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The Latest Breaking News from Liz Truss

Deny severance payouts to rule-breaking ministers – Lib Dems

Some who received payments last year returned to government within months, the party said.

The Independent UK

Government minister says inheritance tax is ‘deeply unfair’ as Sunak ‘plans to scrap’ levy

Rishi Sunak is said to be preparing to announce a cut in the levy – or even scrap it altogether

The Independent UK

Inheritance tax ‘punitive’ and ‘unfair’, says minister as Sunak mulls change

Grant Shapps said: ‘I just lost a parent and I can understand entirely why people find inheritance tax particularly punitive.’

The Independent UK

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'Horrendous politics': Outrage as Rishi Sunak 'considers scrapping inheritance tax'

POLITICIANS and economists have reacted with outrage amid reports Rishi Sunak is drawing up plans to slash inheritance tax.

The National (Scotland)

Rishi Sunak ‘could slash inheritance tax’ in dramatic shake-up

The state of the nation’s finances mean there is little prospect of a change in the near future.

Evening Standard

Sunak ‘to cut inheritance tax’ in boon for Britain’s wealthiest – and wants to abolish it altogether

The state of the nation’s finances mean there is little prospect of a change in the near future.

The Independent UK

A year after Truss’s demolition job, the UK is still in a hole

Her worst ideas were reversed, but today’s economy is similarly floundering, as Sunak prepares for his own autumn budget

The Guardian - UK

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Rishi Sunak considering inheritance tax cut, report says

No 10 plays down speculation PM would reduce rate of tax, which only affects around 4% of deaths a year

The Guardian - UK

Sunak reportedly considering inheritance tax cut

The state of the nation’s finances mean there is little prospect of a change in the near future.

The Independent UK

Battles, old flames and key narratives: a look ahead to conference season

From Liz Truss to Jeremy Corbyn, Brexit to net zero, who are the key figures and crucial issues to look out for at the main party conferences?

The Guardian - UK

Angus Robertson to join Rutherglen by-election campaign trail for pro-EU day

ANGUS Robertson is set to join Katy Loudon on the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election trail as part of a pro-EU campaign day.

The National (Scotland)

Mortgage payments in blue wall ‘up by £3,000 after Truss’, Lib Dems say

The party is branding the increase a ‘Truss tax’ as it seeks to target traditionally Conservative seats in southern England.

The Independent UK

Liz Truss dubbed PM ‘Russi Sunak’ in row over Russian invasion, book claims

Liz Truss once branded her successor as Prime Minister “Russi Sunak” in a row over the government’s response to the invasion of Ukraine, according to a new book.

Evening Standard

The Guardian view on British attitudes: a nation of possibilities

Editorial: This year’s 40th annual survey of the way we think reveals a country that, for all its flaws, is more liberal and more social democratic than before

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‘We lost about £100,000’: one year on, Britons count cost of the mini-budget

People who lost money for care home fees and others facing rocketing mortgage costs after Truss’s gambit share their stories

The Guardian - UK

Lib Dems’ Ed Davey to make £5bn-a-year pledge on care in England

On eve of party conference, leader says he feels a heavy responsibility to help get Conservatives out of power

The Guardian - UK

The ‘I was right’ wing: Truss and May do their best to rewrite history

Tory leaders are on the redemption trail, Britain’s neediest man is back on reality TV and Ange Ball wins me over

The Independent UK

Starmer vows more powers for OBR so Truss budget ‘disaster’ never happens again

The Labour leader said ministers would be legally bound to consult the official fiscal watchdog on tax and spending changes under his party’s plans.

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Evening Standard

Labour says budget watchdog won’t be ‘gagged’ in future after disastrous Truss tenure

Planned boost to OBR’s powers outlined a year on from the Truss-Kwarteng mini-budget

The Guardian - UK

Junking green policies, junking investment: scorched-earth Conservatism is all Sunak offers now

The cavalier way in which the latest U-turn has been presented reveals a government and a PM scrabbling for survival, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

Tell us: how have you been affected by the aftermath of last year’s mini-budget?

A year on from Liz Truss’s government’s mini-budget, we’re interested to hear how the aftermath of the event has affected UK householders in the past 12 months

The Guardian - UK

‘Wishful thinking’ for Sunak to say UK on course to meet emissions targets, says Climate Change Committee boss – as it happened

Climate Change Committee head says ‘we’ve moved backwards’ after PM defends decision to delay ban on selling new petrol and diesel cars

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss’s comeback defies all belief – until you understand the rotten forces making it possible

A weak PM, a dying government, a radicalised rightwing press: these are the foundations of Truss’s unlikely relaunch, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

See Sunak’s green retreat for what it is: a ruthless short-term electoral gamble

The PM has calculated that he can gain points with his party membership and skew byelection results. But at what cost, asks Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The National (Scotland)

Rishi Sunak abandons promise to daughters on climate change

PERHAPS before making his latest U-turn on climate commitments, Rishi Sunak should have listened to his own family.

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