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Kwasi Kwarteng: free marketeer and Truss’s ideological soulmate becomes chancellor

Former business secretary will be helped by close relationship with PM but takes role during historic economic storm

The Guardian - UK

More than 20,000 back stinging call for new PM to resolve WASPI dispute - letter in full

Members of the Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) campaign have called on Ms Truss and Ms Sunak to rethink and help an estimated 3.6 million women born in the 1950s impacted by the shake-up

Daily Mirror

Whitehall officials 'used government Boris plane for £50k sightseeing trip'

The 700-mile round trip took place on Wednesday afternoon, with 12 officials from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said to have got on the Airbus A321 plane

Daily Mirror

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Simon McGee to be No 10 press chief if Liz Truss becomes PM, sources say

Exclusive: former Foreign Office press secretary to split role with Adam Jones if Truss wins Tory leadership race

The Guardian - UK

East Midlands could receive new powers in first of its kind devolution deal

The region could see new wide-reaching powers as part of a devolution deal if the Government’s Levelling Up Bill passes.

The Independent UK

Jacob Rees-Mogg reveals ‘new strategy’ to sell off £1.5bn of London offices

It is not clear to what extent the planned sale is part of the Government’s pre-existing plan to move 22,000 civil servants out of the capital.

The Independent UK

'Like shouting into the abyss': Andy Burnham describes dealing with Boris Johnson

The Greater Manchester Mayor has given a withering assessment of the Prime Minister as he prepares to step down

Manchester Evening News

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Philip Hammond’s consultancy firm made almost £1m in profit

Filings cover period ex-chancellor worked for controversial clients including Saudi government

The Guardian - UK

Mayor says government should let Liverpool solve its own problems

Joanne Anderson said government officers' presence was impacting the workforce

Liverpool Echo

Commissioners deliver damning verdict on progress at Liverpool Council

Finances, contracts and management have come under fire

Liverpool Echo

Government taking over all finance and governance powers at Liverpool Council

Exclusive: Levelling Up Secretary confirms effective government takeover of troubled city council - and launches strategic panel to guide city forward chaired by Steve Rotheram

Liverpool Echo

Cyclists could be made to have registration plates and insurance – report

Whitehall review is also said to suggest cycling speed limits, along with licence penalty points and fines

The Guardian - UK

The Northern Agenda: The estate where children are struggling to breathe

A two-year-old boy died in Rochdale after being exposed to damp and mould

Chronicle Live

Government plan to cut civil servants’ redundancy pay ‘add insult to injury’, says union

Ministers want ‘job cuts on the cheap’, says PCS union – as Rishi Sunak attacks ‘bloated’ state

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak pledges to axe civil service jobs in shake up of ‘bloated’ post covid state

Tory leadership challenger warns senior civil servants they will be required to work outside London as he tries to re-ignite his campaign

The Independent UK

Sunak commits to Civil Service cuts as part of plan for Whitehall ‘shake-up’

The former chancellor said the ‘bloated post-Covid state is in need of a shake-up’.

The Guardian - UK

Ministers planning to cut civil servant redundancy pay at same time as 91,000 jobs

Exclusive: Unions warn proposal to reduce payouts by a quarter as headcount shrinks could lead to industrial action

The Guardian - UK

UK treatment of Afghan refugees ‘continues to be source of shame’

MoD sources accuse other parts of Whitehall of failing to do enough to help Afghans who worked with British forces

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Daily Mirror

Anger as 66% of Tory Levelling Up staff are based in LONDON - with just 3% in North East

Only 2.4% – 82 people – work for the department in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland combined despite the government's department's mission to spread “opportunity and prosperity around the UK”

Evening Standard

The threat of nationalisation looms if a deal can’t be done — inside the bitter battle for TfL

Government bailouts have come with untenable strings, claim TfL bosses, but without them the service faces nationalisation. Would London Mayor Sadiq Khan really be willing to risk it? Ross Lydall reports

The Guardian - UK

Public services need another £44bn by 2025 to cope with inflation, says IFS

Severe cuts to services feared as rising costs absorb a big chunk of increased departmental spending

The Independent UK

Liz Truss refuses to commit to more cost-of-living support if she becomes PM

The Tory leadership contender said tax cuts are her priority to kick-start the economy.

Wales Online

Enough is Enough – Organisers behind the campaign for more Government action on cost-of-living crisis

150,000 people sign up to new pressure group in first 24 hours

The Independent UK

Plans to slash 91,000 civil service jobs ‘would need cuts to major frontline services’

Proposal would also cost country more than £1bn in redundancy payments, review finds

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak would target Whitehall savings to fund cost-of-living winter help

The former chancellor announced the approach as his leadership rival Liz Truss maintained she is committed to helping struggling families.

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