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U.K. Prime Minister Truss abandons her agenda to stem market meltdown

Truss is still officially in charge, but hardly seems to be in control.

Axios

Truss sees UK vision dismantled as rivals fight for her job

LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss was clinging to power on Monday after suffering the abject humiliation of being forced to U-Turn on much of the economic program she announced only last month.

Tribune News Service

Humiliated Liz Truss sits in silence amid U-turn meltdown as Tories tell her to go

In one of the biggest U-turns in political history, the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt scrapped almost all of the mini-Budget, which has plunged the economy into crisis

Daily Mirror

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Liz Truss holds crunch No10 meeting with Cabinet as she faces calls to resign from five Tory MPs

Mss Truss swerved a House of Commons grilling on her decision to sack Kwasi Kwarteng

Evening Standard

‘Hunt’s running the show’: the day power drained away from Liz Truss

Truss’s decline from shiny new prime minister to leader in name only continues, the last 24 hours underlining just how weak she is

The Guardian - UK

‘A case of when, not if’ Tories oust Truss amid plotting

British Prime Minister Liz Truss is trying to rescue her premiership after the tax cut debacle caused a fiscal crisis and gave Labour a gargantuan polling lead over her Conservatives. But after that calamitous start, analysts doubt the Tory Party will keep Truss in power for long, even if it…

France 24

Jeremy Hunt shreds Truss’s economic plans in astounding U-turn on tax

New chancellor tells Commons there will be tax rises and spending cuts, as PM dodges urgent question

The Guardian - UK

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Up was down, night was day. And was the prime minister OK?

Librium Liz appeared for a brief, silent cameo in the Commons as her captors, Jeremy Hunt and Penny Mordaunt, held court

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss looked 'anxious' and as if she'd 'been punched' in 'unreal' Commons appearance

Liz Truss looked as nervous as someone who had been "physically punched" after she snuck into the House of Commons and sat silent in the chamber for 29 minutes as her colleague was grilled over the Government's "grotesque chaos"

Daily Mirror

With the energy price climbdown, Liz Truss has probably sealed her own fate

It’s unclear why the PM would stay in office now; Hunt has become the face of change and Mordaunt made smart moves in her place

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss meeting with Graham Brady when she swerved Commons grilling on Kwasi Kwarteng

The Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt stood in for the Prime Minister to answer questions from the opposition

Evening Standard

Watch: Mordaunt insists PM Liz Truss ‘not under a desk’ hiding from MPs

A Government minister insisted Liz Truss was “not under a desk” hiding from MPs after the Prime Minister was urged to quit. Shouts of “where is she?” and “weak” could be heard in the Commons after Penny Mordaunt deputised for Ms Truss to respond to an urgent question on the…

Evening Standard

Fifth Tory MP calls for Truss to quit as she fails to stand up to scrutiny

A FIFTH Tory MP has called for Liz Truss to go after she failed to stand up to scrutiny in the House of Commons for binning her entire economic…

The National (Scotland)

The Mancunian Way: Switch on is off

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Daily Mirror

Awkward Liz Truss spends 29 silent minutes in Commons humiliation over her Budget

The lame duck Prime Minister has been missing in action since she sacked her long-time ally Kwasi Kwarteng on Friday as Chancellor and U-turned on her tax-cutting agenda

The Independent UK

Liz Truss jeered as she turns up in Commons after mystery absence

Penny Mordaunt refuses to reveal ‘very good reason’ PM failed to turn up to answer Labour question

Wales Online

Thunderous laughter as Commons leader tries to insist the Prime Minister isn't 'cowering under her desk'

Commons leader Penny Mordaunt has been taking questions from MPs in the Prime Minister's absence

The Guardian - UK

At this rate, the next PM will be the chasm where Suella Braverman’s soul should be

The Tory party is already lining up its next leader, running through all its MPs in ever-decreasing quality, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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Why wasn't Liz Truss in Parliament? Penny Mourdant denies PM was 'cowering under her desk' as she was missing from urgent question

The Prime Minister was absent from the Commons today during an urgent question on the Prime Minister’s decision to appoint a new Chancellor - but did arrive

The Independent UK

UK leader in peril after Treasury chief axes 'Trussonomics'

New U.K. Treasury chief Jeremy Hunt has reversed most of an economic package announced by the government just weeks ago, including a planned cut in income taxes

The Independent UK

Prime Minister Liz Truss ‘is not under a desk’ hiding from MPs, Penny Mordaunt insists

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer mocked Ms Truss as he said: ‘The lady is not for turning – up.’

Evening Standard

Hunt tears up mini-budget as Truss dodges questions

I’m not sure how much I ever bought the old adage that 90 per cent of success is about showing up. But when you are the prime minister, you have sacked your chancellor of 38 days and his replacement has just gone on television to repudiate your mini-budget and entire…

The Independent UK

Liz Truss accused of ‘hiding away’ after sending Penny Mordaunt to face MPs in her place

‘The lady’s not for turning up’: Starmer mocks no-show PM

The Guardian - UK

Electing a new leader would be risky – but these are desperate times for the Tories

Getting rid of Truss may be the only way for Conservative MPs to save their skins, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Independent UK

Liz Truss to dodge MPs’ questions, sending Penny Mordaunt instead

Sir Keir Starmer secured urgent question in bid to force PM to the despatch box

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