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  At just after half past one on Thursday, October 20, Liz Truss announced her resignation as Prime Minister after just 44 days – the shortest tenure in modern British political history. ​At just after half past one on Thursday, October 20, Liz Truss announced her resignation as Prime Minister after just 44 days – the shortest tenure in modern British political history. 

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Gas and electricity company that pulled out of auction for Bulb last year could gazump bid by Octopus The gas and electricity supplier Ovo has revived its interest in snapping up nationalised rival Bulb, potentially gazumping a bid by Octopus Energy. Ovo has written to Bulb’s special administrator to inform them it is again considering a purchase. Ovo originally submitted an offer to buy Bulb shortly after it collapsed in November last year, but later pulled out of the auction, during which several bidders have fallen away. Continue reading… ​Gas and electricity company that pulled out of auction for Bulb…

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Former Ukip leader and others use term associated with ‘age-old antisemitic conspiracism’ to describe new home secretary Truss resigns – live news updates Jewish groups and campaigners have condemned commentators and media including Nigel Farage and GB News for calling Grant Shapps a “globalist”, a term which has associations with antisemitism and the far right. John Mann, the former Labour MP who is now a non-affiliated peer and is the government’s independent adviser on antisemitism, called for GB News to sack both Farage and another of its presenters, Dan Wootton, if they did not rescind the language. Continue reading… ​Former…

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