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Treasury to delay publishing OBR forecast by six weeks after 7 October delivery – as it happened

Budget watchdog to give assessment of fiscal plans next week but public will have to wait until chancellor’s November statement

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss plots to reduce benefits to help fund tax cuts for the rich

THE Tory government is set to cut benefits in real terms in order to fund tax cuts for the rich, according to reports.

The National (Scotland)

Pound falls after UK’s fiscal watchdog meets Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng – as it happened

Pound trading 0.4% lower at $1.1066 following OBR meeting with UK PM and chancellor; economy grew in second quarter but ‘continues to slow’

The Guardian - UK

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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

Evening Standard

Kwasi Kwarteng and Liz Truss to meet OBR chief amid UK market turmoil

Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng due to meet with the head of the Office of Budget Responsibility on Friday - after days of market turmoil following Friday’s mini-budget.

Evening Standard

Liz Truss holds emergency talks with budget watchdog after failing to calm markets

Liz Truss was due to hold emergency talks with the Office for Budget Responsibility today as the Government scrambles to calm market panic in the wake of the disastrous mini-Budget

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss to hold meeting with OBR amid market alarm at mini-Budget

OBR says it offered to produce forecast for mini-Budget but Treasury declined

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Liz Truss to hold emergency talks with OBR after failing to calm markets

Exclusive: in unusual move, PM and Kwasi Kwarteng will meet fiscal watchdog after mini-budget sparked investor panic

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 Guardian - UK

Cross-party MPs demand Kwasi Kwarteng brings forward next ‘fiscal event’

The Treasury Select Committee, chaired by an influential Tory MP, said the Chancellor should reveal his medium-term fiscal plan at the end of October.

The Independent UK

Mini-budget to pile on debt interest, warns Tony Blair Institute

Kwasi Kwarteng’s growth plan included £45bn of tax cuts

Wales Online

Chancellor’s mini-budget to pile on debt interest, warns Tony Blair Institute

It comes after days of market turmoil as traders swallowed the impact of the Chancellor’s growth plan, which included £45 billion of tax cuts.

The Independent UK

‘Fiscal sustainability’ plus rising borrowing costs could add up to cuts

To make the sums work, some suggest Kwasi Kwarteng may include deep spending reductions in his medium-term fiscal plan

The Guardian - UK

Half of Kwarteng’s cuts to personal tax will go to richest 5%, say experts

Thinktank says someone earning £1m will gain £40,000 as top rate, basic rate and national insurance reduced

The Guardian - UK

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Friday briefing: What to expect from Kwasi Kwarteng today

In today’s newsletter: The newly appointed chancellor will deliver his first ‘fiscal event’ in Parliament today – but will it make a difference?

Wales Online

Chancellor to set out plans for ‘new era focused on growth’ in mini-budget

Kwasi Kwarteng is expected to explain how the Prime Minister's tax-cutting promises will be put into practice

Evening Standard

UK faces ‘really tough times’ admits PM Liz Truss ahead of mini-budget

The PM promised the ‘growth plan will deliver better jobs, more funding for public services and higher wages’ amid the cost-of-living crisis

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What to expect in tomorrow's Mini-Budget - Stamp Duty, energy bills and National Insurance

Everything we know about Kwasi Kwarteng's statement tomorrow - from Bankers' Bonuses to the real living wage.

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The Guardian - UK

Royal Mail needs to modernise – but hardball is not way out of dispute

For postal workers, firm’s proposal to hold talks at conciliation service Acas is one to consider seriously

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

The Guardian - UK

UK’s mounting debts unsustainable if sweeping tax cuts go ahead, warns IFS

Concerns mount before mini-budget that precarious financial position will spark run on sterling

The Guardian - UK

Ed Davey: Truss government is probably most rightwing in modern UK history

Exclusive: Lib Dem leader says refusal to allow OBR scrutiny of mini-budget ‘shows economy is being run by ideology, not a plan’

The Guardian - UK

Ever bold, always cocky and never a mission accomplished: this will be the tale of PM Truss

The pattern is already clear – a rush for growth, no concern about the risks, and a fall that everyone saw coming, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK

Kwasi Kwarteng refuses to let OBR release forecasts with mini-budget

Tory chair of Treasury committee says assessments on economic impact of planned tax cuts vital to provide reassurance to markets

The Independent UK

MPs demand economic forecast alongside Kwarteng’s mini-budget

The Tory chairman of the Treasury Committee said such data is needed to ‘provide reassurance and confidence to international markets and investors’.

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