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Policymakers attempt to insulate households from worst of impact from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine The EU has proposed a cap on “excessive and volatile” gas prices this winter as part of a package to protect consumers. Brussels has put forward a new mechanism to control prices by blocking transactions above a certain level, which can be triggered “when needed”. Continue reading… ​Policymakers attempt to insulate households from worst of impact from Russia’s invasion of UkraineThe EU has proposed a cap on “excessive and volatile” gas prices this winter as part of a package to protect consumers.Brussels has put forward a…

In office but not in power Daily Mail says Liz Truss was last night warned she was ‘in office but not in power’ amid reports Rishi Sunak met with a senior Penny Mordaunt ally.   Mr Sunak, who came second to Ms Truss in the Conservative leadership contest this summer, is said to have spoken to a key Mordaunt backer with a ‘tacit’ suggestion he could serve as her Chancellor – claims that were denied by Mr Sunak. Suggestions of Rishi Sunak manoeuvring to oust Liz Truss as Prime Minister after less than 50 days of her in Downing Street have been…

“At last! A true Tory budget” Daily Mail says The boldness and courage of Kwasi Kwarteng’s debut Budget is seismic. By taking a hatchet to taxes and placing growth front and centre of economic policy, the Chancellor has produced a genuine Tory package elbowing to one side the Treasury’s fiscal conservatism which restrained his predecessors. The scale of the package is mind-boggling. Liz Truss and her Chancellor have turned their backs on the doomsters in the think-tanks, in the civil service and on the political Left to launch a revolution with the goal of unleashing enterprise, entrepreneurship, endeavour and productivity.…

Biggest tax cuts in 30 years Daily Mail says Liz Truss is rolling the dice on her premiership today by unveiling the biggest package of tax cuts in three decades in a bid to end the UK’s ‘cycle of stagnation’. The PM and Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng will present the ’emergency Budget’ to the Cabinet this morning, before announcing a slew of dramatic measures designed to boost growth in the Commons. In an intervention the scale of which rivals the Covid response, Mr Kwarteng is set to reverse the national insurance hike, as well as scrapping a huge planned increase in…

Freedom begins with tax cuts: Only with prosperity can we have security Daily Mail says As King Charles III leads the monarchy into a new era, Liz Truss is determined to do the same for British politics. Having already unveiled a massive package to help families with soaring energy bills, she’s now focusing her attention on growing the economy. The process will begin on Friday with a mini-Budget reversing the recent national insurance hike and scrapping planned corporation tax rises. There are reports she may go further by cutting income tax. These measures will put more money in people’s pockets,…

  Financial analysts have warned that British families left at the mercy of Ofgem’s energy price cap may have to pay up to £5,000 per year from next spring. ​Financial analysts have warned that British families left at the mercy of Ofgem’s energy price cap may have to pay up to £5,000 per year from next spring. 

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Mason and Eddie Izzard vying for nomination in safe seat but two local councillors seen as favourites UK politics live – latest news updates The former Channel 4 News economics editor Paul Mason has become the latest high-profile name to seek the Labour nomination to contest the safe Sheffield Central seat at the next general election. Mason, an alumnus of Sheffield University who is closely associated with the Jeremy Corbyn era, joins the comedian Eddie Izzard, plus a local dentist, a Somali refugee, a former aid worker and several local councillors, in the race to replace Paul Blomfield, who is…

The ‘special’ gift of her ultrasound is helping Tiegan get a sense of her identity