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Liz Truss book says husband predicted premiership ‘would all end in tears’

Short-lived PM also says she anticipated mini-budget ‘turbulence’ and compares herself to Brian Clough

The Guardian - UK

Have we reached peak political podcast?

We are, barring a huge upset, about to enter an era of boring government. Good news… unless you’re one of the never-ending procession of people commentating on it. Juliana Close wonders which ones will survive

Evening Standard

‘She still carries an aura of spectacular failure’: why hasn’t Liz Truss gone away?

Her 49 days in power ended in catastrophe, yet the shortest serving prime minister in British history is back, launching a new conservative movement with global ambitions. You just can’t keep a bad politician down …

The Guardian - UK

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Tory donor’s comments about Diane Abbott ‘racist and wrong’, No 10 says

Statement from Downing Street follows cross-party criticism of Frank Hester’s remarks about former Labour MP

The Guardian - UK

‘People still worse off’: Hunt budget falls short in bellwether West Country seat

Chancellor’s move to slice a few pounds off national insurance fails to win hearts and minds in Stroud

The Guardian - UK

UK politics: Sunak refuses to say how abolition of national insurance would be funded – as it happened

PM says ‘people trust me on these things’ and refuses to be drawn on whether government would forgo entire £46bn raised from measure

The Guardian - UK

Can Jeremy Hunt’s spring budget revive Britain’s Tories?

Will the chancellor offer tax cuts in a bid to win votes or steer clear of any bold moves with potential to backfire?

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‘Bring back Thatcher’: voters in ‘blue wall’ voice scepticism before budget

Trip through M3 corridor’s traditionally Conservative seats finds distrust of politicians and discontent over range of issues

The Guardian - UK

Standing down: who are the MPs calling time before the next UK election?

Ninety MPs, including 14 former secretaries of state, have said they will not be standing for re-election in 2024

The Guardian - UK

Bring back Boris voices are growing louder but will a desperate Sunak listen?

The prime minister, whose party faces electoral wipeout, may feel he has no choice but to give the Tories’ star campaigner another chance

The Guardian - UK

Bring back Boris Johnson, Kwasi Kwarteng tells Rishi Sunak

Ex-chancellor calls on Sunak to ‘swallow some pride’ and bring back ‘electoral force’ that is former PM

The Guardian - UK

Disastrous Truss budget forced UK councils to take out massive 50-year loans at soaring rates

Debt Management Office figures show lasting impact of mini-budget that spooked financial markets, says Labour’s Angela Rayner

The Guardian - UK

Lost dogs, lost titles and something harder than diamond – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Guardian - UK

Do I feel sorry for Kwasi Kwarteng as he departs frontline politics? No – and nor does anyone with a mortgage

There will be kind words for a man who flew high in government, but not from me, says author and broadcaster Nels Abbey

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Al Jazeera

Who is Kwasi Kwarteng and why is he quitting British politics?

The Conservative MP is best known for the financial chaos he unleashed during 38 days as chancellor of the exchequer.

The Guardian - UK

Listen up! It’s Liz Truss and the PopCons, the Tory tribute act sounding a death knell for irony

If today’s launch by the leader who was outlasted by a lettuce is the answer, what on earth was the question, asks the Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK

Kwasi Kwarteng to stand down as MP at next election

Former chancellor oversaw ill-fated ‘mini-budget’ in 2022 and was sacked by Liz Truss after only 38 days

Evening Standard

Kwasi Kwarteng quit shock: Former chancellor announces he's standing down as Tory MP at next election

Former chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has announced that he will leave Parliament at the next election.

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The Guardian - UK

Frustration in Labour ranks over Reeves’s refusal to reinstate bankers’ bonus cap

Shadow chancellor is warned that decision will be unpopular with voters, including those in ‘red wall’ seats

The Guardian - UK

Head of OBR says lack of budget details led to ‘work of fiction’ forecasts last year

Richard Hughes criticises lack of information from government about public spending plans

Evening Standard

David Cameron joins Britain's poshest members' club

The foreign secretary resigned from White's in 2008 over it's men-only policy

The Guardian - UK

Forget talk of Labour’s ‘tax bombshell’. It’s Tory policy that needs a watchful eye

Conservative economic promises such as tax cuts fail to match fiscal reality – the key to progress is investment, not austerity

The Independent UK

‘Shameless’ Truss gives honours to cronies who backed her disastrous government

The list attracted considerable controversy before it was even published due to the short-lived nature of Liz Truss’s premiership

The Guardian - UK

James Dyson criticises Tories for not ‘going for growth’ after fall in GDP

Inventor defends economic policies of Kwasi Kwarteng and Liz Truss that sent economy crashing

The Independent UK

James Dyson accuses Rishi Sunak of not ‘going for growth’ as UK at risk of recession

Billionaire inventor says wealth generation and growth have become ‘dirty words’ in government

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