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The Latest Breaking News from Liz Truss

Fighting for survival as UK PM, a chastened Truss changes course again

It was a bruising meeting with her Conservative lawmakers this week that finally shook British Prime Minister Liz Truss's earlier unwavering faith that she could weather the market fallout from her radical economic growth plan.

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'Rearranging chairs on a sinking ship' - North East MPs call on Truss to go after Kwarteng sacked as Chancellor

The Prime Minister insisted she would not resign after removing her Chancellor on Friday

Chronicle Live

Top Tory donor handed peerage – but former Daily Mail boss Paul Dacre misses out

Former Labour MP Tom Watson and ex-DUP leader Arlene Foster on list to enter Lords

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From nukes to corporation tax: Liz Truss’s history of flip-flopping

After PM’s latest U-turn, we look at other reversals since her days as a Lib Dem activist

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer: UK needs election now whether Liz Truss stays or goes

Labour leader says government is ‘completely at end of the road’ and his party is preparing for power

The Guardian - UK

How ‘knives of the long night’ led to brutally swift Kwarteng sacking

The chancellor was dispatched soon after touching down, but Tory colleagues were not convinced that was enough to save the PM

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss is now a case study in poor leadership

Leaders are watched. They are scrutinised. If you don’t like the idea of being held accountable and having to answer for your actions then a leadership role is probably not for you.

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Odds for Liz Truss to leave No 10 before the end of the year slashed

The future of Ms Truss’s leadership appears precarious - and the bookies agree

The Independent UK

Truss dumps UK corporation tax freeze plan after firing ally

Liz Truss scrapped her plan to freeze corporation tax next year in another dramatic U-turn, hours after she fired her ally Kwasi Kwarteng and replaced him with Jeremy Hunt as UK Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Tribune News Service

Nicola Sturgeon: It’s time for Liz Truss to go as Prime Minister

Ms Truss sacked chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng and reversed plans for a cut to corporation tax on Friday.

The Independent UK

Mark Drakeford just outlined his views on Welsh independence and the Union

'I have never stated that Wales could not be independent if the people in Wales wanted it'

Wales Online

From leadership flop to chancellor: the surprising return of Jeremy Hunt

Analysis: Ex-foreign secretary once seen as yesterday’s man is now in best position to influence prime minister

The Guardian - UK

Truss sacrifices Kwarteng to save her premiership as she ditches tax pledge

The Prime Minister has appointed Jeremy Hunt as the new Chancellor of the Exchequer.

The Independent UK

The Leader podcast: Can Hunt rebuild UK economy after Kwarteng?

Tax-cutting Kwasi Kwarteng sacked as Chancellor after 38 days

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The Guardian - UK

Three weeks of chaos that cost more than Kwarteng’s job – in numbers

On 30 September, the then chancellor’s mini-budget triggered a chain of events that led to a dramatic downfall

Reuters

Jeremy Hunt brought in from the cold to be UK's new finance minister

Jeremy Hunt was named Britain's new finance minister on Friday, the latest senior ministerial role for the self-proclaimed entrepreneur regarded by many in his Conservative Party as a safe pair of hands but whose days in top jobs had seemed over.

Belfast Live

Arlene Foster and Peter Weir nominated for House of Lords peerages

Prime Minister Liz Truss recommended the list to King Charles III, on advice from her predecessor Boris Johnson.

The Guardian - UK

Cumbria is ahead of the river curve

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Daily Mirror

Jeremy Hunt's 'secret weapon' wife shares unusual pet name for new Chancellor

Jeremy Hunt, the new chancellor for Liz Truss, was given a pet name by his Chinese-born wife, Lucia, who said the moniker came from her grandmother when they went to China for their wedding

The Guardian - UK

Four bruising questions but even fewer answers from Liz Truss

She picked favoured reporters and offered repetitious platitudes to pointed inquiries. How long can the PM last?

Daily Mirror

Rylan hits back after fans confused by Tweet about people 'making mistakes' in their job

Rylan Clark had to clarify himself after a Tweet about 'people making mistakes in their jobs' left fans confused

The Independent UK

Government’s growth agenda is in tatters, says ex-chancellor Lord Hammond

But the Tory peer said Liz Truss can survive as PM because the party’s MPs wont want to risk a general election.

The Independent UK

Why the energy price cap isn’t what it seems

Liz Truss initially moved to rein in runaway household bills caused by rising global gas prices, only for new chancellor Jeremy Hunt to cut short government aid

Evening Standard

Rare family appearance and a TikTok glow-up — Jeremy Hunt’s first Budget

The Chancellor has already lasted longer in the job than his predecessor Kwasi Kwarteng – so does his first Budget fit the serious, “steady” reputation he’s become known for? Katie Strick reports

Wales Online

Mark Drakeford accuses Liz Truss of being the 'architect of her own misfortunes' and calls for stability

First Minister Mark Drakeford was reacting to the Prime Minister's latest U-turn and sacking of her chancellor

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