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Mini-budget: Kwasi Kwarteng slashes income tax in growth gamble

The Chancellor swung his axe at income tax, National Insurance, corporation tax and stamp duty in a historic mini-budget aimed at transforming Britain’s lacklustre growth rate

Evening Standard

Killing Leprechauns: Irish satirist mines British ignorance in comedy podcast

Oliver Callan questions British comics on Irish history and current affairs and finds general response is obliviousness

The Guardian - UK

Pet Club: Britain’s first police Staffie sniffer dog retires after eight years service

This week on the Mirror's Pet Club: PD Stella sniffed out thousands of pounds of stolen money, drugs including heroin, cocaine and ecstasy as well as guns and ammunition while on duty with Gloucestershire Constabulary

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Tory tax cuts for wealthy will drive 'broke, broken Britain' into 'economic chaos', critics warn

THE Tories’ emergency mini-budget has been branded a recipe for “economic chaos” as the country faces the likely recession amid warnings there…

The National (Scotland)

Kwarteng axes higher income tax for top earners and accelerates 1p cut for all

Chancellor claims abolishing 45p rate – already cut from 50p by George Osborne – ‘will make Britain more competitive’

The Independent UK

Pound plunges through $1.09 as former US Treasury secretary blasts ‘naive’ UK policies in mini-budget– as it happened

Sterling has tumbled by over three cents to 37-year low, and UK gilt yields are surging, after Kwasi Kwarteng announced huge unfunded tax cuts

The Guardian - UK

Who wants Liz Truss’s bonfire of net-zero red tape? Not big business, for a start

The Tories were once the party of business. Now all they know how to do is drag Britain back to the 1980s, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

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Palestinians Slam UK 'Review' of Israel Embassy Location

The Palestinians on Thursday said any move by Britain to move its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem would be "a blatant violation of International law". British Prime Minister Liz Truss, in New York for the UN General Assembly, told her Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid on Wednesday "about…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel PM: World Must Use Force if Iran Builds Nuclear Bomb

The international community should use military force if Iran develops nuclear weapons, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid told the United Nations on Thursday, as he reiterated support for creation of a "peaceful" Palestinian state. Israel has been conducting an intense diplomatic offensive in recent months to try to persuade the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Inside Greater Manchester's 'Investment Zone' talks - from affordable housing to job 'poaching'

Town hall leaders have flagged a string of concerns about the new low-tax initiative dubbed a 'new era for Britain'

Manchester Evening News

Five charts that will underpin chancellor’s mini-budget

From soaring inflation and gas prices to tax take and national debt, these are the trend lines that frame Kwasi Kwarteng’s calculations

The Guardian - UK

Thai Tributes to Queen Elizabeth II

In the wake of the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, Thailand has joined in paying tributes to and mourning the world's and Britain's longest-reigning monarch. Here are a few heartfelt highlights.

Bangkok Post

Kwasi Kwarteng's tax cutting 'mini-Budget' to promise 'new era for Britain' - after 12 years of Tory rule

The chancellor will scrap Boris Johnson's hike in national insurance from November 6 despite experts warning it will disproportionately benefit the richest households

Daily Mirror

UK's Truss reviews location of British embassy in Israel

British Prime Minister Liz Truss has told her Israeli counterpart she is reviewing the location of Britain's embassy in Israel, her office said on Thursday.

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Burial fit for a queen, yes, but what of monarchy's true cost?

LONDON — Many Britons are feeling poorer all the time. But their royal family is very rich indeed.

Nottingham Post

DWP Universal Credit work scheme changes to affect 120,000 claimants

"We must get Britain working again", says the chancellor

Reuters

Britain, Poland, Ukraine to strengthen defence co-operation

Britain, Poland and Ukraine will develop trilateral co-operation including by strengthening their defence capabilities and the NATO Eastern flank, according to a joint statement from their foreign ministers on Thursday.

Wales Online

Hiker who had cardiac arrest on Ben Nevis finally reaches summit with woman who saved him

Courtney Ferguson leapt into action when she saw Trevor Botwood collapse halfway up Britain's tallest mountain in the summer of 2020

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Ban on gas fracking in England lifted in push for energy independence

Britain on Thursday formally lifted a moratorium on fracking for shale gas in England that has been in place since 2019, saying strengthening the country's energy supply was an "absolute priority".

Reuters

University of Cambridge says it gained from slave trade

Britain's University of Cambridge said on Thursday it had benefited from the proceeds of slavery over its history, and promised to expand scholarships for Black students and fund more research into the murderous trade.

The Independent UK

Five Britons captured in Ukraine by pro-Russian forces ‘back in UK’

It is understood John Harding, Dylan Healy and Andrew Hill were set free alongside Shaun Pinner and Aiden Aslin and landed in Britain on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Max Whitlock opts to skip World Gymnastics Championships in Liverpool

Whitlock’s absence represents a major blow to organisers of the first World Championships to be staged in Britain since 2015.

Reuters

Britain's Prince William thanks funeral volunteers and staff

Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine on Thursday met volunteers and staff involved in Monday's funeral for Queen Elizabeth, their first in-person public engagement since the event.

Evening Standard

The Leicester riots show us how useless the BAME label now is

Successful multicultural societies are difficult to get right. When people from different communities have mixed together, they have often fought over religious or ethnic differences. Tribal loyalties usually trump any attachment to a universal humanity. Contemporary Britain is far from perfect, but it’s one of the most successful liberal and…

Reuters

Five UK prisoners released by Russia arrive in Britain

Five British prisoners of war released by Russia as part of an exchange with Ukraine have arrived back in Britain and are looking forward to spending time with their families, non-profit organisation Presidium Network said on Thursday.

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