Time for a tax U-turn
Liz Truss deserves no sympathy for the predicament in which she finds herself.
This is a crisis entirely of her own making.
A Prime Minister who wanted to create Singapore-on-Thames is turning the country into Venezuela-on-Thames.
Her blundering has cost her all credibility but it has cost the rest of the country far more.
Working people are paying for her incompetence with higher mortgages, a weaker economy and less money for public services.
If Ms Truss sticks with the disastrous mini-Budget she risks more carnage on the markets that will leave Britain poorer, deter investment and ramp up borrowing costs.
To try to balance the books by freezing benefits or taking the axe to public services would be immoral and politically toxic.
If she wants to restore stability and repair some of the damage she has caused she must ditch her unfunded tax cuts.
Yes, it would be personally and politically humiliating but there is no credible alternative.
Either she swallows her pride or she allows Britain to become an economic basket case.
Wildlife crisis
We are failing in our duty as the caretakers of the planet, says a landmark report by the World Wildlife Fund.
The scale of the devastation to the natural world is shaming.
In Britain, an estimated 38 million birds have vanished from our skies in the past 50 years and 97% of wildlife meadows have been lost since the 1930s. Globally, the world’s wildlife has fallen by nearly 70% since 1970.
Nature has been left on its knees because of the climate crisis and over-development spurred on by our pursuit of riches.
Staying strong
Rob Burrow showed great courage on the rugby field and even greater courage as he lives with motor neurone disease.
He has been sustained throughout by his wife Lindsey. Their love for each other is as inspiring as anything he achieved on the pitch.
