Browsing: UK Papers

Headline Story The Independent – Now Tory rebels vow to block cuts to benefits Centrist Conservative MPs have vowed to…

Headline Story The Guardian – Tory plot to halt benefits cuts after U-turn over top tax rate Conservative MPs are…

Headline Story Metro – What A Day Kwasi Kwarteng has admitted to having a “tough day” after scrapping his tax…

Headline Story Daily Mirror – Damage is done Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has laughed off his top tax U-turn, but the…

Headline Story The Sun – Olivia’s ‘killer’ The Sun carries a photo of the alleged killer of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel…

Headline Story Daily Express – PM: Stick with us and we will reward your trust Prime Minister Liz Truss ditched…

Liz Truss’s mini-budget has been heavily criticised by Michael Gove as having the “wrong values”, reads the front page of The Independent.
The paper says Gove critised the measures as being not Conservative and came at a time when pressure was mounting on PM Truss to perform a u-turn on the controversial plan to axe the 45p income tax band – which gifts an average £10,000 to the 600,000 highest earners in the UK at a time when ministers are eyeing real-term cuts to welfare benefits.

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.

Former minister Michael Gove has become the latest senior Tory to savage Liz Truss’s mini-budget, reports the Metro. The paper says the former levelling-up secretary called the mini-budget “not Conservative” and critised “a number of mistakes” in the PM’s plans to grow the economy by increasing the amount of borrowing.

According to the Daily Mirror, a senior Tory has warned that Liz Truss will be ousted as prime minister by Christmas unless she ditches her tax cuts for the wealthy. “Truss ‘is finished'” is the headline on the front of the paper, which quotes a former cabinet minister’s damning verdict Truss’s premiership.