West Bromwich: Red wall town that turned blue split on Liz Truss ahead of Conservative conference
The fact that the Tory Party conference is happening only five miles away in Birmingham may have escaped many of...
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Devolved nations demand urgent meeting with chancellor as Tory top team doubles down on plan to cut spending
The devolved governments of the UK want an urgent meeting with Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng to discuss immediate action to reverse...
A lesson from ‘Reaganomics’: The collision of theory and reality could prove fatal for PM Liz Truss and Tory party
In his book on the failure of Ronald Reagan's economic revolution, the US president's one-time guru David Stockman wrote that...
Conservative Party chairman tells MPs they will lose whip if they vote against Kwarteng’s tax-cutting mini-budget
Conservative MPs will lose the party whip if they vote against Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng's tax-cutting mini-budget, a senior Tory has...
Kwasi Kwarteng faces calls for inquiry after attending champagne party with hedge fund managers hours after delivering mini-budget
Kwasi Kwarteng is facing calls for an official inquiry following a report that he attended a private champagne reception with...
Liz Truss sticks by plan but admits mistakes – and says top-rate tax cut was chancellor’s idea
Liz Truss has admitted that she "should have laid the ground better" for the government's tax-cutting mini-budget after the pound...
Liz Truss to face wretched week at Tory Party conference after mini-budget turmoil
Liz Truss is set to face a wretched week at the Tory Party conference after the disastrous reaction to Kwasi...
Liz Truss and Tories’ approval ratings take another hit in fresh poll
Liz Truss and the Tories' approval ratings have again plummeted in a fresh poll - as Labour jumped to a...
Devolved nations demand urgent meeting with chancellor as Tory top team doubles down on plan to cut spending
The devolved governments of the UK want an urgent meeting with Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng to discuss immediate action to reverse...
Liz Truss admits ‘disruption’ to UK economy but stands by forecast-free mini-budget
Liz Truss has for the first time acknowledged that "there has been disruption" to the UK economy following last week's...
Minister issues fraud warning as government energy support package comes into effect
Consumers are being warned they may be targeted by scammers as the government's energy price guarantee comes into effect.Messages asking...
Fiscal watchdog to give initial forecast on mini-budget after meeting with PM and chancellor
Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng have met the head of the UK's independent fiscal watchdog amid the fallout from the...
Liz Truss is a ‘danger’ to the economy and has ‘lost control’, says Keir Starmer
Liz Truss is a "danger" to the economy and has "lost control" after the fallout from the government's mini-budget, Sir...
Sir Keir Starmer’s hope has turned into belief that he will be UK’s next prime minister | Beth Rigby
Boris Johnson deposed, turmoil in the markets triggered by Trussonomics, Sir Keir Starmer finds himself catapulted from the Labour leader...
Prime Minister Liz Truss defends economic strategy despite fiscal chaos after mini-budget
Liz Truss has insisted "decisive action" by the government over its economic policies will help the UK going forward.Speaking to...
Jittery Tories fear voters will be unimpressed by Truss’s mini-budget defence
Liz Truss has surfaced today after a week out of the public gaze to insist she believes her mini-budget was...
‘True’ that government tax cuts benefit the wealthiest, says finance minister Chris Philp
A government minister has accepted that scrapping the top rate of income tax would benefit only the wealthy.Speaking to Sky...
Liz Truss’s ‘favourite’ economist says chancellor ‘took his eye off ball’ and ‘overstepped the mark’ with mini-budget
Prime Minister Liz Truss's external adviser on the economy has told Sky News that the chancellor had "taken his eye...
IMF warns UK against mini-budget that will ‘likely increase inequality’
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has criticised the UK government's mini-budget, saying the plans for tax cuts and spending will...
Free breakfast for all primary school children in England under Labour
Labour will tomorrow unveil plans to ensure every primary school child in England has access to fully funded breakfast clubs...
