz Truss is now a case study in poor leadership Leaders are watched. They are scrutinised. If you don’t like the idea of being held accountable and having to answer for your actions then a leadership role is probably not for you.
The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2022 Odds for Liz Truss to leave No 10 before the end of the year slashed The future of Ms Truss’s leadership appears precarious - and the bookies agree
Tribune News Service · Oct 14, 2022 Truss dumps UK corporation tax freeze plan after firing ally Liz Truss scrapped her plan to freeze corporation tax next year in another dramatic U-turn, hours after she fired her ally Kwasi Kwarteng and replaced him with Jeremy Hunt as UK Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2022 Nicola Sturgeon: It’s time for Liz Truss to go as Prime Minister Ms Truss sacked chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng and reversed plans for a cut to corporation tax on Friday.
Wales Online · Oct 14, 2022 Mark Drakeford just outlined his views on Welsh independence and the Union 'I have never stated that Wales could not be independent if the people in Wales wanted it'
The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2022 From leadership flop to chancellor: the surprising return of Jeremy Hunt Analysis: Ex-foreign secretary once seen as yesterday’s man is now in best position to influence prime minister
The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2022 Truss sacrifices Kwarteng to save her premiership as she ditches tax pledge The Prime Minister has appointed Jeremy Hunt as the new Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Evening Standard · Oct 14, 2022 The Leader podcast: Can Hunt rebuild UK economy after Kwarteng? Tax-cutting Kwasi Kwarteng sacked as Chancellor after 38 days
The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2022 Three weeks of chaos that cost more than Kwarteng’s job – in numbers On 30 September, the then chancellor’s mini-budget triggered a chain of events that led to a dramatic downfall