Browsing: The Guardian

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.

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.

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.

The Guardian leads with the Bank of England’s warning that the UK is in a recession and interest rates may need to go higher. The paper reports the Bank of England (BoE) has warned Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng the country is already in recession, after the economy shrank for the second quarter in a row. The paper also notes the BoE hiked interest rates by half a percent on Thursday, continuing its efforts to reduce inflation.

The Guardian says Catholics outnumber Protestants in Northern Ireland for the first time, a demographic milestone for a state that was designed a century ago to have a permanent Protestant majority.

The Guardian says Donald Trump’s legal perils have become insurmountable and could snuff out the former US president’s hopes of an election-winning comeback, according to political analysts and legal experts.