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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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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.

Reuters

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

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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.

The Independent UK

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?

The Independent UK

'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

Daily Mirror

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’

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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

Manchester Evening News

Joe Lycett applauded for 'grade A trolling' of Liz Truss on new BBC politics show while others are 'disgusted'

The comedian mocked the Tory leadership candidate over the energy bills crisis on Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg

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The Independent UK

Iceland boss forced to shelve new store openings after latest energy bill rose by £20m

Managing director Richard Walker says frozen food retailer is ‘fighting to keep lights on’

Manchester Evening News

Dinner after 8pm and delaying washes - what we might have to do to avoid blackouts this winter

Energy rationing measures in place in other countries could be heading here

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak ‘will back new government’ but does not rule out standing in future leadership race

The former chancellor said he would continue as an MP regardless of the result of the current race for the keys to Number 10

Daily Mirror

Joe Lycett gives Laura Kuenssberg bizarre gift after 'genius' BBC show appearance

Comedian Joe Lycett impressed fans during his appearance on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, leaving them in stitches. And later revealed he also gave her an unusual gift

The National (Scotland)

Liz Truss's energy proposals 'dangerously short-sighted', SNP warn

LIZ Truss’s proposals to pursue more nuclear power and allow fracking are “negligently wrong-headed and dangerously short-sighted”,…

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan calls for ‘Covid-style’ support package to tackle soaring energy bill crisis

Mr Khan is calling for targeted support for the most vulnerable which includes a “lifeline tariff” to ensure the poorest receive a basic amount of free energy every day

Daily Mirror

Joe Lycett fans in stitches as comedian 'derails' Laura Kuenssberg's new BBC show

Comedian Joe Lycett joined Laura Kuenssberg on her new BBC politics show, which saw him pretend to be right-wing in a straight-faced ruse

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