The Latest Breaking News from Penny Mordaunt

Kwasi Kwarteng blames Queen's death for Budget shambles as Tories plunge into all-out war

Under-fire Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng said the national mourning period added to pressure in the build-up to his Commons statement - which plunged the Conservatives’ poll ratings into freefall

Daily Mirror · Oct 4, 2022

Uproar and disorder: day 3 of the Conservative conference circus

A day after the chancellor’s forced tax-cut reversal, the Tories in Birmingham were still performing some jagged manoeuvres

The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2022

Liz Truss faces mounting anger from MPs as Tory party conference descends into bitter in-fighting

The Prime Minister has been criticised by MPs from her own party for refusing to increase benefits in line with inflation.

Daily Record · Oct 4, 2022

UK's Truss vows to listen as she reels from policy U-turns

British Prime Minister Liz Truss has insisted she is leading “a listening government” that learns from its mistakes

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2022

Liz Truss refuses to rule out real-terms benefits cuts

PM facing fresh battle with MPs as she declines to commit to raising benefits in line with inflation

The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2022

Liz Truss refuses to rule out real-terms cuts to benefits

PRIME Minister Liz Truss has refused to rule out real-terms benefit cuts in order to help pay for her government’s tax-cutting growth plan.

The National (Scotland) · Oct 4, 2022

Defiant Liz Truss faces full-scale Tory revolt as she plots to cut benefits for poor

One Nation Tory Damian Green said Liz Truss would 'probably not' get benefit cuts through Parliament - as even serving minister Penny Mordaunt warned she must not 'help people with one hand and take away with another'

Daily Mirror · Oct 4, 2022

Liz Truss says she wants to cut top rate of tax eventually and says she does trust Kwasi Kwarteng as chancellor – as it happened

PM says says she backs idea to abolish tax cut for high earners in principle despite shelving it for now

The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2022

Liz Truss’ history of U-turns after first major reversals as Prime Minister

The Prime Minister has history of U-turns, both large and small

The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2022

Tory Penny Mordaunt says 'our comms is s***' and can't promise Truss will last two years

Penny Mordaunt earned the dubious honour of being the last minister to publicly defend Liz Truss's tax cuts for the rich - saying 'our policies are great, but our comms is s***!'

Daily Mirror · Oct 3, 2022