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Britain to learn who will succeed Johnson as prime minister

Britain finally learns who its next prime minister will be after two months of political uncertainty during which energy prices skyrocketed and tens of thousands of workers went on strike

The Independent UK

Ideological strength could be Liz Truss’s key weakness, hopes Labour

Party weighs up foreign secretary’s vulnerabilities as it hones tactics to defeat her in No 10

The Guardian - UK

Monday briefing: How Liz Truss’s first week, 100 days and year in power could unfold

In today’s newsletter: From forming a cabinet to countering Covid, how will the presumptive next prime minister get started?

The Guardian - UK

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Lords could amend energy bill to protect poorest households

Government likely to block some of the expected amendments by influential peers at committee stage

The Guardian - UK

Ditch price cap for ‘free basic energy’ plan to help poorest, report says

New Economics Foundation sets out proposals for government to pay for gas and electricity use up to a limit

The Guardian - UK

Truss will pay under £2,000 for Downing Street winter energy bills, Labour says

State subsidies for No 10 and No 11 mean she will be insulated from soaring energy costs for households

The Guardian - UK

No matter who wins Tory leadership Scotland will lose out, Ian Blackford warns

THE SNP has warned that Scotland will lose out no matter who wins the keys to Downing Street in the Tory leadership race.

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Liz Truss to be UK's new PM after winning Conservative leadership race

Liz Truss was named Britain’s next prime minister on Monday, winning a leadership race for the governing Conservative Party at a time when the country faces a cost of living crisis, industrial unrest and a recession.

France 24

Liz Truss as Prime Minister will be the wrong right turn for Britain

Record View writes Scots must brace themselves today for the most avowedly right-wing prime minister since Margaret Thatcher.

Daily Record

Liz Truss – live: New PM to be announced as Tories warned ‘divided parties lose elections’

Conservative MPs urged to support any cost of living plans set out by Boris Johnson’s successor

The Independent UK

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The Hindu

What the papers say – September 5

Arrests over the murder of Olivia Pratt-Korbel features among the front-page stories.

The Independent UK

Tory front-runner Truss vows fast action on cost of living

Liz Truss, who is expected to become Britain's prime minister this week, has pledged to act within a week to tackle a cost-of-living crisis fueled by soaring energy bills linked to the war in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Liz Truss vows tax cuts after winning vote to be next British Prime Minister

Liz Truss will become Britain's next prime minister after winning a leadership race for the governing Conservative Party on Monday, vowing to press ahead with promised tax cuts and action to tackle a deepening energy and cost of living crisis.

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The Independent UK

Liz Truss ‘strongly considering freeze for energy bills due to economic squeeze’

The Foreign Secretary is widely tipped to win the Conservative leadership race on Monday.

The Independent UK

Kwarteng insists Truss would be ‘fiscally responsible’ as PM as he seeks to reassure markets

Kwasi Kwarteng is tipped to be Britain’s next chancellor

The Independent UK

Freeze energy prices and call an election, Scottish Labour leader tells new PM

Labour currently enjoys a health lead in the polls over the Tories.

The Independent UK

Scottish Government pledges fiscal review two weeks after UK emergency budget

Scottish ministers announced plans to review this year’s budget to identify extra funding to tackle the cost of living crisis.

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The end of the party? What’s next for Boris Johnson and divided Tories

The Conservative Party has torn itself – and its record – apart during the leadership battle, writes Andrew Grice. Can it come back through the cost of living crisis to regain credibility? And does Boris Johnson still harbour hopes of a Churchillian comeback?

Daily Mirror

'New PM, same old Tory disinterest and lack of concern, is giving us the blues'

Haughty Liz Truss lecturing householders and small businesses to wait another week is the arrogance of a Tory divorced from reality, writes the Voice of the Mirror

Daily Mirror

'Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer in poll position as Tories lose trust in Liz Truss'

Liz Truss is brazenly championing the wealthy few over the on-the-breadline many in her Thatcher tribute act, writes Kevin Maguire

The Independent UK

Refugees minister quits government and declares his job ‘essentially complete’

Lord Harrington says process now in place ‘that means there won’t necessarily be need for minister like myself’

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss tells struggling Brits to 'wait a week' for new energy bills plan

The No10 race victor will be unveiled at lunchtime tomorrow with Foreign Secretary Ms Truss refusing to outline how she would help households

The Independent UK

Liz Truss warns she will make unpopular decisions as prime minister and defends tax cuts for wealthy

On cost of living crisis the likely new prime minister says ‘Britain has been through worse’

The Guardian - UK

Refugees minister who refused to endorse Rwanda policy quits

Richard Harrington declares his job ‘essentially complete’ day before Liz Truss expected to be named new PM

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