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Tory conference made Apocalypse Now look like a sedate tea party

It’s hard to explain the end-of-days vibe at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham. Government loyalists declared that this re-incarnation of Margaret Thatcher was not for turning on cutting the top rate of tax. Fast forward 12 hours to the mother of all U- turns.

Evening Standard

Nigel Pearson explains Kane Wilson absence as Bristol City defensive injury list grows

The right wing-back is a doubt to take on Birmingham City at the weekend while midfielder Matty James is also likely to miss out

Bristol Post

Liz Truss Tory conference speech interrupted by protesters strong-armed out of room

The under-fire Prime Minister had taken to the stage for her first conference speech as leader after the annual Tory gathering in Birmingham was marred by vicious infighting

Daily Mirror

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‘A tribute to inflation?’: Liz Truss picks ‘Moving on Up’ by M People for Conservative Party conference song

The prime minister was attending the event in Birmingham for her first Conservative conference speech today

The Independent UK

Liz Truss Tory conference speech disrupted by Greenpeace protesters; PM claims cutting taxes ‘right morally and economically’ – as it happened

Prime minister’s keynote speech interrupted by environment protesters

The Guardian - UK

Nigel Pearson admits he faces waiting game on Kal Naismith as he reacts to Bristol City draw

The Robins boss says he could be open to changing formation ahead of the trip to Birmingham

Bristol Post

Families queue for emergency food five miles from Tories drinking Champagne at conference

Hungry households urged Conservatives descending on Birmingham to throw them a lifeline - with inflation running at 9.9 per cent, food prices rocketing and banks scrapping mortgage deals, many fear their plight will deepen

Daily Mirror

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Fear of Sinn Fein obstacle to normalisation of NI politics – Baker

The NIO minister was speaking to Northern Ireland Conservatives at the party conference in Birmingham.

The Independent UK

‘Two fingers up at ordinary people’: Birmingham boils amid Tory conference chaos in city

Tax cuts for the rich and eye-watering mortgage rises have left people seething in constituency where Conservatives’ annual gathering is taking place

The Independent UK

Uproar and disorder: day 3 of the Conservative conference circus

A day after the chancellor’s forced tax-cut reversal, the Tories in Birmingham were still performing some jagged manoeuvres

The Guardian - UK

Several delegates fall asleep during Therese Coffey’s speech at Tory conference

The Coffey wasn’t strong enough for some delegates at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham

Evening Standard

Sunakites to culture warriors: Tory tribes go to war in Birmingham

Conference fractures into intersecting groups whose members are united on issues from low tax to ‘woke’ students

The Guardian - UK

What train strikes are happening in October and how will rail passengers be affected?

After the rail unions announced a series of 24-hour strikes and vowed to shut down the railway, this is the state of play

The Independent UK

Truss and Kwarteng put on display of unity after U-turn over top rate of tax

The Prime Minister and Chancellor toured a construction site in Birmingham in an attempt to illustrate their joint commitment to economic growth.

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Daily Mirror

7 most Tory things we've seen at the Conservative Party Conference 2022

The array of gifts on sale at the party conference centre in Birmingham include Conservative cufflinks in the shape of the party's famous oak tree going for £20.

Daily Mirror

Maddest moments from past Tory conferences - Theresa May’s P45 to Truss' pork markets

The Conservative Party Conference is currently underway in Birmingham, with prime minister Liz Truss and Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng in attendance as they discuss policies and U-turns

Birmingham Post

Four-day week pilot: Boss reveals the seven key things he's learnt so far

Tyler Grange has offices located in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol, Exeter and Cirencester

Evening Standard

Watch: Kwarteng shrugs off ‘little turbulence’ after U-turn over tax cut for rich

Kwasi Kwarteng has sought to shrug off the chaos that triggered his astonishing U-turn on income tax cuts for the highest earners as a “little turbulence” as he battled to regain authority. The Chancellor remarked it had been a “tough” day as he told Conservative members in his set-piece conference…

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The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss says she wants to cut top rate of tax eventually and says she does trust Kwasi Kwarteng as chancellor – as it happened

PM says says she backs idea to abolish tax cut for high earners in principle despite shelving it for now

Daily Mirror

Hungry families at food bank - five miles from champagne-quaffing Tory conference

The Mirror visited the Tyseley Foodbank in Birmingham, across the city from where Conservatives are gathered for their annual jamboree

Birmingham Post

Birmingham Airport chiefs 'thrilled' as Air India launches new flights to Delhi and Amritsar

'We’re doing backward somersaults of joy at the prospect of increasing our India flight frequency'

Daily Mirror

Inside city's red light district, where sex sold from 8am and syringes left on ground

Sex work, drug use and anti-social behavior in a Birmingham suburb is leaving business owners and residents exasperated and scared. They are calling for the police and local council to take action

Evening Standard

David Bond: Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng in bombshell 45p tax cut U-turn

Kwasi Kwarteng was forced into a screeching U-turn on Monday on his plan to ditch the 45p top rate of income tax.With the ink hardly dry on his mini-budget 10 days ago, the Chancellor bowed to a revolt of Tory MPs opposed to him abolishing the tax rate for people…

The National (Scotland)

Tory conference locked down by police amid 'potential security alert'

POLICE have locked down the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham because of a “potential security alert”.

Birmingham Post

Encore Personnel acquired by Italy-based Gi Group

Encore was set up in Leicester in 2002 and has branches in Leicester, Birmingham and across the Midlands

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