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Tory MPs are plotting with Labour to ‘block benefits cuts’, shadow minister reveals

Jonathan Ashworth says unhappy Tories have ‘reached out’ to find way to block below-inflation rises

The Independent UK

Nadine Dorries warns fellow Tories of ‘complete wipeout’ in early general election

Former culture secretary says Boris Johnson’s return cannot be ruled out but is ‘extremely unlikely’

The Independent UK

Truss and Kwarteng will face fury of Tory MPs in week of crisis meetings

The PM and chancellor will try to stop panic spreading through the party after their high-risk economic plan threatens a ‘death spiral’

The Guardian - UK

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UK pension schemes were at risk of collapse in 'unprecedented' impact of budget

The Bank of England has written to the Government explaining why it intervened after market instability

Wales Online

Fresh confusion as foreign secretary can’t say when Kwarteng fiscal plan will come

Cabinet minister can say ‘exactly’ when crucial borrowing details will be set out amid uncertainty

The Independent UK

Kwarteng U-turn on statement timing ‘could ease mortgage pain for millions’

Senior Tory says watchdog report will influence crucial rate-setting meeting

The Independent UK

Kwarteng bringing forward debt plan could calm markets, says top Tory MP

Mel Stride, chair of Treasury committee, says move could also mean smaller interest rate rises

The Guardian - UK

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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'

Daily Mirror

Row over Universal Credit and other DWP benefits amid fears of Liz Truss cut

Ms Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng may announce a real-terms cut in benefits

Wales Online

Pound at two-week high as FTSE 100 posts best day since June – as it happened

Chancellor denies reports that he will bring his medium-term fiscal plans forward to this month, despite pressure from markets and MPs

The Guardian - UK

Tory rebel Grant Shapps says Liz Truss has admitted that she rushed into tax cut

Tory rebel Grant Shapps insisted on Monday that he did not want Liz Truss to be toppled as Prime Minister after the humiliating U-turn over the top rate of tax.

Evening Standard

Warning to Kwarteng that delay in releasing plans could mean mortgage pain for millions

Senior Tory urges chancellor to bring forward 23 November fiscal statement to this month

The Independent UK

Kwasi Kwarteng to keep expert OBR Budget verdict secret for nearly two months

Chancellor resists calls for ‘reset moment’ for economy despite OBR promising forecast next Friday

The Independent UK

Top Tory bizarrely claims mini-Budget 'so detailed' it couldn't be assessed by watchdog

Treasury Minister Andrew Griffith suggested the Office for Budget Responsibility would have struggled to get through the 40-page document in time - directly contradicting the watchdog

Daily Mirror

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The National (Scotland)

PM and Chancellor to meet budget watchdog boss as market turmoil continues

THE embattled Prime Minister and her Chancellor will meet with the head of the Office of Budget Responsibility on Friday, in the latest effort by…

Manchester Evening News

Liz Truss to hold emergency talks with budget watchdog amid market turmoil

The Prime Minister and the Chancellor will meet with the head of the Office of Budget Responsibility today

Evening Standard

Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng promise to work ‘closely’ with OBR after meeting amid market turmoil

The Prime Minister and Chancellor will “work closely” with the Office for Budget Responsibility in the coming weeks, the Treasury said

The Independent UK

Bombshell polls throw massive question mark over Liz Truss’s future as PM

Tory meltdown after ‘unforced error’ Budget gifts Keir Starmer leads of up to 33 points

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The Guardian - UK

Treasury watchdog to ask Kwarteng to hand over growth forecasts

Tory chair Mel Stride says committee needs to hear how chancellor will boost growth, and suggests one option might be via immigration

The Independent UK

Liz Truss warned businesses will ‘go on strike’ by halting investment without clear plan

Companies ‘won’t invest until they see some clarity’, says business chief Martin Sorrell

Wales Online

Ministers could scrap inflation-linked benefits rise amid economic turmoil

Treasury minister Chris Philp has refused to commit to an expected uprating of benefits in line with inflation

Daily Mirror

Where is Liz Truss? PM 'missing' as UK descends into chaos after disastrous mini-budget

Liz Truss, who has not spoken in public for a week, is finally breaking cover on Friday morning after the Tories' disastrous mini-budget announcement spooked markets

Wales Online

Letters of no confidence in Liz Truss 'already being put in' by Tory MPs

It comes as the pound has hit an all-time low against the US dollar

The Guardian - UK

Tory backbenchers despair at ‘toxic’ mini-budget

Divisions of leadership contest return to the fore as some MPs criticise extra borrowing to pay for tax cuts

The Guardian - UK

Silencing mini-budget analysis will not help Truss woo the markets

Government needs independent verification of policies if it is to win vital finance sector confidence

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