Fuel poverty protest aims to send message to Liz Truss and the Tories FUEL poverty campaigners will stage a protest outside the UK Government’s headquarters in Scotland on Saturday. The National (Scotland) · Sep 26, 2022
Number of Scots facing Universal Credit sanctions rockets as SNP attacks 'callous system' The SNP have branded sanctions against benefits claimants as "callous and ineffective" during a cost of living crisis. Daily Record · Sep 26, 2022
Labour must now seize opportunity to seal the deal with voters Record View says Labour has to present a coherent, real-world response to the madness that has been unleashed by Liz Truss at their party conference. Daily Record · Sep 26, 2022
Anas Sarwar: We’ll set out the positive case for backing us to boot out the Tories The Scottish Labour leader and Record columnist say the party conference comes at a time of change at Westminster – with Truss taking over from Johnson – but the issues stay the same. Daily Record · Sep 26, 2022
What the papers say – September 26 The papers lead with strategies to stimulate the UK’s economy and the threat of nuclear war in Ukraine. The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2022
UK Prime Minister Liz Truss calls for ‘even more special’ ties with US Britain and the U.S. are still best mates, says the U.K.’s new Prime Minister Liz Truss. Tribune News Service · Sep 26, 2022
Labour to commit to tougher rules and enforcement on water companies Jim McMahon is expected to say his plans will ‘ensure running England’s water becomes a responsibility, not a cash machine’. The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2022
Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 215 of the invasion A Russian man has shot the leader of the local military draft committee in a Siberian town; protests against Kremlin’s military call-up continue The Guardian - AU · Sep 26, 2022
HMS Queen Elizabeth anchors in New York as Truss plans to strengthen UK-US bond The Royal Navy’s flagship dropped anchor within sight of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbour on Sunday. The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2022
Jubilant Labour MPs say ‘we will win’ after years of ‘awful’ opposition Labourstaff and members filled a hall inside a Liverpool hotel with cheers and whoops for shadow cabinet members at the Labour to Win event after what appeared to be a successful day at conference. Daily Mirror · Sep 25, 2022
Thousands will die in cold homes this winter without pension justice, peer fumes Baroness Glenys Thornton, shadow equalities minister in the House of Lords, said it was "shamefull" that an estimated 3.6 million women whose pension age was unexpectedly raised have not been compensated as she addressed members of the Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) campaign Daily Mirror · Sep 25, 2022
Rayner takes fight to 'Tory sleaze merchants' as she kicks off Labour conference "The Conservatives have made their choice. They've chosen their side. But we are on yours and are ready to lead this country to better" Liverpool Echo · Sep 25, 2022
Gary Neville says Truss is 'taking Mickey out of us' with 'immoral' tax cuts for rich The former England international accused Liz Truss of “taking the absolute Mickey out of us” by helping the well-off as ordinary families find it difficult to make ends meet Irish Mirror · Sep 25, 2022
Starmer resisting pressure from inside own party over reversal of tax cuts Labour leader dramatically vows to restore 45p income tax for richest - but backs Tory cut to basic rate The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2022 Keir Starmer vows to reinstate top rate of income tax to fund public services Exclusive: Labour to argue investing in NHS, schools and childcare is only way to build foundations of a strong economy
The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2022 Labour focuses on spelling out alternative vision for the economy Public services and spectre of austerity will feature in speech as Rachel Reeves sets out dividing lines with Tories
Daily Mirror · Sep 25, 2022 'Keir Starmer can’t believe his luck that the Tories declared class war on the country' The opportunities are an opening to be bold, imaginative and vivid. To paint in high definition colours how Labour in power would improve the lives of tens of millions of Britons.
Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 25, 2022 Moscow Pledges ‘Full Protection’ to Any Areas Annexed by Russia Russia has sought to defend its seven-month-old war, with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov telling the United Nations that regions of Ukraine where widely-criticized referendums are being held would get Russia's "full protection" if annexed by Moscow. The votes in four eastern Ukrainian regions, aimed at annexing territory Russia has taken…
The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2022 Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget was a reckless gamble Letters: Giving handouts to the rich is a fiscal and moral outrage, writes Prof Alan Walker; plus letters from Howard Fielding, Ivor Morgan, Richard Heller, Helen Briggs, John Platt, Jeffrey Borinsky and the parent of a City worker
The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2022 Liz Truss ‘promised chief of staff next Tory election campaign in exchange for No 10 job’ Exclusive: Senior Conservatives warn ‘quid pro quo’ arrangement with Mark Fullbrook spells ‘electoral doom’
The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2022 ‘A matter for the Bank of England’: Liz Truss refuses to discuss if UK in recession Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng also claims he can’t comment on ‘market movements’ following pound’s plunge
The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2022 Britain’s defence spending to double to £100bn next year, says Ben Wallace The British armed fores are ‘actually going to grow’ for the first time since the Cold War, defence secretary says
The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2022 UK-US relationship still ‘special,’ says Liz Truss The Prime Minister said she is determined to foster even closer transatlantic ties.
Liverpool Echo · Sep 25, 2022 Labour on course for comfortable General Election win according to new poll New poll shows party would win a 56-seat majority at 2024 election
Daily Mirror · Sep 25, 2022 Liz Truss's top aide 'has salary paid to his lobbying firm' amid Tory tax shakeup The PM's chief of staff Mark Fullbrook is now helping to shape government strategy even though he is not being directly paid by the government - instead receiving his salary via Fullbrook Solutions, in an arrangement No 10 says is "not unusual"