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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

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)

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

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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

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

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

Conservative Party conference opens with tributes to late Queen

Members remained standing to sing the national anthem in praise of King Charles III.

The Independent UK

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House of Commons tributes to the Queen end after more than 18 hours

The second day of tributes ran for more than seven hours.

The Independent UK

King Charles attends special audience with Liz Truss and Cabinet members

Liz Truss and her Cabinet held an audience with King Charles III after an Accession Council meeting saw him officially made the monarch, succeeding his mum Queen Elizabeth II

Daily Mirror

Watch: King Charles approves bank holiday for day of Queen’s state funeral

The day of the Queen’s funeral has been confirmed as a bank holiday after approval by the King. The date of the state funeral has not yet been announced but it is expected to take place on Monday September 19. The bank holiday confirmation came when the King approved an…

Evening Standard

Former PMs join Prince of Wales and Queen in solemn Accession Council ceremony

Five former prime ministers including Sir Tony Blair and Sir John Major were among the Privy Counsellors who heard Charles proclaimed as the new King.

The Independent UK

Liz Truss and senior MPs swear oath of loyalty to King Charles in House of Commons

Cabinet ministers and senior MPs lined up to swear an oath to the monarch - something that normally happens after a general election

Daily Mirror

Penny Mordaunt leads accession council ceremony of King Charles III

The first such historic event to be held in 70 years was attended by judges, archbishops and ex-prime ministers

The Guardian - UK

King Charles declares Queen Elizabeth's funeral a bank holiday in Scotland

Following the death of Britain's longest serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, a funeral has been arranged for Monday September 19. The day has been declared a bank holiday by the sovereign.

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Accession Council proclaims Charles as King as crowds gather for ceremony in London

The formal proclamation making Charles King was signed by senior figures including Queen Consort Camilla and Prince William, former British prime ministers and the archbishops of Canterbury and York.

The Independent UK

What is Accession Council? King Charles’s proclamation ceremony to be televised live

Tory MP Penny Mordaunt will lead the ceremony to be televised for very first time. Adam Forrest takes a closer look at what to expect

The Independent UK

What happens this weekend as Charles proclaimed King after Queen’s death

Charles became King when his mother Queen Elizabeth passed away but weekend will see formal ceremonies take place

Leeds Live

MP's brother Edward Mordaunt called himself 'Teddy Eddie' and sent indecent images to 'teenage girl'

The brother of Leader of the Commons MP Penny Mordaunt has been in court for attempting to engage a child in sexual communication

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The Independent UK

King Charles III: What is the Accession Council and how will proceedings unfold?

New monarch to be formally recognised by historic body on Saturday morning

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss clearly had a plan for her first week, but fate tore it up

There was a reshuffle, a No 10 overhaul and an energy package before she suddenly found herself leading a nation in mourning

The Independent UK

Cabinet share ‘fond’ memories of Queen and reflect in moment of silence

Ministers paid their respects to the monarch at a meeting in Downing Street.

Evening Standard

Palace announces plans for King Charles’s Accession Council

King Charles III will be formally proclaimed monarch in the State Apartments of St James’s Palace at 10am on Saturday

The Independent UK

Palace announces plans for King’s televised Accession Council

King Charles III will be formally proclaimed monarch in the State Apartments of St James’s Palace at 10am on Saturday.

The Independent UK

Charles III to be formally proclaimed King in historic ceremony on Saturday

New monarch to hold first Privy Council meeting at St James’s Palace

Wales Online

Date when Charles will formally be proclaimed King at Accession Council

A new Sovereign succeeds to the throne as soon as their predecessor dies and is proclaimed as soon as possible at an Accession Council in St James's Palace

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