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The Latest Breaking News from Liz Truss

Pressure mounts on Reeves as Starmer refuses to guarantee future of her job

Sir Keir Starmer declined to say the Chancellor would remain in post until the election.

Evening Standard

Former justice secretary Jack Straw says right to choose jury trial lets defendants ‘game’ courts

The Labour grandee called for the government to scrap the right to a jury trial for ‘either way’ mid-level offences amid soaring court backlogs

The Independent UK

Chancellor facing tough questions over fiscal rules as market woes deepen

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said over the weekend that her fiscal rules were ‘non-negotiable’.

Evening Standard

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Reeves returns from China to new crisis in top UK business confidence amid economic woes

A survey by Deloitte of the chief finance officers of major companies has revealed that business confidence is at one of its lowest points since the Covid-19 pandemic

The Independent UK

How to call out our pantomime ex-PM

The Guardian - UK

There are no adults in the room: there’s barely a room. This is politics at warp speed, and we know who’s benefiting

Fiscal crisis, corruption claims, shenanigans and legal threats. This feels like the week old-style politics sat on a grenade, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss lays into Rachel Reeves over economy and trip to China

Chancellor faces Tory calls to scrap planned visit to Beijing

The Independent UK

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Reeves mulls deeper cuts to public services as borrowing costs soar

Chancellor could slash departmental spending in spring after ruling out tax increase, officials reveal

The Guardian - UK

Cuts, tax rises and doing nothing: Rachel Reeves’ options to tackle economic woe

Labour’s fiscal rules may limit the chancellor’s ability to act, but waiting it out may be the best option

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves must handle bond sell-off with care, but this is not a Truss-level event

Unlike 2022, bond markets have not been shocked, but the chancellor will know threat of a doom loop is not far away

The Guardian - UK

‘Stop saying I crashed the economy,’ says Liz Truss. Is it possible to gaslight an entire country?

The former PM has sent a cease and desist letter to the current one. Will everyone who thinks she was useless get one next, asks Guardian writer Hugh Muir

The Guardian - UK

PM will not moderate language on Truss despite cease and desist letter – No 10

Downing Street questioned whether Ms Truss would also be writing to ‘millions of people up and down the country’ who shared the Prime Minister’s view.

The Independent UK

What is behind the gilt woes and should we be worried?

The pound has fallen to its lowest level for more than a year amid a sell-off in the gilt market.

Evening Standard

The pound has fallen. Should we be worried about the gilt woes?

US treasury yields have been moving firmly higher after reports of resilience in the US economy

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Evening Standard

Labour vows not to ‘cease and desist from truth’ despite Truss lawyers’ demand

Lawyers for Liz Truss have sent a letter to Sir Keir Starmer about ‘false and defamatory public statements’ made about their client.

Evening Standard

Mortgages 'to rise' after Pound hits year low and borrowing costs soar in treble blow to Rachel Reeves

The Chancellor may have to scale back public spending or raise taxes again, economists are warning

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss sends legal letter ordering Starmer to stop saying she crashed economy

‘Cease and desist’ letter accuses PM of harming her reputation and contributing to her losing her seat

The National (Scotland)

Liz Truss sends Keir Starmer cease and desist letter over 'crashed the economy' claim

Lawyers representing Liz Truss have sent a cease and desist letter to Sir Keir Starmer asking him to stop saying the former prime minister crashed…

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Evening Standard

Liz Truss sends Starmer cease and desist letter over claims she crashed economy

The letter claims that suggestions she ‘crashed’ the economy are ‘false and misleading’.

The Guardian - UK

Pound dips to 14-month low as bond sell-off piles pressure on Rachel Reeves

Sterling extends losses against US dollar before easing to half a cent down after Treasury calms market jitters

The Independent UK

Truss sends cease and desist to Starmer demanding he stop saying she crashed the economy

Downing Street said the prime minister ‘absolutely stands by’ his comments on the previous government’s record

The Guardian - UK

Bond market turmoil eases as Treasury minister says ‘no need’ for government intervention – as it happened

Lib Dems say chancellor should stay and make emergency fiscal statement and also cancel planned national insurance hike

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves says she has ‘iron grip’ on finances as borrowing costs surge

Treasury issues rare second statement in two days after sell-off leaves 10-year bonds at highest level since 2008

The Guardian - UK

The spiralling cost of borrowing spells trouble for Rachel Reeves – but she must hold her nerve

There is no need to panic: the government’s overall fiscal strategy is the right one. Spending cuts would be a mistake, says Jonathan Portes, a professor at King’s College London

The Guardian - UK

Why rising bond yields are rattling Rachel Reeves

Chancellor in danger of breaking fiscal rules after cost of servicing UK 10-year debt rises to highest level since 2008

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