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Fear of Sinn Fein obstacle to normalisation of NI politics – Baker

The NIO minister was speaking to Northern Ireland Conservatives at the party conference in Birmingham.

The Independent UK

‘Two fingers up at ordinary people’: Birmingham boils amid Tory conference chaos in city

Tax cuts for the rich and eye-watering mortgage rises have left people seething in constituency where Conservatives’ annual gathering is taking place

The Independent UK

Uproar and disorder: day 3 of the Conservative conference circus

A day after the chancellor’s forced tax-cut reversal, the Tories in Birmingham were still performing some jagged manoeuvres

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Several delegates fall asleep during Therese Coffey’s speech at Tory conference

The Coffey wasn’t strong enough for some delegates at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham

Evening Standard

Sunakites to culture warriors: Tory tribes go to war in Birmingham

Conference fractures into intersecting groups whose members are united on issues from low tax to ‘woke’ students

The Guardian - UK

UK's Truss says 'no shame' in climbdown amid Tory tensions

Birmingham (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss insisted Tuesday she felt "no shame" and vowed to press on with unpopular economic reforms despite lurching into a self-inflicted crisis just a month into her term.

AFP

What train strikes are happening in October and how will rail passengers be affected?

After the rail unions announced a series of 24-hour strikes and vowed to shut down the railway, this is the state of play

The Independent UK

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Truss and Kwarteng put on display of unity after U-turn over top rate of tax

The Prime Minister and Chancellor toured a construction site in Birmingham in an attempt to illustrate their joint commitment to economic growth.

The Independent UK

7 most Tory things we've seen at the Conservative Party Conference 2022

The array of gifts on sale at the party conference centre in Birmingham include Conservative cufflinks in the shape of the party's famous oak tree going for £20.

Daily Mirror

Maddest moments from past Tory conferences - Theresa May’s P45 to Truss' pork markets

The Conservative Party Conference is currently underway in Birmingham, with prime minister Liz Truss and Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng in attendance as they discuss policies and U-turns

Daily Mirror

Four-day week pilot: Boss reveals the seven key things he's learnt so far

Tyler Grange has offices located in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol, Exeter and Cirencester

Birmingham Post

UK's embattled govt stares at new U-turn on economy

Birmingham (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss defended her contentious plan to kick-start economic growth through tax cuts, despite expectations Tuesday of a second damaging U-turn.

AFP

Watch: Kwarteng shrugs off ‘little turbulence’ after U-turn over tax cut for rich

Kwasi Kwarteng has sought to shrug off the chaos that triggered his astonishing U-turn on income tax cuts for the highest earners as a “little turbulence” as he battled to regain authority. The Chancellor remarked it had been a “tough” day as he told Conservative members in his set-piece conference…

Evening Standard

Liz Truss says she wants to cut top rate of tax eventually and says she does trust Kwasi Kwarteng as chancellor – as it happened

PM says says she backs idea to abolish tax cut for high earners in principle despite shelving it for now

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Daily Mirror

Hungry families at food bank - five miles from champagne-quaffing Tory conference

The Mirror visited the Tyseley Foodbank in Birmingham, across the city from where Conservatives are gathered for their annual jamboree

Birmingham Post

Birmingham Airport chiefs 'thrilled' as Air India launches new flights to Delhi and Amritsar

'We’re doing backward somersaults of joy at the prospect of increasing our India flight frequency'

Daily Mirror

Inside city's red light district, where sex sold from 8am and syringes left on ground

Sex work, drug use and anti-social behavior in a Birmingham suburb is leaving business owners and residents exasperated and scared. They are calling for the police and local council to take action

Evening Standard

David Bond: Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng in bombshell 45p tax cut U-turn

Kwasi Kwarteng was forced into a screeching U-turn on Monday on his plan to ditch the 45p top rate of income tax.With the ink hardly dry on his mini-budget 10 days ago, the Chancellor bowed to a revolt of Tory MPs opposed to him abolishing the tax rate for people…

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AFP

UK govt vows reform despite U-turn on tax cut for the rich

Birmingham (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Britain's under-fire finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng on Monday vowed to press on with his controversial economic reform plans, despite announcing a dramatic U-turn on a controversial tax cut for high earners.

The National (Scotland)

Tory conference locked down by police amid 'potential security alert'

POLICE have locked down the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham because of a “potential security alert”.

Birmingham Post

Encore Personnel acquired by Italy-based Gi Group

Encore was set up in Leicester in 2002 and has branches in Leicester, Birmingham and across the Midlands

Daily Mirror

Young Tory chair who called Birmingham 'a dump' temporarily quits his role

Daniel Grainger apologised and deleted the tweet after it went viral on Saturday afternoon, with the West Midlands Mayor Andy Street urging him to leave the city.

AFP

UK's new Tory govt in major U-turn over tax cut for wealthy after uproar

Birmingham (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Britain's under-fire Conservative government on Monday announced a dramatic U-turn on a controversial tax cut for high-earners, part of a debt-driven economic package that has bombed with the markets, electorate and much of the ruling party.

Evening Standard

This endless Tory chaos is now starting to wear very thin for the country

One of the axioms of communication is that nobody ever had a communication problem who didn’t have a real problem. Liz Truss and her diminishing band of supporters have been trying to argue that her political problems are really just flaws in presentation but they are kidding themselves. The mood…

Liverpool Echo

Lizzo UK tour 2023: tickets, presale and full guide to dates in Manchester, London O2 and more

Lizzo will perform in Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow, London and Dublin on her new Special Tour

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