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What might Liz Truss do about soaring energy bills?

Options, if Truss takes over as PM, range from her favoured tax cuts to household energy bill plans aiding the worst off

The Guardian - UK

No one should be cut off if they can’t afford energy bills, says Zahawi

UK chancellor says more help will be provided to heat homes this winter but does not explain how

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson to make energy price crisis announcement today: PM to vow UK will have 'cheap, clean, reliable and plentiful' energy

'The big decisions this Government has made on our energy future will bequeath a United Kingdom where energy is... made right here on British soil'

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Jacob Rees-Mogg tipped to be next business secretary if Liz Truss wins Tory leadership

The multi-millionaire is expected to be put in charge of tackling the ongoing energy crisis - and has already been in talks with firms

The National (Scotland)

Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station unit may stay open for 'back-up electricity' this winter

It was due to be decommissioned in September

Nottingham Post

Wholesale gas prices tumble as Europe prepares to intervene in energy markets

European Commission says it is working ‘flat out’ on emergency intervention and on longer-term structural reform

The Guardian - UK

Top Tory's Wikipedia edited from Parliament computer to remove links to scandal

The changes were made to Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng's profile, scrubbing from it any mention of him being an outspoken supporter Owen Paterson - the Tory MP who quit after breaking lobbying rules

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Londoner’s Diary: Kwasi Kwarteng laughs the night away at men-only club

In today’s Diary: Kwasi Kwarteng’s big night out / Princess Diana’s wardrobe / Another headache for the British Museum / Carnival brings out London celebs / Sturgeon’s strange request

Evening Standard

Ghosts of Empire: what Kwasi Kwarteng’s book tells us about him

A 2010 book on the British empire by the man set to be chancellor shows a very different worldview to that of some of his Tory colleagues

The Guardian - UK

Zahawi faces shortest chancellorship since 1970 – and may be glad of it

The ex-vaccines minister appears to be the equivalent of a caretaker football manager, with Kwarteng waiting in the wings

The Guardian - UK

£110bn needed to cover energy bill rises over next year, study finds

Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak plans will only make ‘small dent’ in bills, warns Institute for Government

The Independent UK

Shielding Britain’s households from energy crisis ‘will cost more than £100bn’

Boss of ScottishPower puts price tag on industry plan to freeze bills for two years

The Guardian - UK

Felixstowe port disruption ‘could continue until Christmas’ says union – as it happened

Disruption at the UK’s largest container port could escalate until Christmas unless workers are given an improved pay offer, Unite boss says

The Guardian - UK

Values of UK Black communities ‘more aligned with Tories than Labour’

Britain’s only Black police commissioner urges Conservatives to engage with African-Caribbean communities

The Guardian - UK

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The Guardian - UK

Kwasi Kwarteng’s opaque stance on BT ownership is not helping

The company really does not need to take an excursion into high-leverage financial engineering

The Independent UK

Liz Truss ally ‘seriously considering’ plan for crisis fund to control energy bills, industry boss reveals

Scottish Power chief encouraged by meeting with Kwasi Kwarteng – tipped to be next chancellor

The Guardian - UK

National Grid extends annual gas shortage drill amid winter supply fears

Drill, which involves deciding which customers would have to cut gas use in a crisis, will run for four days instead of two

Daily Mirror

Who will be in Liz Truss' Cabinet? All the predictions from Suella Braverman to IDS

Tax-slashing free marketeer Liz Truss, who has slammed 'handouts' for struggling Brits, is expected to appoint a string of right-wingers and allies to top jobs now she is Prime Minister

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The Guardian - UK

Energy use is a ‘decision for individuals’ insist No 10 and Truss allies

Senior Tories rule out asking households to reduce energy use despite planning for winter blackouts

The Guardian - UK

As the Bulb fiasco shows, hoping for the best is not good strategy

The mistake of not hedging the takeover of the firm from the outset says a lot about the UK’s approach to energy security

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak indicates he would not take cabinet post under Liz Truss

Underdog in Tory leadership race says cabinet ministers ‘really need to agree with the big things’

The Guardian - UK

Sunak effectively rules out serving in a Truss cabinet, suggesting they don’t agree on ‘big things’ – as it happened

Tory leadership candidate says he is focused on race for No 10; energy bosses call for end to battle so new PM can tackle bills crisis

The Guardian - UK

Truss poised to plunge UK economy into ‘inflation spiral’, says Sunak

Truss cannot deliver £50bn tax cuts and support packages without pushing debt to dangerous levels, says Tory leadership rival

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak’s camp tells Liz Truss to ‘come clean’ over ‘dangerous’ tax plans

The former chancellor’s team said the Foreign Secretary’s plans could force public finances into ‘serious jeopardy’.

Evening Standard

Tory plan to reduce green energy firm profits with bills set to spike

Business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng is set to take action

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