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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.

Monday’s front pages report on the Tory rebellion over the plans to abolish the 45p tax rate. The row had dominated the news all weekend before Monday morning’s events – the government’s U-turn on the plans.