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Liz Truss plots to reduce benefits to help fund tax cuts for the rich

THE Tory government is set to cut benefits in real terms in order to fund tax cuts for the rich, according to reports.

The National (Scotland)

Asian stocks sink on German inflation, British tax cuts

Asian stocks have sunk again after German inflation spiked higher, British Prime Minister Liz Truss defended a tax-cut plan that rattled investors and Chinese manufacturing weakened

The Independent UK

Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng double down on mini-budget as Chancellor visits Darlington

Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng have insisted their £45bn package of tax cuts is the "right plan" despite chaos on financial markets, and fears of rocketing mortgage bills

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UK's Labour has 33-pt lead over ruling Conservatives -YouGov poll

Britain's opposition Labour party has surged to a 33-point lead over the ruling Conservatives, according to a YouGov poll on Thursday, after days of chaos in financial markets triggered by the government's planned tax cuts.

Reuters

Tax cuts funded on backs of poor ‘morally indefensible’, say campaigners

Government could seek to reduce welfare benefits spending in wake of recent mini-budget

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss: Tory tax cuts would 'turbocharge' Scottish economy

LIZ Truss has urged the Scottish Government to replicate her government's tax-slashing budget - saying it could help "turbocharge" the…

The National (Scotland)

The UK's economic turmoil doesn't have to be ours

Lack of coordination between monetary and fiscal policy is hurting the UK economy and threatening a global currency crisis. What might that mean for NZ?

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Poorest in society will pay most for Tory tax cuts, Kwasi Kwarteng signals

Kwasi Kwarteng refused to say if benefits would rise with inflation next April amid warnings that families face destitution if they do not.

Daily Record

A global problem? Liz Truss’s claims on financial chaos fact-checked

We look at claims made by the PM and the chief secretary to the Treasury that have raised eyebrows

The Guardian - UK

Nicola Sturgeon confirms Scottish Government won't repeat Tory tax cuts that 'crashed the pound'

The First Minister warned some Scots were now "terrified" of their ability to heat their homes and pay their mortgages this winter.

Daily Record

Treasurer Jim Chalmers flags new budget strategy, but tax cap 'plucked from the air' can stay for now

The Albanese government's first federal budget will include a significant rewriting of official budget guidelines and will also see forecasts for unemployment revised as a "consequence" of a deteriorating global outlook, the treasurer has flagged.

ABC News

Liz Truss called out by Bristol radio presenter for giving 'scripted answers'

The Prime Minister hasn't been in the media since the government announced a series of tax cuts in its 'mini budget' on Friday

Bristol Post

Tories threaten to cut benefits and the state to pay for tax cuts for the rich

As post-mini-Budget chaos engulfs Britain, Treasury minister Chris Philp refused to rule out a real-terms cut to DWP Universal Credit, asked for 'efficiency savings' and said 'I'm not going to apologise'

Daily Mirror

Mini-budget to pile on debt interest, warns Tony Blair Institute

Kwasi Kwarteng’s growth plan included £45bn of tax cuts

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Chancellor’s mini-budget to pile on debt interest, warns Tony Blair Institute

It comes after days of market turmoil as traders swallowed the impact of the Chancellor’s growth plan, which included £45 billion of tax cuts.

Evening Standard

Treasury minister says ‘we’ll press ahead with tax cuts’ as Tory backlash grows amid market turmoil

Cabinet ministers ‘to be told to make efficiency savings’ amid growing Tory backlash over mini-Budget chaos

Wales Online

Government departments 'will be asked to make spending cuts to balance budget'

It comes after the markets went into turmoil following the Chancellor's £45 billion package of tax cuts

The National (Scotland)

Expert issues grave warning over Tory tax cut threat to devolution and Scotland's NHS

A TOP expert on devolution has issued a grave warning that the Tory government’s damaging tax cuts threaten the future of devolution and…

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The Guardian - AU

Britain’s trickle-down budget idiocy offers a clear lesson for Australia on our stage 3 tax cuts

The stage 3 tax cuts were always the worst policy, but now they are being done at the worst time

The Conversation

Universal credit changes: increasing pressure on part-time workers is the wrong move at the worst time

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has laid out the government’s “mini budget”, a package of tax cuts that will mostly benefit the wealthiest in Britain. But people on the other end of the income scale are facing changes too.

The Independent UK

Economic storm tests UK's new leader, alarms Conservatives

Britain’s new Prime Minister Liz Truss is under pressure to reverse announced tax cuts that have triggered a financial crisis in an already struggling economy

The Independent UK

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 Conversation

Only a U-turn by the government or the Bank of England will calm UK financial markets

The Bank of England has promised to take action to calm the financial market mayhem that has followed the announcement of major tax cuts by the UK government.

Evening Standard

What is the IMF and what did it say about the Government’s fiscal plans?

The IMF claims the £45 billion-worth of tax cuts will likely increase inequality in the UK

The National (Scotland)

UK faces 'economic situation not seen in living memory' says First Minister

Nicola Sturgeon said that the impact of the sweeping tax cuts could lead to an economic crisis worse than the 2008 global financial crash

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