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What train strikes are happening in October and how will rail passengers be affected?

After the rail unions announced a series of 24-hour strikes and vowed to shut down the railway, this is the state of play

The Independent UK

Truss and Kwarteng put on display of unity after U-turn over top rate of tax

The Prime Minister and Chancellor toured a construction site in Birmingham in an attempt to illustrate their joint commitment to economic growth.

The Independent UK

7 most Tory things we've seen at the Conservative Party Conference 2022

The array of gifts on sale at the party conference centre in Birmingham include Conservative cufflinks in the shape of the party's famous oak tree going for £20.

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Maddest moments from past Tory conferences - Theresa May’s P45 to Truss' pork markets

The Conservative Party Conference is currently underway in Birmingham, with prime minister Liz Truss and Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng in attendance as they discuss policies and U-turns

Daily Mirror

Four-day week pilot: Boss reveals the seven key things he's learnt so far

Tyler Grange has offices located in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol, Exeter and Cirencester

Birmingham Post

Watch: Kwarteng shrugs off ‘little turbulence’ after U-turn over tax cut for rich

Kwasi Kwarteng has sought to shrug off the chaos that triggered his astonishing U-turn on income tax cuts for the highest earners as a “little turbulence” as he battled to regain authority. The Chancellor remarked it had been a “tough” day as he told Conservative members in his set-piece conference…

Evening Standard

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

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Hungry families at food bank - five miles from champagne-quaffing Tory conference

The Mirror visited the Tyseley Foodbank in Birmingham, across the city from where Conservatives are gathered for their annual jamboree

Daily Mirror

Birmingham Airport chiefs 'thrilled' as Air India launches new flights to Delhi and Amritsar

'We’re doing backward somersaults of joy at the prospect of increasing our India flight frequency'

Birmingham Post

Inside city's red light district, where sex sold from 8am and syringes left on ground

Sex work, drug use and anti-social behavior in a Birmingham suburb is leaving business owners and residents exasperated and scared. They are calling for the police and local council to take action

Daily Mirror

David Bond: Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng in bombshell 45p tax cut U-turn

Kwasi Kwarteng was forced into a screeching U-turn on Monday on his plan to ditch the 45p top rate of income tax.With the ink hardly dry on his mini-budget 10 days ago, the Chancellor bowed to a revolt of Tory MPs opposed to him abolishing the tax rate for people…

Evening Standard

Tory conference locked down by police amid 'potential security alert'

POLICE have locked down the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham because of a “potential security alert”.

The National (Scotland)

Encore Personnel acquired by Italy-based Gi Group

Encore was set up in Leicester in 2002 and has branches in Leicester, Birmingham and across the Midlands

Birmingham Post

Young Tory chair who called Birmingham 'a dump' temporarily quits his role

Daniel Grainger apologised and deleted the tweet after it went viral on Saturday afternoon, with the West Midlands Mayor Andy Street urging him to leave the city.

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Evening Standard

This endless Tory chaos is now starting to wear very thin for the country

One of the axioms of communication is that nobody ever had a communication problem who didn’t have a real problem. Liz Truss and her diminishing band of supporters have been trying to argue that her political problems are really just flaws in presentation but they are kidding themselves. The mood…

Liverpool Echo

Lizzo UK tour 2023: tickets, presale and full guide to dates in Manchester, London O2 and more

Lizzo will perform in Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow, London and Dublin on her new Special Tour

Birmingham Post

Bar and restaurant firm Arc Inspirations to open five new sites creating 500 new jobs

Plans for sites in cities including Newcastle, Nottingham, Sheffield and Birmingham come as the firm publishes record revenues

Daily Mirror

Calls mount for free school meal overhaul as 74% of Brits want scheme widened

Delegates at Tory conference in Birmingham were confronted by billboards urging them to back the Mirror and the National Education Union(NEU) campaign to end child hunger

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UK to build a second ship to stop Russian saboteurs damaging undersea cables

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace made the announcement at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham

The Guardian - UK

Jacob Rees-Mogg booed outside Tory conference in Birmingham

Business secretary given police escort as protests take place over rising cost of living and government policies

Evening Standard

Jacob Rees-Mogg booed by protesters in Birmingham as Tory conference kicks off

Jacob Rees-Mogg has been chased and heckled by protesters in Birmingham where the Conservative Party conference is getting under way. The Business Secretary faced a hostile reception as he crossed Victoria Square in the city centre, where hundreds of demonstrators had gathered to vent their anger at the Government. Escorted…

Evening Standard

Britain has ‘too many’ low-skilled migrants, Home Secretary says

Britain has too many low-skilled migrant workers and very high numbers of international students, Home Secretary Suella Braverman has said. Ms Braverman told the Sun on Sunday the government aims to stick to a 2019 election pledge to lower net migration, in an interview ahead of the Conservative Party conference,…

Daily Mirror

Iceland boss wants Universal Credit to rise £20 a week to help struggling Brits

Richard Walker told a fringe discussion at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham that Kwasi Kwarteng's mini-budget did not do enough to help those on low incomes, and called for the £20 Universal Credit uplift to be reinstated

Daily Mirror

Jacob Rees-Mogg booed by protesters shouting 'Tory scum' as he arrives at party conference

The Business Secretary was escorted by police officers as members of the crowd shouted “Tory scum” and "Moggy, moggy, moggy, out, out, out" in the centre of Birmingham

Daily Record

Jacob Rees-Mogg chased and booed by protesters outside Tory party conference

The Tory toff faced a hostile reception as he crossed Victoria Square in the city centre, where hundreds of demonstrators had gathered to vent their anger at the Government.

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