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The Latest Breaking News from Liz Truss

Populist rhetoric without the popularity – Truss’s guaranteed recipe for failure

At least Brexit had an electoral mandate. The PM’s project of economic self-harm is neither politically nor morally feasible, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK

London politics latest LIVE: Liz Truss faces pressure for tax cut U-turn after insisting public spending will not be slashed

Treasury Select Committee chairman Mel Stride suggested Kwasi Kwarteng will need to show a ‘clear change in tack’ to satisfy markets after Liz Truss ruled out public spending cuts

Evening Standard

Wednesday briefing: How much time will Conservative MPs give Liz Truss?

In today’s newsletter: Liz Truss gives her first PMQs since the fiscal statement that blew up her premiership and may hope to calm colleagues. But from benefits cuts to despairing backbenchers, she has a lot to deal with

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I’m part of the ‘anti-growth coalition’ Liz Truss loves to hate – and I’m proud of it

The PM’s vision of growth is part of the class war that is transferring power from Britain’s poorest people to its richest, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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‘They are stealing Russia’: Adam Curtis on how hyper-capitalism wrecked a nation – and why Liz Truss must take heed

In the 1990s, Russia embraced an extreme economics that led to chaos and corruption. Now, writes the maker of explosive new series TraumaZone, Liz Truss is taking Britain down the same toxic path

The Guardian - UK

Pound - live: Ex-Bank of England deputy says Truss tax cuts behind market turmoil

Bank of England’s announcement triggers further uproar in financial markets as pound slips again

The Independent UK

Loss of trust could come back to bite the Tories

Record View says the damage caused by this government in just one month could take years to fix.

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UK ‘will fail to reach climate targets unless government drives behaviour change’

A House of Lords committee urges No 10 to use the lessons of pandemic to enable people to make decisions about travel, food, and energy use

The Independent UK

One in five families in Liz Truss’s seat would lose out under real-term benefit cuts

Research from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation shows impact of increasing benefits in line with earnings, not inflation

The Guardian - UK

One in five of all families face having their benefits cut in 200 Tory seats

New research shows the scale of the disaster hitting not just Brits on benefits, but the MPs they could turf out of office if Liz Truss goes ahead with plans to cut benefits

Daily Mirror

James Bulger's mum begs PM to keep killer Jon Venables behind bars ahead of parole hearing

It comes as the 40-year-old faces a parole hearing in the next few days

Liverpool Echo

‘Windfall tax’ for low-carbon energy firms in U-turn from Liz Truss

Labour say prime minister ‘dragged kicking and screaming’ to levy

The Independent UK

Power giants to face ‘windfall tax’ after all as Liz Truss delivers U-turn

Prime minister accused of ‘another screeching U-turn’ having previously rejected calls to impose levy

The Guardian - UK

Stormont spending beyond their budget "unacceptable", Chris Heaton-Harris says

"The Government has provided the Northern Ireland Executive with substantial additional funding through the Barnett formula"

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Pound falls sharply against dollar after Bank confirms bond-buying end date

Sterling falls more than a cent to below $1.10 after Andrew Bailey tells pension firms they have ‘got to get this done’

The Guardian - UK

Dead-eyed AI robot Ai-Da sets the bar high for Truss and Kwarteng

A robot addressing a Lords committee evinced a clarity and personality all too lacking at the top of the Tory party

The Independent UK

No 10 reviews Kwarteng’s mini-Budget measures following market turmoil

Exclusive: Staffers told to undertake line-by-line scrutiny to see if changes are needed

The Guardian - UK

UK to designate China a ‘threat’ in hawkish foreign policy shift

Redesignation will bring UK’s official position towards Beijing close to its stance on Russia

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The Independent UK

Pressure mounts on Truss and Kwarteng over economic plans

Senior Tories warned the Chancellor of further turmoil if he does not get the support of MPs for his fiscal measures.

The Guardian - UK

If the Tories U-turn on no-fault evictions, they’ll be guaranteeing misery for renters

Britain’s housing market feels like it’s stuck in the 19th century. Keeping cruel section 21 legislation will make it worse, says author Daniel Lavelle

The Guardian - UK

King Charles must lead by example on climate crisis

Letters: Dr Rhian Barrance says we need climate leaders who can be honest about the actions required to tackle the climate emergency. Plus letters from Jo Inge Svendsen and Trevor Jones

The Guardian - UK

We have no great expectations of Liz Truss

Letters: Sheila Cross agrees with Michael Rosen that social conditions now appear Dickensian, while Peter Riddle warns of real turbulence and Dr Neil Denby wonders why the wealthy always need carrots

The Guardian - UK

Nicola Sturgeon is right – the Tories’ cruel policies are truly detestable

Letters: Alastair McLeish sees no reason why the SNP leader should even try to be polite about the Conservative party. Plus a letter from Prof Gary Craig

The Independent UK

G7 vows to hold Vladimir Putin to account for ‘war crimes’ in Ukraine

Liz Truss and allies condemned Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities.

Daily Record

All you need to know from day one of Supreme Court independence referendum hearing

Two days of legal arguments in London will decide if Nicola Sturgeon can proceed with her plan to hold an IndyRef2 next year.

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