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Chief executive says squeezed household incomes will push customers towards ‘value’ operators EasyJet has said it wants more “certainty” and “stability” in the UK, but expects demand for its lower-cost fares to hold up despite the cost of living crisis. Johan Lundgren, the airline’s chief executive, said consumers “would continue to protect their holidays where” they could even as their income was squeezed by surging food and energy bills. That meant they would “gravitate towards value”, he added. Continue reading… ​Chief executive says squeezed household incomes will push customers towards ‘value’ operatorsEasyJet has said it wants more “certainty” and “stability”…

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The Independent-Tory MPs revolt as they demand U-turn on tax Summary of the front page The Independent’s front page says Liz Truss is facing an open revolt from Conservative MPs demanding further U-turns on her tax giveaway mini-Budget after she ruled out spending cuts to balance the nation’s books. The paper says the increasingly fractious Tories made clear the prime minister should reverse or defer her decision to scrap a rise in corporation tax scheduled for 2023, at a cost of £18.7bn. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment UK National newspapers Previous Next

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The Guardian – Truss faces new peril as Tories go on attack Summary of the front page The Guardian also focuses on Liz Truss’ issues in her own party. It says she faces “new peril” as Tories go on the attack over the economy. The paper features a picture of Ms Truss at the dispatch box in the Commons during Prime Minister’s Questions. The paper says MPs have renewed serious conversations about the prospect of replacing her and reports that one MP told them the atmosphere was “funeral” whilst another said the PM had “done absolutely nothing to reassure colleagues…

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