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Meet Team Truss, the new No 10 inner circle entering Downing Street

The PM has surrounded herself with a like-minded group of field experts and political power brokers who’ve proven their loyalty to her in the past — but who are they? Anne McElvoy looks at the Tories’ fresh new team

Evening Standard

Sir Keir Starmer says MP Rupa Huq’s comments about Kwasi Kwarteng were ‘racist’

Ms Huq was suspended from the Labour party after her remarks that the Chancellor is ‘superficially’ black appeared online.

The Independent UK

Pound retreats again and FTSE tumbles after IMF’s stinging criticism of UK plans

Sterling fell back to 1.06 US dollars, having recovered to 1.08 US dollars on Tuesday after Monday’s bloodbath saw it reach an all-time low.

The Independent UK

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Starmer urges Truss to rethink budget as IMF criticises tax plans

Labour leader accuses government of losing control of economy, branding budget a ‘self-inflicted’ problem

The Guardian - UK

IMF launches stinging attack on Kwasi Kwarteng tax cut plans in 'very serious' warning

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng spooked markets this week after delivering his Mini-Budget, with the pound plunging to an all-time low against the US dollar and mortgage deals being pulled

Daily Mirror

Labour offering ‘common sense’ political centre ground, says Starmer

The Labour leader said he hoped the party was more like the one led by Sir Tony Blair than Jeremy Corbyn.

The Independent UK

IMF urges Kwasi Kwarteng to change course in extraordinary statement

THERE is international pressure on Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng to change course following his mini budget announcement.

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Keir Starmer demands Tories respond to 'mess' of economy as Brits 'very, very worried'

The Labour leader said the Government needed to act following a 'very serious' warning from the International Monetary Fund about the Chancellor's tax cutting bonanza

Daily Mirror

Rupa Huq’s comments on Kwasi Kwarteng were ‘racist’, says Keir Starmer

Sir Keir Starmer has branded comments made by a Labour MP about the Chancellor being "superficially black” as racist.

Evening Standard

Liz Truss must fix self-inflicted ‘mess’ after IMF warning, says Keir Starmer

Labour leader says his own mortgage payments have gone up by ‘few hundred pounds’ a month

The Independent UK

Stocks and Oil Drop as Dollar Gains on Recession, Ukraine Fears

Equities and crude prices fell, while the dollar held at multi-year highs Wednesday as recession fears mount, while traders are also growing increasingly concerned about tensions with Russia after it declared victory in controversial Ukraine annexation polls. Investors are also keeping a close eye on London, after new finance minister…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Pound falls as Bank of England intervenes to calm markets

Sterling was trading at $1.073 on Wednesday afternoon, improving from $1.066 at 2pm

The Independent UK

Bank of England intervenes in bond market - as it happened

Bank’s emergency move brings relief to bond market, but fails to stabilise UK currency

The Guardian - UK

London politics LIVE: Treasury minister says ‘we’ll press on with tax cuts’ as Tory backlash grows amid markets turmoil

Tory MP slams ‘inept madness’ in Chancellor’s mini-Budget - but Treasury minister rejects calls for U-turn

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The Guardian - UK

Wednesday briefing: Did Keir Starmer’s speech take advantage of perpetual Tory crisis?

In today’s newsletter: All the content of – and reaction to – Keir Starmer’s conference speech

Daily Mirror

Mortgage costs face 30-year high of 6% as Bank of England issues stark warning

Huw Pill warned borrowers to brace themselves for a “significant” rate hike after lenders Santander and HSBC, along with the Nationwide and Yorkshire building societies, joined a rush of lenders to pull home loans or up their rates

The Independent UK

Pound – live: Calls for Truss to ‘come out of hiding’ to fix ‘economic disaster’

Bank of England launches emergency action after pound falls

Daily Mirror

Cristiano Ronaldo and Premier League stars set for extra earnings boost after tax cuts

Ronaldo is the highest-paid footballer in the Premier League and the Manchester United superstar will be happy with the decisions taken by Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng last week

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The Independent UK

Labour in buoyant mood as conference draws to a close

Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner will deliver the closing speech at the gathering in Liverpool.

Wales Online

International Monetary Fund makes extraordinary intervention as it urges Chancellor to change course

Kwasi Kwarteng has been urged to 're-evaluate the tax measures' outlined in last week's mini-budget

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: help for Optus data breach victims, pesticide regulation maze, path to republic debate

Wednesday: State governments are helping make it easier to get a new driver’s licence for those at risk of digital identity theft after Optus’s big breach. Plus: health warnings over ‘canola selfies’

The Guardian - UK

IMF urges UK government to reconsider tax-cutting plans

International Monetary Fund says measures should target households worst affected by energy crisis and inflation

The New Daily

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 Independent UK

Tory MPs tell chancellor Kwarteng to act over mini-Budget ‘disaster’

IMF issues extraordinary rebuke to British government and calls for rethink on tax cuts

The Guardian - UK

State-backed energy and a ‘sense of hope’: Starmer sets out stall as No 10 contender

Opposition leader says Tories have ‘lost control’ and Labour is now the party of ‘sound money’

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