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PM meets cabinet as her popularity nosedives in poll The Independent says The prime minister’s popularity took a nosedive as a new poll revealed 80 per cent of Britons had an unfavourable view of Liz Truss. Ms Truss’ net favourability plunged to minus 70 according to a YouGov survey – a 14-point drop since last week with just 10 per cent of Britons having a favourable opinion of the prime minister. Among Tory voters, her support also continues to plummet: 20 per cent had a favourable view of their party’s leader, with 71 per cent having an unfavourable view. The…

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Jeremy Hunt shreds Truss’s economic plans in astounding U-turn on tax The Guardian says Jeremy Hunt has shredded Liz Truss’s economic plans in one of the most astonishing U-turns in modern political history, including slashing the energy price freeze which the prime minister had repeatedly championed. The new chancellor dismantled almost all of the platform that Truss’s leadership victory had been built on, including the majority of her tax cuts, and hinted a new windfall tax was in his sights – a move the PM had previously said she would not countenance. Hunt also refused to rule out cuts to…

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Liz Truss’s poll rating at MINUS 70 as even loyal Tory admits she’s in last chance saloon Daily Mirror says Liz Truss is in the last chance saloon as she can’t afford to make “any more mistakes”, a loyal minister who attends her Cabinet admitted today. James Heappey confessed the Tory party was “skittish” after the Prime Minister finally apologised for the chaos unleashed by her mini-Budget. It came as a staggering new poll put her personal approval rating at MINUS 70 – lower than was ever sunk by Boris Johnson. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/loyal-tory-minister-admits-liz-28264544

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Liz Truss sank like a soufflé when she finally faced MPs The Sun says PRIME Minister Liz Truss sank like a soufflé today when she finally faced MPs, a body language expert has claimed. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt tore apart Ms Truss’ mini-Budget this afternoon in a bid to reassure nervous markets. And while body language expert Judi James said the pair appeared “pally”, the way Ms Truss held herself afterward implied otherwise. Before Mr Hunt’s speech, Labour grilled the Tories in a bid to have them explain why Kwasi Kwarteng was fired. Ms Truss joined Mr Hunt in a show…

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