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UK's Truss seeks to rebuild her authority at fractious party conference

Prime Minister Liz Truss sought on Wednesday to restore her authority following a chaotic first month in power, urging her Conservative Party to trust her to secure economic growth and steer Britain through "stormy days" ahead.

Reuters

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The Prime Minister will seek to restore Tory morale as she addresses the party conference on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson third favourite to be next Conservative Party leader

Former PM is behind only Kemi Badenoch and Rishi Sunak in betting to replace under-fire Liz Truss

Wales Online

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Tory civil war grows at conference as Suella Braverman accuses MPs of ‘coup’

Liz Truss finds her party simmering with rebellion and discontent and badly lagging in national polls

Evening Standard

Police need to stop pandering to identity politics – Suella Braverman

The Home Secretary was speaking on the main stage at Conservative Party conference.

The Independent UK

Channel migrants face ban on claiming asylum in UK

Suella Braverman pledged to tackle crossings at the Conservative Party conference.

The Independent UK

Several delegates fall asleep during Therese Coffey’s speech at Tory conference

The Coffey wasn’t strong enough for some delegates at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham

Evening Standard

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Government must 'deliver on promises' to dual A1, Transport Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan says

Speech at Conservative Party conference suggests that delays to the long-promised project could be lifted

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The Standard View: Liz Truss is fighting to prove the 45p U-turn is a one-off

Liz Truss acknowledged today the need to win “hearts and minds” after market turmoil and backbench discontent forced her into a sharp U-turn over plans to scrap the 45p rate of income tax for top earners.

Evening Standard

Revealed: Boris Johnson minister ‘sexually harassed’ civil servant in latest Tory sleaze scandal

Exclusive: Former PM aware of alleged harassment but no formal investigation launched, despite victim’s calls for official investigation

The Independent UK

Treasury minister said he would like to see inheritance tax 'eliminated'

The Treasury minister Andrew Griffith told a fringe event at the Conservative Party conference he was asked during his selection in 2019 which tax if he 'had the choice' would he like to see abolished

Daily Mirror

Tory party has been 'infiltrated by Marxist ideology', claims GB News presenter

Liz Truss's Tories have been infiltrated by neo-Marxist leftists, according to a GB News presenter

The National (Scotland)

Truss defends Government record amid concerns about rising interest rates

Speaking to broadcasters as she attends a fractious Conservative Party conference, the PM said the Government would do ‘what we can to help people’.

The Independent UK

Tory councillor says she left Conservative Party over foodbank crisis

‘It’s hard to represent a party that is having such a detrimental impact,’ says Nic Stansby

The Independent UK

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Daily Mirror

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

Reuters

Truss faces new challenge over UK welfare payments

British Prime Minister Liz Truss triggered a new row in her party on Tuesday by suggesting she could limit increases in benefit payments to less than soaring inflation as she seeks ways to fund her tax-cutting growth plan.

Reuters

Britain's weakened Truss faces fight for credibility

British Prime Minister Liz Truss had hoped her governing Conservative Party's annual conference would be her crowning glory, but instead she was forced into a humiliating U-turn that has left her, and her team, fighting for credibility.

Manchester Evening News

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng branded 'patronising' after describing market turmoil as 'a little bit of turbulence'

“Laughing about the turbulence caused by this botched budget is an insult to the millions of people already facing spiralling mortgage costs"

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The National (Scotland)

'What a day': Chancellor admits 'tough' time after humiliating U-turn in defiant speech

KWASI Kwarteng began his speech to the Conservative Party conference by acknowledging it had been a "tough" day as he battled to restore…

The Independent UK

Conservative Party conference put on temporary lockdown due to ‘potential security alert’

Delegates not allowed to enter or leave International Convention Centre in Birmingham

Evening Standard

Conservative Party conference locked down by police due to potential security incident

The Conservative Party conference went into lockdown due to an unknown potential security incident, it was reported on Monday afternoon.

Liverpool Echo

Conservative Party Conference in lockdown due to 'security incident'

Delegates being kept inside "for their own safety"

The National (Scotland)

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 Guardian - UK

US pollster urges Tories to ditch culture wars

Frank Luntz tells Tory conference meeting weaponising such issues is likely to ‘win an election but lose the country’

Tribune News Service

Truss drops tax cut for top UK earners to fend off rebellion

Prime Minister Liz Truss dropped a plan to cut taxes for the U.K.’s highest earners just 10 days after announcing it, a humiliating reversal designed to fend off a mounting rebellion within her own Conservative Party.

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