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The Latest Breaking News from Liz Truss

Economists demand urgent action on energy bills to avert ‘catastrophe’

Millions of vulnerable people will be harmed without radical policies to ease cost of living crisis, say experts

The Guardian - UK

Soaring energy bills require pragmatism not political pipe dreams

Only the Resolution Foundation’s idea of a social tariff for low-income households would direct support where it’s most needed

The Guardian - UK

Sunak and Truss set to square off in penultimate hustings

Both candidates offered eye-catching policies to woo local Tory voters, even as the cost-of-living crisis overshadows the contest.

The Independent UK

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New PM should provide ‘radical’ energy support, says think tank

A social tariff could help millions through a painful winter, the Resolution Foundation said.

The Independent UK

Brits of every age and from every walk of life demand: 'Freeze our energy bills now!'

People around the country are worried about how they will afford bills of £6,000 a year, about having to choose either heating or eating, about their jobs, their homes and their health

Daily Mirror

The UK is facing an energy bills crisis, and no major party is prepared for it

The UK is heading into the greatest cost of living crisis in living memory. Looming energy price rises are going to drive huge swathes of the population into fuel poverty, and none of the proposals being put forward by our political parties at Westminster or in Scotland or Wales are…

The Conversation

Rishi Sunak hits out at Liz Truss over ‘complacent’ economic policies

The former chancellor vowed to prioritise the battle against inflation while his rival advocates tax cuts.

The Independent UK

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Tories offer access to new chancellor for £3,000

Business day at party’s autumn conference will give lobbyists and CEOs access to senior ministers, raising ethics concerns

The Guardian - UK

SNP demand Lord Frost not given government job if Liz Truss becomes PM

The SNP have urged Tory leadership frontrunner Liz Truss to rule out offering a return to government for “anti-devolution” peer David Frost.

The National (Scotland)

Majority of Britons want Government to do more on cost of living, a study finds

A study has found 77 per cent of Britons think the government is doing too little to help people struggling with the cost-of-living crisis.

Evening Standard

Liz Truss plan to divert NHS billions to social care like ‘robbing Peter to pay Paul’

Health groups welcomed the recognition that the social care sector is underfunded and failing to provide appropriate care for patients, but warned against further cutting ‘already squeezed NHS budgets’

The Independent UK

Gateshead homelessness charity calls on Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss fulfil Tory pledge to end rough sleeping by 2024

Gateshead charity Oasis Community Housing, Crisis and Shelter are among the 28 organisations to sign an open letter to Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, urging them to take action on homelessness if elected as the next PM

Chronicle Live

Liz Truss plan to divert NHS funds to social care is ‘robbing Peter to pay Paul’

Health expert says NHS needs money too and diverting promised £13bn is not a sustainable solution

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

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The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak questions whether Liz Truss’s tax plans are truly Thatcherite

Sunak says Thatcher would know Truss’s planned tax cuts ‘aren’t a sensible approach’

Daily Record

Rishi Sunak virtually rules out backing a Liz Truss tax-cutting budget

The former chancellor who is trailing Liz Truss in the Tory leadership race said there were fundamental differences in their approach to the economy.

The Independent UK

Liz Truss says she’s ‘ready’ to hit nuclear button if necessary

Tory leadership frontrunner appeared emotionless when asked how ‘annihilation’ would make her feel

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss branded sewage in rivers 'disgraceful' in 2014 speech despite budget cuts

The Tory leadership frontrunner has come under firefor overseeing cuts to the Environment Agency budget, after which raw sewage discharges have risen

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Daily Mirror

'After 12 years of misrule, it’s clear the Tories are the problem, not the solution'

David from Essex writes that, though Truss looks set to win the Tory leadership election, 'she hasn't a clue how to fix Britain's problems.' What do you think?

Evening Standard

Londoner’s Diary: Gary Lineker sewage remarks kick up stink at the BBC

In today’s Diary: BBC colleague bashes Gary Lineker’s tweets / Why the French will like Chagos Islands book / What next for Matt Hancock? / Hugh Bonneville’s latest villain / William Orbit to make noise in Venice

Daily Mirror

Brit 'tortured' and facing death sentence in India 'after tip-off from UK intelligence'

Mr Johal is a Sikh activist and blogger but Indian authorities suspect he is a member of the Khalistan Liberation Force, a banned terrorist organisation and accuse him of funding assassinations

Evening Standard

Britons must endure ‘short-term pain’ of energy bills so Putin is defeated, minister warns

Armed forces minister James Heappey admitted that a ‘really expensive winter lies ahead’ for many UK families

The Independent 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

Daily Mirror

Tory minister dismisses energy bills freeze despite Brits facing 'really expensive winter'

Armed Forces Minister James Heappey poured cold water on a £100billion proposal by Scottish Power to halt energy bill hikes for the next two years

The Guardian - UK

Levelling up bill includes no funding to make levelling up happen, say MPs – as it happened

Levelling up committee chair says in current form bill is unclear on how to ensure policy becomes reality

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