How have the papers reacted to the turmoil in the Tory party? The Prime Minister will seek to restore Tory morale as she addresses the party conference on Wednesday. The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2022
Do you think there should be a snap general election? Pressure has even come from within the Conservative government Manchester Evening News · Oct 5, 2022
UK price cap on household energy bills expected to cost £89bn Exclusive: Liz Truss’s intervention to freeze domestic energy bills could cost between £72bn and £140bn, analysis finds The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2022
Newcastle Clean Air Zone explained: Where it is, when tolls start, and who has to pay Cameras for the new charging zone came into operation on Monday, but drivers have until the end of January before tolls of up to £50 per day are charged on high-polluting vehicles Chronicle Live · Oct 5, 2022
Liz Truss - live: PM to say UK ‘needs to do things differently’, admits causing ‘disruption’ Fall-out over abandoned tax cut could continue over whether to increase benefits in line with inflation The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2022
State pension age could rise to 68 'as soon as 2035' - delaying retirement for millions The UK State Pension age - currently 66 - is due to rise to 67 by 2028 and and 68 by 2046. But Liz Truss refused to rule out bringing rises forward - and that's just what ministers are reportedly looking at Daily Mirror · Oct 5, 2022
Liz Truss branded 'walking disaster' ahead of crunch Tory conference speech The new Prime Minister will address a Conservative party conference riven by in-fighting and splits between MPs over key policies. Daily Record · Oct 5, 2022
Morning Digest | Modi, Zelenskyy discuss Ukraine conflict; second encounter erupts in J&K’s Shopian, and more A select list of stories to read before you start your day The Hindu · Oct 5, 2022
What the papers say – October 5 The fallout from the ‘Wagatha Christie’ trial features among the front pages. The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2022
UK sees EU deal on Northern Ireland in ‘weeks’ as relations thaw LONDON — The U.K. sees the prospect of a deal with the European Union on Northern Ireland’s trade arrangements within weeks as relations thaw following a protracted stalemate. Tribune News Service · Oct 5, 2022
Plunging pound and crumbling confidence: How the new UK government stumbled into a political and financial crisis of its own making The new British government is off to a very rocky start – after stumbling through an economic and financial crisis of its own making. The Conversation · Oct 4, 2022
Liz Truss to admit economic plans will cause ‘disruption’ but insists ‘everyone will benefit’ PM to tell Tory conference ‘everyone will benefit’ despite trouble ahead The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2022
Truss puts faith in growth plan to quell Tory opposition and save premiership Prime Minister Liz Truss will use her first conference speech as leader to promise a ‘new Britain for a new era’. The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2022
Humiliated Kwasi Kwarteng and Liz Truss should have the guts to own their blunder Blaming the pressure of the Queen’s funeral for the Conservatives’ Budget for the Rich is a grotesque bid by the Government to shift responsibility Daily Mirror · Oct 4, 2022
The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2022 Truss: Not everyone will be in favour, but my plans will create a ‘new Britain’ The Prime Minister will insist that ‘everyone will benefit’ from her plan to cut taxes and boost growth.
The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2022 Trump says Truss’s tax-cutting agenda ‘might be right’ for her Former US president Donald Trump also gave his views on the King.
Evening Standard · Oct 4, 2022 Tory civil war grows at conference as Suella Braverman accuses MPs of ‘coup’ Liz Truss finds her party simmering with rebellion and discontent and badly lagging in national polls
Manchester Evening News · Oct 4, 2022 ASDA, Tesco, Aldi, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, M&S and Lidl forced to implement national ban that applies to all shoppers Every single supermarket in the UK must implement the ban by law
The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2022 Braverman says UK should leave European Convention on Human Rights Suella Braverman said it was her personal view and not government policy, which as Home Secretary she is bound by.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2022 Scary Tory clown squad play government in alternate dimensions While Radon Liz and Kamikwasi Kwarteng set quantum dates for fiscal steadiness, Suella Braverman was talking up a coup
Daily Mirror · Oct 4, 2022 Shell CEO urges Liz Truss to impose windfall tax on energy firms to 'protect the poorest' Liz Truss has refused to impose further taxes on firms such as Shell, which have made billions from increased wholesale energy prices since Russia invaded Ukraine
The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2022 Cabinet minister calls for PM and King to attend crucial climate summit ‘We need to go further and faster’: COP26 president Alok Sharma calls for action on global warming
The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2022 ‘Opposition mindset’: Tory MPs slope home after chaotic conference Conservative disharmony shows no sign of abating as cabinet ministers fight over further potential U-turns
Daily Mirror · Oct 4, 2022 Kwasi Kwarteng blames Queen's death for Budget shambles as Tories plunge into all-out war Under-fire Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng said the national mourning period added to pressure in the build-up to his Commons statement - which plunged the Conservatives’ poll ratings into freefall
The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2022 The Guardian view on Truss, Kwarteng and inequality: out of touch, out of time Editorial: Michael Gove is doing the country a service by resisting a government with no mandate