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Backbench splits complicate Chancellor’s job as he considers tax cuts

Jeremy Hunt must balance fiscal responsibility, inflation and the need for investment with demands for a range of tax cuts from Tory MPs.

The Independent UK

Truss-backed economists say minimum wage is ‘destroying jobs’ and call for cut

Plans to increase the minimum wage will be a ‘significant drag on the economy’, according to The Growth Commission.

The Independent UK

Liz Truss’s ‘growth commission’ to publish alternative Budget

Report will come just over a year after former prime minister’s real Budget caused financial chaos

The Independent UK

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Shamed Liz Truss hides at launch of her own new Growth Commission to 'fix economy'

The former Prime Minister, who crashed the economy in her 49-day stint in No10, insisted growth was a 'long game' as she introduced a new research institute to enact her vision

Daily Mirror

Truss’s taskforce claims average Briton £10,000 worse off than US counterpart

The Growth Commission launched on Wednesday, suggested ‘consistent growth levels’ of 3% by 2040 are achievable.

The Independent UK

Tory wrecking ball Liz Truss to launch worldwide task force on the economy

The flash-in-a-pan former PM will head a new Growth Commission, made of economists from around the globe, in a bid to address a "stagnation loop" facing the West

Daily Mirror

Alex Salmond calls on MPs to obstruct Westminster proceedings in Alba closing speech

ALEX Salmond has closed the Alba party conference with a speech that called on pro-independence MPs to obstruct the procedures of Westminster.

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Andrew Wilson rejects ‘doomsayers’ over independent Scotland's wealth

THE predictions by “doomsayers” of a decade of economic pain for Scotland after independence are wrong, the head of the SNP’s Sustainable…

The National (Scotland)

Sticking with UK is 'high risk' for Scotland, Growth Commission chief warns

REMAINING in the UK is “economically high-risk” for Scotland, the former SNP MSP who chaired the Sustainable Growth Commission has warned.

The National (Scotland)

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