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Raft of legislation for the chop amid focus on growth over regulation

New cabinet ministers ditch bill of rights, energy reforms, obesity strategy and cap on bankers bonuses, with more to follow

The Guardian - UK

Feeding families at people’s pantries

The Guardian - UK

Former London mayor candidate Zac Goldsmith sacked by Liz Truss as environment minister

The Tory peer is staying on in his role at the Foreign Office

Evening Standard

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Questions over whether Liz Truss can handle 'robust' advice after Treasury sacking

The government's decision to dismiss Sir Tom Scholar has been branded "pretty disgraceful" and "worrying" by former civil service chief Lord Kerslake

Daily Mirror

Zac Goldsmith loses environment job amid fears of animal welfare downgrade

Exclusive: Liz Truss strips Conservative peer of environment minister post but he is expected to keep Foreign Office role

The Guardian - UK

Tensions rise as UK refuses to back down in EU Northern Ireland protocol row

Brussels has accused the government of acting illegally after refusing to bring in full checks on goods entering Northern Ireland, as agreed in the 2019 post-Brexit dea

Daily Mirror

Fracking: if Liz Truss wants a major shale gas industry, she is 280 million years late

In some respects, the UK has been among the world’s most successful countries at taking action against climate change over the past few decades. Yet that progress could be reversed and thrown away for a few years of slightly cheaper gas for a few people, and a lot of profits…

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Liz Truss hope for meeting with Joe Biden ahead of Queen’s funeral

Political ‘issues’ likely to come up as PM hosts world leaders this weekend, says No 10

The Independent UK

Kwasi Kwarteng considers removing cap on bankers’ bonuses

This is a government in a hurry. Boris Johnson secured an 80-seat majority but due to a combination of Covid, scandal and ideological torpor, did not get much done. Liz Truss, on the other hand, has no plans to let this majority go to waste.

Evening Standard

Liz Truss hopes for meeting with Joe Biden ahead of Queen’s funeral

It would be their first meeting since she became Prime Minister.

The Independent UK

Emergency mini-budget to be delivered next week as tax-cutting plan to be unveiled

Details of how the funding for the £2500 cap on fuel bills will be paid for should be in the statement.

Daily Record

Kwarteng set to deliver mini-budget next Friday

A separate announcement on energy packages is also expected next week, possibly on Wednesday or Thursday

Insider UK

Dissenting voices on royal mourning have been silenced. This is ‘cancel culture’

Fear of being attacked by a rightwing mob is stifling freedom of expression following the Queen’s death, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Anger as Chinese leaders invited to Queen's funeral - despite Ambassador's Parliament ban

A group of MPs and peers said it was 'extraordinary that the architects of genocide' against Uighur Muslims were asked to attend the Queen's funeral

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Date set for Kwasi Kwarteng's emergency Budget next week

It is understood that a separate announcement on an energy package is also expected next week, possibly on Wednesday or Thursday

The National (Scotland)

'Tory plot to boost banker bonuses shows party wants to fill their pals' pockets', SNP say

Kwasi Kwarteng, the new Chancellor, is reportedly mulling plans to scrap the cap on bankers’ bonuses introduced by the EU in 2014

Daily Mirror

Almost 200 everyday heroes invited to Queen's funeral joining royals and world leaders

A select group of people who were recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours in June have been invited to attend the ceremony at Westminster Abbey from 11am on Monday

Daily Record

Queen's funeral guidance for schools, transport and healthcare offered to public

The Scottish Government has issued guidance for businesses and essential services for the day of the Queen's funeral.

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Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng to deliver 'mini Budget' next Friday

The new chancellor is expected to unveil further details on the energy price cap and Liz Truss's tax-cutting pledges on 23 September

The Independent UK

A message to Liz Truss? Macron praises France’s ‘unbreakable tie’ with UK after call with King Charles III

The French president said the two nations will ‘follow the path laid by Queen Elizabeth II’

The Independent UK

Brexit: UK tells EU it will extend grace periods on Northern Ireland border checks

EU expected to hold off on further escalation in row, despite unilateral move by Liz Truss government

The Guardian - UK

Kwasi Kwarteng to deliver emergency mini-budget on 23 September

Chancellor to bring in winter tax cuts and announce further energy support at end of mourning period

The Independent UK

UK risks angering EU further with response to post-Brexit legal threats

The Government is understood to have told Brussels it will continue with the grace periods relating to the Northern Ireland Protocol.

The Conversation

Why Black Wednesday still matters – it was the start of markets telling politicians what to do

I spent Black Wednesday – the day the markets successfully bet against the power of the British government to prop up the pound sterling – on the 28th floor of Dresdner Bank’s headquarters in Frankfurt. I had just been hired as an exchange-student intern in the back office for currency…

Daily Record

Nicola Sturgeon cancels trip to New York to attend United Nations

The First Minister was expected to fly to the United States next week to attend a series of events on climate change.

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