Light fantastic: BP’s solar venture launches biggest UK project yet From solar farms to floating arrays, from Australia to Bedfordshire, Lightsource BP is ramping up its renewable energy push The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2022
With Division at Home, UK's Truss Seeks to Thaw EU Relations After an acrimonious divorce and years of bickering, Britain’s government looks like it wants to make up with the European Union. The tax-cutting economic plans of the country's new prime minister, Liz Truss, has her feuding at home with financial markets, the opposition and chunks of her own Conservative Party. Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 6, 2022
Nurses begin vote on strike action over pay for first time in history The Royal College of Nursing says figures show that pay for nurses has declined at twice the rate of the private sector in the last decade Chronicle Live · Oct 6, 2022
‘It’s closer now than it’s ever been’: could there soon be a united Ireland? With Catholics now outnumbering Protestants in Northern Ireland, advocates for unification are starting to believe their dream could become a reality. But is it inevitable – and would a referendum reignite old enmities? The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2022
With division at home, UK's Truss seeks to thaw EU relations After an acrimonious divorce and years of bickering, Britain’s government looks like it wants to make up with the European Union The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2022
The core Conservative manifesto pledges Liz Truss is breaking and why she should call an election Despite the convention that winning a general election gives the party taking power a mandate to rule for five years, Liz Truss’s radically different agenda means she should call a new election immediately, argues political editor-at-large Martin Shipton Wales Online · Oct 6, 2022
What the papers say – October 6 The national mastheads focus on further Tory turmoil and attacks by dangerous dogs. The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2022
Thursday briefing: How food prices and the climate crisis brought famine to Somalia once more In today’s newsletter: One million people have already been displaced by the country’s second famine in just over ten years. This is how Somalia found itself in a dire situation once again The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2022
Prague European summit may be a relief for Truss, but Brexit won’t go away ‘Political community’ gives PM a break from her party – but hope of reset in UK-EU relations may be unrealistic The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2022
Spare a thought for your civil servants, trying to cope with Truss’s malignant cult What to do when ministers fetishise ideology over objectivity and honesty, asks a UK civil servant The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2022
Union leader: Downing Street sees us as the ‘enemy within’ THE head of the UK’s largest trade union is to attack Downing Street for seeing it as the “enemy within”, in contrast to the inclusive… The National (Scotland) · Oct 6, 2022
Ashfield Conservative MP Lee Anderson forgets Liz Truss is Prime Minister The Tory MP confused Truss with Theresa May Nottingham Post · Oct 6, 2022
Liz Truss news – live: Winter blackout warning as PM urges EU to ‘keep lights on’ ‘Global Britain’ reduced to begging its European neighbours for energy The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2022
Liz Truss' Leeds university dad who 'couldn't be further from her politics' The Prime Minister's dad is a 'left wing' maths professor at the University of Leeds Leeds Live · Oct 6, 2022
Daily Record · Oct 6, 2022 The problem is not those who claim benefits - it’s the rotten party in government Liz Truss and hapless chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng have been left reeling this week as their own MPs publicly called for benefits to rise.
Daily Record · Oct 6, 2022 7 Scottish Conservative MSPs who could become next leader if Douglas Ross quits A tough year in office for Douglas Ross means speculation is mounting over his future. A senior Tory told the Record: "If you think Douglas is bad, the alternatives are even worse".
Wales Online · Oct 6, 2022 Truss to press for European unity over immigration and the energy crisis PM heading to Czech Republic for summit, where she is expected to meet French president Emmanuel Macron
The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2022 Truss to urge united front on Russia at first meeting of new pan-European group She will use the summit to highlight how the UK has continued to play a leading role in Europe
The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2022 Starmer blames Government for families facing ‘eye-watering’ mortgage increases The Prime Minister and Chancellor have come under fire in recent days amid market turmoil.
The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2022 Households will lose £2 in stealth freezes for every £1 in Truss tax cuts, says IFS Millions are predicted to suffer hike in mortgage payments
The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2022 Suella Braverman speaks out against likely UK trade deal with India New home secretary objects to increasing visas for Indians and critiques predecessor’s attempt to return overstayers
The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2022 IFS: Millions in Britain ‘face stealth tax raid’ under Liz Truss’s plans For every £1 given workers by cutting tax rates £2 was being taken via freeze on income tax thresholds, thinktank calculates
The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2022 Truss to press for European unity to address migration and energy challenges The Prime Minister heads to Prague after a bruising few days at the Conservative Party conference.
The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2022 Liz Truss to call for European unity over migration and energy at Prague summit PM’s trip to Czech capital will also see private meetings with Macron and Dutch leader Rutte
The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2022 Former minister calls Truss’s plans ‘cruel’ and warns over ‘lurch to the right’ Nadine Dorries in plea for change of course as PM’s popularity hits extreme low