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UK's new govt in major tax U-turn after uproar

Birmingham (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Britain's beleaguered finance minister on Monday announced a dramatic U-turn on a tax cut unveiled as part of an economic package that has bombed with the markets, electorate and his party.

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Bar and restaurant firm Arc Inspirations to open five new sites creating 500 new jobs

Plans for sites in cities including Newcastle, Nottingham, Sheffield and Birmingham come as the firm publishes record revenues

Birmingham Post

UK's new govt makes major tax U-turn after uproar

Birmingham (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Britain's beleaguered finance minister on Monday announced a dramatic U-turn on a tax cut announced as part of an economic package that has bombed with the markets, electorate and his party.

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Calls mount for free school meal overhaul as 74% of Brits want scheme widened

Delegates at Tory conference in Birmingham were confronted by billboards urging them to back the Mirror and the National Education Union(NEU) campaign to end child hunger

Daily Mirror

UK to build a second ship to stop Russian saboteurs damaging undersea cables

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace made the announcement at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham

Daily Mirror

Jacob Rees-Mogg booed outside Tory conference in Birmingham

Business secretary given police escort as protests take place over rising cost of living and government policies

The Guardian - UK

Jacob Rees-Mogg booed by protesters in Birmingham as Tory conference kicks off

Jacob Rees-Mogg has been chased and heckled by protesters in Birmingham where the Conservative Party conference is getting under way. The Business Secretary faced a hostile reception as he crossed Victoria Square in the city centre, where hundreds of demonstrators had gathered to vent their anger at the Government. Escorted…

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Britain has ‘too many’ low-skilled migrants, Home Secretary says

Britain has too many low-skilled migrant workers and very high numbers of international students, Home Secretary Suella Braverman has said. Ms Braverman told the Sun on Sunday the government aims to stick to a 2019 election pledge to lower net migration, in an interview ahead of the Conservative Party conference,…

Evening Standard

UK's Truss admits tax cuts misstep at start of tense Tory conference

Birmingham (United Kingdom) (AFP) - UK Prime Minister Liz Truss on Sunday conceded she should have better prepared Britain for her recent debt-driven mini-budget, which slashed taxes and sparked market turmoil, as her restive ruling Tories kick off their annual conference.

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Iceland boss wants Universal Credit to rise £20 a week to help struggling Brits

Richard Walker told a fringe discussion at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham that Kwasi Kwarteng's mini-budget did not do enough to help those on low incomes, and called for the £20 Universal Credit uplift to be reinstated

Daily Mirror

Jacob Rees-Mogg booed by protesters shouting 'Tory scum' as he arrives at party conference

The Business Secretary was escorted by police officers as members of the crowd shouted “Tory scum” and "Moggy, moggy, moggy, out, out, out" in the centre of Birmingham

Daily Mirror

Jacob Rees-Mogg chased and booed by protesters outside Tory party conference

The Tory toff faced a hostile reception as he crossed Victoria Square in the city centre, where hundreds of demonstrators had gathered to vent their anger at the Government.

Daily Record

Jacob Rees-Mogg booed as he enters Conservative Party conference

JACOB Rees-Mogg was booed loudly by protesters as he entered the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham.

The National (Scotland)

Rees-Mogg booed by protesters in Birmingham as Tory conference kicks off

The Business Secretary faced a hostile reception as he crossed Victoria Square in the city centre.

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The National (Scotland)

Andrew Bowie refuses to say if he would vote to back mini-budget measures

The Scottish Tory MP was asked twice if he would back the mini-budget measures in a parliamentary vote and refused to do so

Daily Record

Scots cops find luxury motor stolen 320 miles away in Birmingham sparking probe

The dark-coloured Range Rover was found displaying cloned number plates in Glenrothes, Fife, on Saturday after being nicked from down south on September 24.

The Guardian - UK

Michael Gove tells Liz Truss that cutting tax for highest earners is wrong – as it happened

Latest updates: Michael Gove says Truss should abandon plan to scrap 45% top rate of tax as large crowds protest in Birmingham

Evening Standard

Tory Conference latest LIVE: Truss and Kwarteng in ‘lockstep’ over tax cuts as Gove remains coy over support

Speaking on Sunday Liz Truss defended the tax cuts although she insisted the Government ‘should have laid the ground better’ ahead of the mini-Budget

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Manchester Evening News

'We were the kids nobody cared about': The haunting story of the boy who vanished from a world of secrets and lies

New clues have emerged about missing schoolboy Phillip Harris who lived in Greater Manchester

Daily Mirror

6 dramatic flashpoints facing new PM Liz Truss at chaotic Tory party conference

Once the darling of the Tory grassroots, the new Prime Minister heads into her party's annual conference in Birmingham facing mutinous mutterings from her own MPs

Manchester Evening News

Tory mayor tells fellow Conservative to leave after ‘Birmingham is a dump’ tweet

The chairman of the Young Conservative Network made the comment as the city hosts the Tory party conference

Evening Standard

Tory mayor slams young Conservative who labelled city ‘a dump’ on eve of Tory Conference

The comment comes at a time when some MPs have said they will not attend the Tory Party’s annual conference this week

The Guardian - UK

Young Conservative told to leave Birmingham after calling it a ‘dump’

Tory mayor of West Midlands rebukes Daniel Grainger for insulting host city of party conference

The Independent UK

Young Tories’ leader apologises for calling Birmingham ‘a dump’

’Grow up and understand why this city is so special’, says Tory mayor of West Midlands in Twitter row

The Independent UK

Tory mayor rebukes fellow Conservative for ‘Birmingham is a dump’ tweet

Daniel Grainger, the chairman of Young Conservative Network, was told to leave Birmingham by the Tory mayor after making the post.

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