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Britain and France close to deal on tackling Channel crossings

Britain is on the verge of agreeing a deal with France to tackle the surge of migrants crossing the Channel in small boats, a Cabinet Minister said on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

Gavin Williamson allegedly told civil servant to 'slit your throat' as new bullying claim emerges

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is under increasing pressure over his decision to bring Gavin Williamson ally back into Government.

Daily Record

‘Utterly unacceptable’ if Gavin Williamson told aide to ‘slit your throat’, says Cabinet minister

Me Stride refuses to say ‘bullying’ minister will survive until Christmas, warning ‘I don’t think anyone is unsackable’

The Independent UK

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Sir Gavin Williamson told ‘we are all sackable’ as he faces fresh claim of alleged bullying

Sir Gavin Williamson could face a cabinet office investigation over bullying reports, Downing Street hinted on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

SNP blasts Tory welfare chief over call for maternity rights to be slashed

Mel Stride, recently appointed as Work and Pensions secretary by Rishi Sunak, complained that rules on leave for new mothers and fathers were too "onerous".

Daily Record

DWP boss declines to rule out means test changes for disability benefit claimants

People were left confused when the head of the DWP did not answer a question

Nottingham Post

Millions worse off if PIP and disability benefits are means-tested

DWP refuses to rule out several disability benefits becoming means tested

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DWP could means-test PIP, Attendance Allowance and other disability benefits

PIP, Attendance Allowance and other disability benefits could all be affected

Liverpool Echo

DWP fails to rule out means-testing PIP and other disability benefits ahead of Autumn Budget

The new boss at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) was questioned in the House of Commons

Nottingham Post

DWP fails to rule out means-testing PIP, Attendance Allowance and other disability benefits

The Autumn Budget is scheduled to take place on November 17 and questions have been asked about any upcoming changes to disability benefits

Chronicle Live

DWP does not rule out means-testing PIP and other disability benefits in Autumn Statement this month

DLA, Attendance Allowance and Carer’s Allowance eligibility could be changing.

Daily Record

DWP boss says decision whether to increase benefits will be mid-November at earliest

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Mel Stride has issued an update regarding the State Pension and benefits uprating decision, stating that it would not be announced until "at least" November 17

Edinburgh Live

New DWP boss confirms State Pension and benefits uprating decision will be mid-November at the earliest

Mel Stride told MPs an announcement will not be made before the Autumn Statement on November 17.

Daily Record

Tory DWP chief rebuked by No10 over his call for maternity rights to be slashed

Mel Stride bizarrely claimed he had never said 'cutting maternity rights will be good for business' - despite his 2012 comments that 'relaxations in protected-employment' laws could be a 'massive shot in the arm for British business'

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The Independent UK

Pensions Secretary guarded on whether benefits will rise in line with inflation

Tory MPs were among those applying pressure to the new Secretary of State to make the call ahead of the Chancellor’s autumn statement on November 17.

Daily Mirror

New Tory welfare chief said cutting maternity rights would be 'better for business'

Mel Stride, who was appointed as Work and Pensions Secretary last week, complained that rules on leave for new mothers and fathers were too “onerous"

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak cabinet: Who could be in new leader’s top team from Jeremy Hunt to Ben Wallace

The next prime minister will start assembling a top team that he will hope can return a measure of stability to the country.

Wales Online

Rishi Sunak Cabinet role 'could offer Olive branch to Boris Johnson'

Calling back Michael Gove and Boris Johnson may also be canny political moves to unite the Conservative party

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Chronicle Live

What could Rishi Sunak’s Cabinet look like? From a Boris Johnson return to Dominic Raab revival

What could the new Conservative Cabinet look like under the leadership of Rishi Sunak?

The Independent UK

What could Rishi Sunak’s Cabinet look like?

The next prime minister will start assembling a top team that he will hope can return a measure of stability to the country.

Al Jazeera

UK’s Kwarteng abandons US trip as pressure over economy mounts

The sense of chaos at the heart of government fuels speculation as to whether it can survive, after 37 days in office.

The Guardian - UK

Senior Tory warns Truss economic U-turn must be ‘significant’

Mel Stride says that markets won’t be settled if government’s policy change just ‘nibbles at the edges’

Reuters

UK's Truss sacrifices finance minister, scraps tax plan in fight to survive

British Prime Minister Liz Truss fired her finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng and scrapped parts of their unpopular economic package on Friday in a desperate bid for political survival less than 40 days into her premiership.

The Guardian - UK

‘Let’s see’: pressure builds for No 10 U-turn on corporation tax

Reversing key plank of her leadership pitch would be much bigger humiliation for Liz Truss than 45p rate U-turn

Daily Mirror

Rich donor grows Tory pie by paying '£25k' for Liz Truss speech at £1,500-a-head dinner

The party loyalist reportedly pledged the sum for a signed copy of the PM's much-maligned party conference in Birmingham, which saw her mocked for saying the UK needs to "grow the economic pie" and saw her interrupted by Greenpeace protesters

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