Minister claims upside from weak pound for shops serving high-spending US tourists Exclusive: Plunging value of sterling ‘not all bad’, says member of Truss team The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2022
BBC apologises after technical glitches mar Liz Truss interview Blackout during PM’s appearance on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg prompted social media quips about ‘interference’ The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2022
UK’s ‘pro-growth’ government has only made a recession more likely Thanks to Truss and Kwarteng, the country is now far riskier for the investors who finance our trade and budget deficits The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2022
Liz Truss blames Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng for decision to slash income tax for rich The plans to abolish the 45 per cent tax rate on incomes above £150,000 a year in England, Wales and Northern Ireland has caused anger. Daily Record · Oct 2, 2022
Michael Gove 'profoundly' concerned about Liz Truss's tax plans FORMER Conservative Cabinet minister Michael Gove has said he is “profoundly” concerned about Liz Truss’s vast tax cuts as he suggested he… The National (Scotland) · Oct 2, 2022
Liz Truss ALREADY less popular with public than Boris Johnson when he quit Polling by Opinium found that 48% of voters think the Prime Minister should quit after less than a month in the job, while just 17% approve of the job she's doing Daily Mirror · Oct 2, 2022
Liz Truss – live: Gove denies being ‘rebel leader’ after saying tax cut plans ‘not Conservative’ Former Cabinet minister says 45p tax cut will ‘benefit millionaires’ The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2022
Liz Truss’s pre-conference interview with Laura Kuenssberg – the key points The prime minister appeared at ease despite mounting Tory unrest after the mini-budget The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2022
Mum heartbroken after boy, 13, offers to get job to help with soaring living costs There are fears that Lizzie Devine, 37, could soon be paying over £700 a month on her mortgage payments, something she simply won't be able to afford despite holding down two jobs Daily Mirror · Oct 2, 2022
Truss ‘throws Kwasi Kwarteng under a bus’ over tax cut for richest The Prime Minister provoked a fresh row at the start of the Tory conference by saying the income tax cut was a ‘decision the Chancellor made’. The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2022
Nadine Dorries accuses Liz Truss of ‘throwing Kwasi Kwarteng under bus’ over tax cuts Prime minister provokes fresh row at start of Tory conference The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2022
Liz Truss defends Chancellor for attending drinks do with financiers after mini-Budget The Liberal Democrats are among those calling for an official inquiry following the report Evening Standard · Oct 2, 2022
Liz did it, Charles did it, lots of celebs have done it: Why don’t we care about the awfulness of adultery any more? Cheating will always be a gut-wrenchingly awful thing to do. Yet we seem more relaxed than ever when the great and good have done it. Oliver Keens asks: has our morality changed or are we just too deferential, confused or downright hypocritical to discuss it any more? The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2022
Dad-of-eight and pregnant wife who has cancer to skip hot meals for kids Mark Skelly, 50, is using food banks and plans to skip hot meals this winter in order to support his wife Sandy, who has cancer, and their eight children, due to the cost of living crisis Daily Mirror · Oct 2, 2022
Daily Record · Oct 2, 2022 Liz Truss 'blocks' King Charles from appearing at COP27 climate conference World leaders are set to descend on Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt in November for the annual gathering of nations to discuss the global environment.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2022 ‘I’ve lost confidence in them but I don’t know if I can switch’: Tories in West Midlands face voting dilemma Few seem willing to change parties in the home of the fabled swing-voting ‘Worcester woman’ but Liz Truss’s days may be numbered
Wales Online · Oct 2, 2022 Liz Truss won't rule out real-term DWP benefits cuts But Prime Minister says pensions will rise in line with inflation
Daily Mirror · Oct 2, 2022 Kwasi Kwarteng admits markets meltdown after mini-Budget ‘really ruined my sleep’ Kwasi Kwarteng accepted that the bombshell blueprint for £45bn in tax cuts funded by borrowing had been done 'at very high speed' but he was convinced it was the right plan
The National (Scotland) · Oct 2, 2022 Liz Truss stunned into awkward silence when asked 'who voted' for tax-slashing plans IT might not have been radio silence from Liz Truss on Thursday, but that seemed to be her response to a question from Laura Kuenssberg this…
The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2022 Truss says she should have ‘laid ground better’ but stands by mini-budget PM refuses to rule out public spending cuts and real-terms drop in benefits to pay for fiscal plans
The National (Scotland) · Oct 2, 2022 'It's his job': Truss defends Chancellor's champagne bash with financiers Kwarteng has faced calls for an inquiry after it emerged that he attended a bash with hedge fund managers who would make gains from the pound crash
The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2022 UK's Truss sticks by economic plan as her party worries British Prime Minister Liz Truss has acknowledged she could have done a better job “laying the ground” for her package of unfunded tax cuts
Daily Mirror · Oct 2, 2022 'Baffled' Nadine Dorries says Boris Johnson 'one of world's greatest leaders' The former Culture Secretary warned Liz Truss not to count on her support if they start "reversing" Mr Johnson's achievements - and did not rule out a return to government if her ex-boss gets the top job again
Manchester Evening News · Oct 2, 2022 'I swear, galaxies are born in the time it takes Liz Truss to answer a question': Viewers' scathing assessment of Prime Minister on Laura Kuenssberg show "Liz Truss 'understands people are worried'… I am SCARED to turn my heating on"
Evening Standard · Oct 2, 2022 Michael Gove hints he may vote against Truss’s ‘profoundly concerning’ tax plans The influential figure in the Tory party said using borrowing to pay for tax cuts is ‘not Conservative’.