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Truss’s mini-budget looks likely to cost the Tories the next election

Tory MPs fear voters see them as the nasty party again after the prime minister refused to rethink tax cuts for the rich

The Guardian - UK

Alan Kohler: Past budgets and tax cuts are a foreign country

When LP Hartley wrote “the past is a foreign country: they do things differently there”, as the first line of his novel The Go-Between, he was on about

The New Daily

Liz Truss is 'dead woman walking' who may be gone by Christmas, ex-Cabinet minister says

The senior figure warned The Prime Minister will not survive until Christmas unless she U-turns on her plan to give Brits earning over £150,000 a tax cut

Daily Mirror

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The U.K. is staring into an economic abyss

Britain may well pay the price for Prime Minister Truss’s move to take on the ‘economic orthodoxy’ of the Treasury and economists

The Hindu

Mini-budget debacle likely to create tension between Truss and Kwarteng

The turmoil in financial markets has led to reports of friction between the prime minister and her closest political ally, the chancellor

The Guardian - UK

Gove joins assault on Liz Truss package of tax cuts for the rich

‘Wrong values’: Rebel Tories warn PM will struggle to get 45p rate move through parliament

The Independent UK

Cooking up solutions to cost of living crisis

Brief letters: Bonfire night | Peak problem | Double trouble | Extreme politics

The Guardian - UK

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'Cronyism' anger as Tory donor who set up business with Jacob Rees-Mogg made minister

Dominic Johnson, who co-founded Somerset Capital Management in 2007, has previously rallied against the cap on bankers' bonuses, which was lifted by Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng in his controversial mini-budget

Daily Mirror

Cutting benefits to fund reduced tax ‘not right thing to do’ says Scottish Tory

Andrew Bowie told BBC Radio Scotland that cutting benefits in real terms would not be the right thing to do ‘in principle’.

The Independent UK

‘Get new job’ or cut your spending, Tory chair tells struggling Britons

‘Go out there and get that new job,’ says Jake Berry

The Independent UK

This Tory crisis reveals a party that has lost touch with reality – and its own heartlands

Liz Truss is unashamed about a plan that will hit even the middle classes hard. But her party’s drift away from them began long ago, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

Andrew Bowie refuses to say if he would vote to back mini-budget measures

The Scottish Tory MP was asked twice if he would back the mini-budget measures in a parliamentary vote and refused to do so

The National (Scotland)

UK’s ‘pro-growth’ government has only made a recession more likely

Thanks to Truss and Kwarteng, the country is now far riskier for the investors who finance our trade and budget deficits

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss blames Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng for decision to slash income tax for rich

The plans to abolish the 45 per cent tax rate on incomes above £150,000 a year in England, Wales and Northern Ireland has caused anger.

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The National (Scotland)

Shona Robison hits back at BBC claim indy Scotland would be worse-off amid Tory-made crisis

Despite the economic crisis being caused by the Westminster Tory government, Robison hit back at claims an independent Scotland would be worse off

The National (Scotland)

Michael Gove 'profoundly' concerned about Liz Truss's tax plans

FORMER Conservative Cabinet minister Michael Gove has said he is “profoundly” concerned about Liz Truss’s vast tax cuts as he suggested he…

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss ALREADY less popular with public than Boris Johnson when he quit

Polling by Opinium found that 48% of voters think the Prime Minister should quit after less than a month in the job, while just 17% approve of the job she's doing

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss’s pre-conference interview with Laura Kuenssberg – the key points

The prime minister appeared at ease despite mounting Tory unrest after the mini-budget

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Daily Mirror

Mum heartbroken after boy, 13, offers to get job to help with soaring living costs

There are fears that Lizzie Devine, 37, could soon be paying over £700 a month on her mortgage payments, something she simply won't be able to afford despite holding down two jobs

The Independent UK

Truss ‘throws Kwasi Kwarteng under a bus’ over tax cut for richest

The Prime Minister provoked a fresh row at the start of the Tory conference by saying the income tax cut was a ‘decision the Chancellor made’.

The Independent UK

Nadine Dorries accuses Liz Truss of ‘throwing Kwasi Kwarteng under bus’ over tax cuts

Prime minister provokes fresh row at start of Tory conference

Evening Standard

Liz Truss defends Chancellor for attending drinks do with financiers after mini-Budget

The Liberal Democrats are among those calling for an official inquiry following the report

The Guardian - UK

‘I’ve lost confidence in them but I don’t know if I can switch’: Tories in West Midlands face voting dilemma

Few seem willing to change parties in the home of the fabled swing-voting ‘Worcester woman’ but Liz Truss’s days may be numbered

Daily Mirror

Kwasi Kwarteng admits markets meltdown after mini-Budget ‘really ruined my sleep’

Kwasi Kwarteng accepted that the bombshell blueprint for £45bn in tax cuts funded by borrowing had been done 'at very high speed' but he was convinced it was the right plan

The Guardian - UK

Truss says she should have ‘laid ground better’ but stands by mini-budget

PM refuses to rule out public spending cuts and real-terms drop in benefits to pay for fiscal plans

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