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'Tories will never have to get it, yet another U-turn is a further kick in the teeth'

As the Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng attempted to put the horror show of the past 10 days to bed, his U-turn only served to show the Tories aren't "listening" at all

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss’ history of U-turns after first major reversal as Prime Minister

The Tory frontrunner has performed many U-turns, big and small

The Independent UK

Priti Patel accuses Liz Truss of spending ‘with no thought of tomorrow’

Former home secretary says Tories ‘live or die’ on their economic credibility

The Independent UK

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UK's Truss vows to listen as she reels from policy U-turns

British Prime Minister Liz Truss has insisted she is leading “a listening government” that learns from its mistakes

The Independent UK

Liz Truss under pressure over benefits as she refuses to rule out real terms cut

Senior former Welsh Tory minister Stephen Crabb says the U-turns so far have not been enough to pacify anger on Conservative benches

Wales Online

Liz Truss refuses to rule out real terms cuts to Universal Credit as pressure mounts on PM

The Prime Minister is reportedly considering raising benefits in line with earnings rather than inflation - and telling claimants it is unfair to receive a higher raise than workers.

Daily Record

Kwarteng bringing forward debt plan could calm markets, says top Tory MP

Mel Stride, chair of Treasury committee, says move could also mean smaller interest rate rises

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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

Watch: Kwarteng shrugs off ‘little turbulence’ after U-turn over tax cut for rich

Kwasi Kwarteng has sought to shrug off the chaos that triggered his astonishing U-turn on income tax cuts for the highest earners as a “little turbulence” as he battled to regain authority. The Chancellor remarked it had been a “tough” day as he told Conservative members in his set-piece conference…

Evening Standard

Pound bounces back in Asia trading after Liz Truss’s tax plan U-turn

Sterling is at its highest value against dollar since 22 September

The Independent UK

Liz Truss fights for ‘hearts and minds’ of Tory MPs as revolt deepens

String of Tory MPs line up to raise fears on benefits cuts

Evening Standard

Row over Universal Credit and other DWP benefits amid fears of Liz Truss cut

Ms Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng may announce a real-terms cut in benefits

Wales Online

Pound at two-week high as FTSE 100 posts best day since June – as it happened

Chancellor denies reports that he will bring his medium-term fiscal plans forward to this month, despite pressure from markets and MPs

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss news – live: Braverman backs 45p tax rate cut and claims U-turn was ‘coup’

Truss faces a new battle with her MPs on welfare after 45p tax rate U-turn

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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.

The National (Scotland)

Players will be cut adrift by scrapping of EuroPro Tour - Nick Rodger

Can you remember when the late Jeremy Beadle used to play all manner of pranks on unsuspecting members of the public and would tease them into a…

Wales Online

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng makes second U-turn in two days as he promises to set out debt plan earlier than planned

Kwasi Kwarteng has made the change after markets reacted badly to his package of tax cuts

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: The Truss thinkers that tanked the Tories

In today’s newsletter: Free market thinktanks are rejoicing at Kwasi Kwarteng’s neo-Thatcherism. But how do they operate – and what might their influence mean for Britain?

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The Guardian - UK

Kwasi Kwarteng may have U-turned, but huge spending cuts are still coming

The government is clinging to £43bn of tax cuts. Public services and those on benefits will feel the pain, says former prime minister Gordon Brown

Wales Online

Tories seek to shift focus from economy after U-turn humiliation

The Government are turning their attentions to immigration and supporting Ukraine

The Independent UK

Pound – live: Sterling bounces back in Asia trading after Truss U-turns

Pound rises to $1.1343, a bounce of about 10% from last week’s record low against dollar

The Guardian - AU

‘Damage is done’: what the papers say after Truss and Kwarteng’s tax U-turn

The UK newspaper front pages pull no punches after PM and chancellor perform reversal over 45p tax rate for high earners

The Independent UK

What the papers say – October 4

Turbulence in the Tory party leads many of the front pages.

Wales Online

45% tax U-turn is too late to stop mortgages soaring, experts warn

More than 40% of mortgage products were pulled after Kwasi Kwarteng's mini-Budget triggered a slump in the pound, with the average two-year fixed rate now close to 6%

Daily Mirror

'Shameless PM and Chancellor forced into 45p U-turn by public backlash'

Savage cuts to key public services, benefits losing value by rising below inflation and expensive extra borrowing are also on the way

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