Month: October 2022

The Guardian says You know that the first mini-budget hasn’t gone down that well when before you’ve even been in office for a month “resign” is trending on Twitter, and following Monday’s climbdown over the abolishment of the 45p tax rate, social media was awash with people poking fun at the prime minister, Liz Truss, and her beleaguered chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng.

Daily Express says Michael Gove continued his attack on Liz Truss today as he threatened to launch a fresh rebellion against the Prime Minister.

The Sun says LIZ Truss, by her own admission, handled the presentation of the mini-Budget badly.

The Sun says THIS is the face of an alleged gunman charged with murdering Olivia Pratt-Korbel after she was shot dead at her family home.

Daily Mirror says The man charged with the murder of Olivia Pratt-Korbel has appeared in court this morning.

The Independent says At least 133 people have died since the beginning of historic anti-hijab protests in Iran, according to a rights organisation, with more than 40 of them killed in a brutal police crackdown on Friday alone.

The Independent says British number one Cameron Norrie has confirmed he has tested positive for Covid.

The Independent says A man charged with the murder of a nine-year-old girl in her home has been remanded in custody after appearing in court.

The Independent says A bomb threat was made on a flight from Iran to China this morning, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has reported.

The Metro says Erling Haaland continued to write his name into the Premier League history books on Sunday with his latest hat-trick for Manchester City.

The Metro says A former Cabinet minister sees Liz Truss as a ‘dead woman walking’ who has ‘lost all credibility’, according to a report.

The Metro says A picture has emerged of the man accused of gunning down Olivia Pratt-Korbel, nine, as he appeared in court charged with her murder.

The Metro says Christmas is going to be a little different this year – as one of our go-to festive favourites will have a brand new look.

The Metro says Fans of Marilyn Monroe have been left sickened by a scene in new film Blonde which features former US President John F Kennedy.

The Guardian says US Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) administrator Deanne Criswell asked Americans on Sunday “to make informed decisions” about rebuilding in vulnerable areas hit by natural disasters intensified by climate change.

The Guardian says Brazil’s acrimonious presidential race will go to a second round after the former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva failed to secure the overall majority he needed to avoid a runoff with the far-right incumbent, Jair Bolsonaro.

The Guardian says Sacheen Littlefeather, Native American activist who famously declined Marlon Brando’s Oscar for The Godfather, has died aged 75, the Academy of Motion Pictures announced on Sunday.

The Guardian says Thames Water, Southern Water and other companies will be forced to cut tens of millions of pounds from consumers’ bills after the regulator said they had missed pollution targets.

The Guardian says Chris Wilder has been sacked by Middlesbrough after only 11 months in charge at the Championship club.

Liz Truss’s mini-budget has been heavily criticised by Michael Gove as having the “wrong values”, reads the front page of The Independent.
The paper says Gove critised the measures as being not Conservative and came at a time when pressure was mounting on PM Truss to perform a u-turn on the controversial plan to axe the 45p income tax band – which gifts an average £10,000 to the 600,000 highest earners in the UK at a time when ministers are eyeing real-term cuts to welfare benefits.

The Guardian reports that Prime Minister Liz Truss is struggling to win over Conservative MPs to back her controversial mini-budget. The paper’s front page reports on a threatened “all-out rebellion” amid fears the Tories could become known as the “nasty party.” The paper said the PM displayed “a sliver of remorse” for the way the mini-budget was received, her chancellor remains defiant. It also reports that Kwasi Kwarteng would pledge on Monday to “stay the course” with what he calls a “sound credible” plan.

Former minister Michael Gove has become the latest senior Tory to savage Liz Truss’s mini-budget, reports the Metro. The paper says the former levelling-up secretary called the mini-budget “not Conservative” and critised “a number of mistakes” in the PM’s plans to grow the economy by increasing the amount of borrowing.

According to the Daily Mirror, a senior Tory has warned that Liz Truss will be ousted as prime minister by Christmas unless she ditches her tax cuts for the wealthy. “Truss ‘is finished'” is the headline on the front of the paper, which quotes a former cabinet minister’s damning verdict Truss’s premiership.

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng is due to say “we must stay the course” and stick to his plan to deliver economic growth on Monday, reports the Daily Express. The paper says the chancellor will draw a line under the market turmoil of the past week when he issues a “conference battle cry” this afternoon at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham.

How many more must die? that’s the headline on the front page of the Sun which reports Mel B has demanded action to tackle domestic abuse.