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Kwarteng IEA fringe event hints at how deeply thinktank is embedded in No 10

Key figures at rightwing thinktank have close links to Liz Truss and several alumni are now on her staff

The Guardian - UK

Calls for Liz Truss to U-turn on 'obscene' plans to slash benefits

THE SNP have said Liz Truss must perform yet another U-turn over “obscene” Tory plans to slash benefits.

The National (Scotland)

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng shrugs off ‘little turbulence’ after U-turn over tax cut for the rich

Opposition MPs derided Mr Kwarteng's 'botched budget' which was a 'huge economic body blow to working people that will mean higher prices and soaring mortgages.'

Wales Online

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Liz Truss fails to say whether she trusts her Chancellor after Budget disaster

No 10 insisted on Monday that Liz Truss had full confidence in Kwasi Kwarteng - but less than 24 hours later the PM sidesteps the question of trust in TV interview

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss: 10 of the new prime minister’s biggest gaffes and awkward moments

From Brexit U-turns to forgetting where she is, we bring you the moments Britain’s new leader would probably much rather forget

The Independent UK

Truss and Kwarteng put on display of unity after U-turn over top rate of tax

The Prime Minister and Chancellor toured a construction site in Birmingham in an attempt to illustrate their joint commitment to economic growth.

The Independent UK

7 most Tory things we've seen at the Conservative Party Conference 2022

The array of gifts on sale at the party conference centre in Birmingham include Conservative cufflinks in the shape of the party's famous oak tree going for £20.

Daily Mirror

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Liz Truss: I really enjoy being Prime Minister

At least someone does.

The National (Scotland)

Petition for early general election hits 500,000 signatures

Debate date will be decided shortly

The Independent UK

Priti Patel says Tories will 'live and die' by economy and must 'regain' credibility

The former Home Secretary is expected to tell a conference meeting later that the Tories will "live or die" by its economic credibility - after nearly two weeks of chaos following the mini-budget and a screeching U-turn on tax cuts for the rich

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss: how to understand polls that give Labour an enormous lead – and why the Tories are right to fear a major election loss

When Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng announced that he would not be going ahead with his plan to scrap the top rate of tax in the UK, he claimed that he had done so because “he listened” to the public. There had indeed been a widespread outcry over his plan, set out…

The Conversation

Liz Truss’ history of U-turns after first major reversal as Prime Minister

The Tory frontrunner has performed many U-turns, big and small

The Independent UK

Susanna Reid defends Ed Balls as he's brutally told he's 'wasted' at ITV Good Morning Britain by guest

The presenter was back at the helm of the ITV new programme alongside the former Labour MP

Manchester Evening News

Priti Patel accuses Liz Truss of spending ‘with no thought of tomorrow’

Former home secretary says Tories ‘live or die’ on their economic credibility

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

UK's Truss vows to listen as she reels from policy U-turns

British Prime Minister Liz Truss has insisted she is leading “a listening government” that learns from its mistakes

Wales Online

Liz Truss under pressure over benefits as she refuses to rule out real terms cut

Senior former Welsh Tory minister Stephen Crabb says the U-turns so far have not been enough to pacify anger on Conservative benches

Daily Record

Liz Truss refuses to rule out real terms cuts to Universal Credit as pressure mounts on PM

The Prime Minister is reportedly considering raising benefits in line with earnings rather than inflation - and telling claimants it is unfair to receive a higher raise than workers.

Daily Mirror

Maddest moments from past Tory conferences - Theresa May’s P45 to Truss' pork markets

The Conservative Party Conference is currently underway in Birmingham, with prime minister Liz Truss and Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng in attendance as they discuss policies and U-turns

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The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss refuses to rule out real-terms benefits cuts

PM facing fresh battle with MPs as she declines to commit to raising benefits in line with inflation

Reuters

Truss faces new challenge over UK welfare payments

British Prime Minister Liz Truss triggered a new row in her party on Tuesday by suggesting she could limit increases in benefit payments to less than soaring inflation as she seeks ways to fund her tax-cutting growth plan.

The National (Scotland)

Liz Truss refuses to rule out real-terms cuts to benefits

PRIME Minister Liz Truss has refused to rule out real-terms benefit cuts in order to help pay for her government’s tax-cutting growth plan.

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss admits mistake over claim no one's energy bills will exceed £2,500

The Prime Minister acknowledged that she 'should have been more specific' when she incorrectly said that nobody would pay fuel bills of more than £2,500 - which is an average rather than a cap

Daily Mirror

Defiant Liz Truss faces full-scale Tory revolt as she plots to cut benefits for poor

One Nation Tory Damian Green said Liz Truss would 'probably not' get benefit cuts through Parliament - as even serving minister Penny Mordaunt warned she must not 'help people with one hand and take away with another'

Evening Standard

London streets are not safe, admits Prime Minister Liz Truss

‘I want to see the London Mayor do more to tackle crime in the capital’

Evening Standard

Watch: Kwarteng shrugs off ‘little turbulence’ after U-turn over tax cut for rich

Kwasi Kwarteng has sought to shrug off the chaos that triggered his astonishing U-turn on income tax cuts for the highest earners as a “little turbulence” as he battled to regain authority. The Chancellor remarked it had been a “tough” day as he told Conservative members in his set-piece conference…

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