The Latest Breaking News from Paul Johnson

Slapdown for Rees-Mogg over attack on economic forecasters

Business secretary’s broadside fuelled speculation of damning OBR verdict on Kwarteng mini-Budget

The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2022

Jacob Rees-Mogg slapped down by No10 and top expert for attacking Tories' budget watchdog

A top economist said Jacob Rees-Mogg was half-right about the government's Budget watchdog being inaccurate... because the economy is actually WORSE than it predicted

Daily Mirror · Oct 13, 2022

Unfunded tax cuts mean UK ‘will need £60bn spending cuts’

IFS says Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget will leave ministers making serious reductions in public services

The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2022

Kwasi Kwarteng shrugs off ‘little turbulence’ after U-turn over tax cut for rich

The Chancellor admitted it had been a ‘tough’ day after scrapping the abolition of the top income tax rate

Evening Standard · Oct 3, 2022

Kwasi Kwarteng accepts growth plan caused 'a little turbulence' as government U-turns over income tax cuts

Embattled Chancellor says 'it has been tough but we need to focus on the job in hand'

Birmingham Post · Oct 3, 2022

‘Massive spending cuts will still be needed’ despite Chancellor’s U-turn

Think tank experts said the Government’s mini-budget plans will still leave the UK’s public finances on an unsustainable path.

The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2022

Tories have made UK ‘laughing stock’, says donor defecting to Labour

Truss and Kwarteng are ‘zealots’ practising ‘GCSE economics’, says Gareth Quarry

The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2022

Truss economic plans remain ‘unsustainable’ despite humiliating U-turn on 45p tax rate

Reverse on giveaway to highest earners is ‘trivial’ in economic terms

The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2022

Don’t make NHS and public services pay the bill for tax cuts, Kwarteng told

‘Act of national vandalism’: Fears of five-year austerity spending freeze to reassure markets

The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2022

Michael Cunningham: For Georgia Tech football, winning more requires spending more

Georgia Tech President Ángel Cabrera said he wants his institution to be great at everything, including football. He dismissed athletic director Todd Stansbury and football coach Geoff Collins because they didn’t produce results that came close to meeting that goal.

Tribune News Service · Sep 27, 2022