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Three-week energy bill deadline as Brits slapped with 'unacceptable' price hikes

Kwasi Kwarteng, the business secretary, said companies had three weeks to respond to allegations of "completely unacceptable behaviour" relating to unjustified direct debit increases

Daily Mirror

Energy firms investigated over 'rip off' increases to customers' direct debit payments

Claims customers are paying more than they should do to ease firms cash flow problems

Wales Online

Energy suppliers given three weeks to explain ‘excessive direct debit hikes’

Kwasi Kwarteng accuses firms of increasing customers’ payments ‘beyond what is required’

The Independent UK

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Energy firms have three weeks to justify direct debit hikes, Kwarteng warns

Business secretary says Ofgem has issued compliance reviews after suppliers used cash to ‘prop up finances’

The Guardian - UK

Kwarteng’s ‘bad apples’ claim is a rotten excuse for Westminster sexism

Analysis: minister’s response to concerns risks appearing tone deaf, but it does play into war on woke

The Guardian - UK

‘Some bad apples’: senior Tory minister denies institutional misogyny

UK government faces growing pressure to tackle sexual misconduct in Westminster as Kwasi Kwarteng rejects idea of inherent sexism

The Guardian - UK

Kwarteng and Sunak at odds over windfall tax on oil and gas profits

Government sources play down idea of cabinet split as business secretary quashes idea recently mooted by chancellor

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Boris Johnson’s ‘anti-woke’ agenda fuels sexism in parliament, says senior Labour woman

Cabinet minister Kwasi Kwarteng blames misconduct in Westminster on ‘bad apples’

The Independent UK

Sue Gray 'finds bombshell e-mails showing No10 parties "wilfully" broke rules'

The Partygate saga took a new twist today as claims emerged that Sue Gray's report into parties in No10 and Whitehall will expose 'premeditation' by civil servants

Daily Mirror

Hinkley Point B nuclear plant could be spared imminent closure

Energy secretary Kwasi Kwarteng believed to be open to extension in response to leap in gas prices and energy security concerns

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson 'will still be PM even if Tories suffer losses in election'

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said Johnson's leadership is "not at threat at all".

The National (Scotland)

Tensions over cost of living surface, as Kwarteng sets face against ‘arbitrary’ windfall tax on energy firms

Asda boss warns government has been ‘slow’ to react to rising prices

The Independent UK

Johnson ‘absolutely will be PM’ even if local election results are dismal

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said Boris Johnson’s leadership is not ‘at threat at all’.

The Independent UK

Cabinet rift appears over prospect of windfall tax on oil and gas profits

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng voiced vehement opposition after Chancellor Rishi Sunak raised the possibility.

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The Guardian - UK

Tory failure to act has made Commons misogyny worse, says Keir Starmer

Labour leader says ‘fish rots from the head’ after resignation of Neil Parish for watching porn in parliament

The Independent UK

Minister denies culture of misogyny in Westminster, blaming a few ‘bad apples’

Kwasi Kwarteng said the problem is a ‘really intense environment, there are long hours’ after a series of scandals in Parliament.

The Independent UK

Minister blames long hours for MPs misbehaving as Starmer calls for culture change ‘from the top’

‘Fish rots from the head’: Labour leader says misbehaving MPs cannot hide behind excuse of work pressure and long hours

The Independent UK

Cabinet ally denies Boris Johnson’s leadership under threat in local elections

PM is ‘right man’ to lead Tories into next general election, says Kwasi Kwarteng

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Birmingham Post

UK Government has small window to call in Chinese takeover of chip maker Newport Wafer Fab

The UK Government said Nexperia's takeover of the South Wales chip maker is still being considered

The Independent UK

Sunak says no new money for cost-of-living ideas – and proposals won’t be discussed for weeks

Boris Johnson warned not to undermine health and safety amid proposals to relax regulations for childcare and MOT tests

The Guardian - UK

The only easy decision for Bulb’s future: stop paying its CEO

Failed energy firm poses political puzzle for business secretary with wholesale markets still in turmoil

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson signals he will protect green levies on energy bills despite Tory calls to scrap them

Backbench Tories pushing to scrap measures which add £153 a year to average bill

The Conversation

Why UK's 'treasured free-market economy' will not achieve net zero

As luck would have it, the UK government launched its latest energy security strategy on the same day I’d arranged to get cavity wall insulation installed in our ex-council, end-of-terrace 1930s family home.

Birmingham Post

Offshore wind acceleration welcomed by Orsted and wider industry council

Energy Security Strategy commitment to ambition and pace of planning regime lapped up

Evening Standard

Government steps in to keep factories running as energy bills soar

Extra payments will be administered quarterly through business compensation scheme

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