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The threat of nationalisation looms if a deal can’t be done — inside the bitter battle for TfL

Government bailouts have come with untenable strings, claim TfL bosses, but without them the service faces nationalisation. Would London Mayor…

Evening Standard

Public services need another £44bn by 2025 to cope with inflation, says IFS

Severe cuts to services feared as rising costs absorb a big chunk of increased departmental spending

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss refuses to commit to more cost-of-living support if she becomes PM

The Tory leadership contender said tax cuts are her priority to kick-start the economy.

The Independent UK

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Enough is Enough – Organisers behind the campaign for more Government action on cost-of-living crisis

150,000 people sign up to new pressure group in first 24 hours

Wales Online

Plans to slash 91,000 civil service jobs ‘would need cuts to major frontline services’

Proposal would also cost country more than £1bn in redundancy payments, review finds

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak would target Whitehall savings to fund cost-of-living winter help

The former chancellor announced the approach as his leadership rival Liz Truss maintained she is committed to helping struggling families.

The Independent UK

Plan to axe 91,000 civil servants ‘only possible with cuts to services’

Review casts doubt on Boris Johnson’s claim that frontline services would not be harmed

The Guardian - UK

Government 'goes cold' on Boris Johnson civil servant cuts plan after huge cost revealed

A WHITEHALL review into Boris Johnson’s plans to axe as many as 91,000 civil servants over three years has led…

The National (Scotland)

Labour attacks ‘zombie government’ as Boris Johnson returns from holiday

PM criticised for nearly week-long break in Slovenia after 15 Whitehall consultations left unanswered

The Guardian - UK

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Steve Barclay: 'Real sprint' needed to avert an NHS winter crisis

Health Secretary tells The Telegraph that hospitals face ‘very serious challenges coming down the track in the autumn’

The Telegraph

Public don’t want tax cuts Truss and Sunak are promising, poll reveals

As the Tory leadership hopefuls clash over when to reduce taxes, the public are more concerned with maintaining funding

The Guardian - UK

Only two out of five staff at 'Britain's FBI' think they have tools to do job

Labour analysed a poll of civil servants to find out how many were satisfied they had tools necessary to perform…

Daily Mirror

Truss U-turn on regional pay for public sector workers: how it happened

Details of the plan to slash £8.8 billion were unveiled in a press release on Monday but scrapped on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

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Liz Truss berated for 'cack-handed' Nicola Sturgeon attack in day of chaos

Last night Ms Truss said the best way to deal with the Scottish First Minister was to ignore her, branding…

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss abandons £8.8bn policy to slash public sector pay amid backlash

Senior Tory figures had said the policy would would ‘level down’ the nation by cutting teachers’ and nurses’ pay.

The Independent UK

The Northern Agenda: That bloody cheese man

Keep up to date with all the big politics stories in the North with the daily Northern Agenda newsletter. You…

Manchester Evening News

Liz Truss ditches lower pay plan for public sector workers outside London in screeching U-turn

The Tory frontrunner ditched the proposals in the face of a furious backlash, with critics warning it could leave nurses,…

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss plan to cut public sector pay would ‘level down’ nation – Tory critics

Conservative Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen said he was ‘actually speechless’ at the £8.8 billion proposal.

The Independent UK

‘Ticking time bomb’: Tory mayor ‘speechless’ at Liz Truss’s plans to cut public sector pay

Ben Houchen claims proposals will result in a ‘massive pay cut for 5.5 million people’ including nurses and police officers…

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Tory policy battle: What have Truss and Sunak pledged for the country?

Over the next few weeks it will be up to Conservative members to decide which of the two final candidates…

The Independent UK

Liz Truss criticised for claiming public sector pay pledge was misrepresented – as it happened

Former Tory chief whip tells leadership candidate to ‘stop blaming journalists’ after spokesperson said there had been ‘wilful misrepresentation of…

The Guardian - UK

Jacob Rees-Mogg: Civil Service diversity roles ‘created by the woke for the woke’

Minister for government efficiency says he backs Liz Truss's plan for a Whitehall shake-up

The Telegraph

Liz Truss criticised over plans to lower pay for public sector workers

She claimed there is too much bureaucracy and "stale groupthink in Whitehall" which she hopes to cleanse

Manchester Evening News

Liz Truss vows to slash pay of nurses and teachers outside London in 'levelling down' plan

Critics said Liz Truss' promise would result in a 'war on Workington' rather than Whitehall and marked the death of…

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss U-turns on plan to pay less in areas like the North East

The Tory leadership hopeful had outlined plans for regional pay boards that would pay less in some areas but later…

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