The Latest Breaking News from Margaret Thatcher

Scotland will not be ‘drag on Labour ticket’ at next election, says Sarwar

Labour only have one MP in Scotland.

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2022

Personality and Power by Ian Kershaw review – follow the leader… for good or ill

The great historian’s analyses of a dozen 20th-century democrats and dictators are individually cogent but his conclusions tend to the obvious

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 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

Scottish Government will continue its ‘fairer’ approach to tax, says minister

Richard Lochhead spoke out in the wake of Friday’s mini budget from the UK Government.

The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2022

Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng have made a declaration of class war

This unofficial budget is morally indefensible, economically reckless and so risky it suggests a political death wish, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2022

Kwarteng package has ‘biggest tax cuts since 1972’, says leading economist

‘It is half a century since we have seen tax cuts announced on this scale,’ according to Paul Johnson, director of the IFS .

The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2022

Why Liz Truss is no Margaret Thatcher when it comes to the economy

The UK’s new prime minister, Liz Truss, has made no secret of her admiration of her late predecessor, Margaret Thatcher. However, anyone expecting a swift return to Thatcherite policies in 2022 should probably take a closer look at Truss’s politics.

The Conversation · Sep 22, 2022

Who is Kwasi Kwarteng, the UK’s first Black chancellor?

And how does he plan to save the UK’s imperilled economy?

Al Jazeera · Sep 22, 2022

When Trussonomics arrives, the big winner may well turn out to be Labour

The PM’s assault on economic orthodoxy is a leap in the dark with every prospect of backfiring spectacularly, says Guardian economics editor Larry Elliott

The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2022

Welcome to the First Blokes club! What can Hugh O’Leary expect as the prime minister’s husband?

Denis Thatcher seemed happy to do nothing but booze and play golf. Jacinda Ardern’s fiance throws himself into fishing. How will Liz Truss’s spouse cope with being in the spotlight?

The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2022