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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.

Wales Online

'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 Independent UK

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

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.

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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.

Evening Standard

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.

The National (Scotland)

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.

Reuters

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

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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 Independent UK

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 New Daily

$Why fracking holds such symbolic power for the Conservative right$

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.

The Conversation

Government White Paper on independent football regulator due in autumn, FSA told

It was reported last week that new Prime Minister Liz Truss and her Government could abandon the plans.

The Independent UK

Tory Party conference: What time is Liz Truss’ speech today?

The Conservative Party Conference will also feature speeches from newly appointed Cabinet members

Evening Standard

I ‘absolutely get’ the need for football reform, says new sports minister

Stuart Andrew replaced Nigel Huddleston following the change of Conservative Party leader.

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Manchester Evening News

Gary Neville denies plot to run for Labour in Greater Manchester while attacking Tories

"They continue to just laugh at us constantly with what they’re doing"

Liverpool Echo

Gary Neville blasts 'immoral' tax cuts for rich ahead of conference speech

The ex-footballer and TV pundit is due to make a star appearance at the Labour party conference on Monday

Irish Mirror

Gary Neville says Truss is 'taking Mickey out of us' with 'immoral' tax cuts for rich

The former England international accused Liz Truss of “taking the absolute Mickey out of us” by helping the well-off as ordinary families find it difficult to make ends meet

Al Jazeera

Who is Kwasi Kwarteng, the UK’s first Black chancellor?

And how does he plan to save the UK’s imperilled economy?

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Evening Standard

What’s the story, diverse Tories?

For the first time in history, not one of our four leading ministers of state is a white man. Jason Okundaye looks at how this happened and whether it’s just political gameplay

WEKU

One thing is top of mind for many young Brits, and it's not the royal family

While all eyes were focused on England in the aftermath of Queen Elizabeth II's death, many young people in London have other issues on their minds. For most, the biggest one is the economy.

The Guardian - UK

Kamila Shamsie on the crisis in British politics: ‘What kind of democracy is this?’

Growing up in Pakistan, the novelist experienced the euphoria of free elections and the disillusionment when vested interests reasserted themselves. She reflects on the parallels with Westminster today

Reuters

Britain's Truss faces whirlwind week as politics resumes after queen funeral

British politics returns to centre stage on Tuesday after the funeral of Queen Elizabeth, with Prime Minister Liz Truss signalling her priorities by flying to her first major summit and rushing out measures to try to avert an economic slump.

Wales Online

The last picture of the Queen taken two days before her death

Meeting the newly elected leader of the Conservative Party and asking her to form a new government was Her Majesty's last royal engagement before she died

The National (Scotland)

Liz Truss's chief of staff in FBI inquiry over alleged criminal plot

LIZ Truss’s chief of staff has been interviewed by the FBI regarding an alleged criminal plot to bribe an American politician and influence a US…

Wales Online

Who picked the PM? Breakdown of voters for Tory leader

Critics have pointed to a democratic deficit at the heart of the contest

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