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Britain to acquire two specialist ships to protect underwater infrastructure

Britain will acquire two specialist ships to protect underwater infrastructure such as cables and pipelines, defence minister Ben Wallace said on Sunday, following leaks in the Nord Stream gas pipelines from Russia to Europe.

Reuters

Conservative Party conference opens with tributes to late Queen

Members remained standing to sing the national anthem in praise of King Charles III.

The Independent UK

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…

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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,…

Evening Standard

Jacob Rees-Mogg booed as he enters Conservative Party conference

JACOB Rees-Mogg was booed loudly by protesters as he entered the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham.

The National (Scotland)

Tory chair admits he and Kwasi Kwarteng went to Budget day hedge funders' champagne bash

Jake Berry has confirmed he attended a drinks reception for business leaders - including hedge fund managers - at the home of a Tory donor hours after the mini-budget

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss blames poor communication for market chaos after mini-Budget

‘We should have laid the ground better’, says PM – but points to Putin and Covid when grilled on economy

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Liz Truss tells Tory rebels 'there is no option but to change' as she faces calls to abandon controversial tax-cutting agenda

The PM rejected calls to sack Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng after the chaos caused by his mini-budget

Manchester Evening News

Truss tells Tory rebels ‘there is no option but to change’

PM rejects calls to sack Kwasi Kwarteng over mini-Budget turmoil saying he is doing an ‘excellent job’.

The Independent UK

Tory plotters target 70 MPs to oust Liz Truss over fears she will collapse economy

Conservative Party members are speaking to up to 70 MPs in a bid to topple their new leader and Prime Minister Liz Truss amid mounting fears she will tank the UK economy

Daily Mirror

Train passengers warned 'do not travel' as rail workers strike in row over pay TODAY

Members of four trade unions will strike for 24 hours in the biggest rail walkout so far this year, which is set to cause chaos for Brits heading to sporting events including the London Marathon

Daily Mirror

Truss should resign as UK prime minister, more than half of Brits say

More than half of Britons think Liz Truss should quit as UK premier, according to a YouGov poll that adds to her woes less than a month into the job.

Tribune News Service

Trust me, UK's Truss pursues charm offensive at her party conference

British Prime Minister Liz Truss heads to her Conservative Party conference next week with a packed diary of "meet and greets" to try to win over lawmakers angry over an economic plan that triggered market chaos and badly eroded support.

Reuters

Liz Truss: are the Conservatives facing an electoral meltdown?

The Conservative party is heading into its annual conference amid the catastrophic fallout from Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget. The decision to cut tax without a plan to pay for it caused a sharp fall in the value of the pound on currency markets, which reached an all-time low against the…

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Truss faces general election debate as petition hits 145,000 signatures

Labour surges ahead with a 33-point lead over Tories. This means Labour would win by a landslide if a general election was called tomorrow.

The Independent UK

'Big impact': UK economic chaos, pound plunge hit businesses

The British government’s economic stimulus plan is designed to help people and businesses by cutting taxes and growing the economy

The Conversation

Truss's mini-budget chaos is unsettling an already-fractured Conservative Party – but is removing her worth the risk?

Prime Minister Liz Truss entered office with the less-than-ideal backdrop of a cost of living crisis and war in Ukraine. The economic turmoil her government has waged is already creating more problems for her.

Evening Standard

The Standard View: Conservative Party Conference is a timely chance to restore market confidence

It was good to hear from Liz Truss this morning across the airwaves, after days of radio silence. Amid a market meltdown — even one precipitated by the Government itself — people want to hear from their Prime Minister.

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The National (Scotland)

Scottish Tories 'in hiding' after Liz Truss breaks her silence on economy

NONE of the Conservative Party's Scottish MPs were made available for interview on BBC Good Morning Scotland on Thursday.

Reuters

Challenging 'orthodoxy,' Kwarteng clings on after UK market rout

As new British finance minister, Kwasi Kwarteng hoped to take down finance ministry groupthink that he and new Prime Minister Liz Truss saw as holding Britain back.

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

Rishi Sunak to skip Conservative party conference

Former chancellor has been keeping low profile since the leadership race ended

The Independent UK

Liz Truss tax plans ‘profoundly unconservative’ says former Tory MSP

Adam Tomkins hit out at Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget and said the UK ‘needs a Labour government’.

The New Daily

Michael Pascoe: RIP trickle-down economics – even the financial markets have given up

Trickle-down economics: The cry of “you can’t tax your way to prosperity” is joined by “you can’t tax cut your way to prosperity either”.

The Conversation

Why fracking holds such symbolic power for the Conservative right

The UK government has lifted a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing (or “fracking”) in England. In his statement, new business secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg argued that it was in the national interest for local communities to tolerate “a higher degree of risk and disturbance” given the current energy crisis.

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