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September dates for benefits, pensions and cost of living payments

Inflation falling but not swiftly enough to prevent further interest rate rise making life tougher for mortgage holders

The Independent UK

How The Independent revealed Sunak’s plan to cut HS2 - and how the government reacted

The Independent’s revelations about HS2 rocked Westminster

The Independent UK

Tory donor threatens to pull funding if Sunak scraps northern HS2 rail line

Exclusive: Major donor questioning ‘ability to continue support’ for party amid doubt over Birmingham to Manchester leg

The Guardian - UK

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Government minister says inheritance tax is ‘deeply unfair’ as Sunak ‘plans to scrap’ levy

Rishi Sunak is said to be preparing to announce a cut in the levy – or even scrap it altogether

The Independent UK

September dates for benefits, pensions and cost of living payments

Inflation falling but not swiftly enough to prevent further interest rate rise making life tougher for mortgage holders

The Independent UK

Inheritance tax ‘punitive’ and ‘unfair’, says minister as Sunak mulls change

Grant Shapps said: ‘I just lost a parent and I can understand entirely why people find inheritance tax particularly punitive.’

The Independent UK

‘This can only end badly’: Tories fear Sunak policy blitz is bound to fail

The prime minister has reset his party’s agenda with a wave of new initiatives. But is it a coherent strategy or a blind panic?

The Guardian - UK

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A year after Truss’s demolition job, the UK is still in a hole

Her worst ideas were reversed, but today’s economy is similarly floundering, as Sunak prepares for his own autumn budget

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak pushes to axe northern HS2 rail line ahead of Tory conference

Sources say the PM wants to scrap the project’s section o Manchester before the party’s annual gathering in the city next weekend

The Guardian - UK

September dates for benefits, pensions and cost of living payments

Inflation falling but not swiftly enough to prevent further interest rate rise making life tougher for mortgage holders

The Independent UK

Former Tory leaders condemn ‘desperate’ move to ditch HS2 to Manchester

Boris Johnson said rumoured cuts to HS2 were ‘Treasury driven nonsense’, with David Cameron also said to have intervened.

Evening Standard

Lib Dems promise to double statutory pay for parental leave

Exclusive: Ed Davey’s party to offer huge increase in payments and expand time off by nine weeks

The Independent UK

Scrapping second leg of HS2 would be a ‘tragedy’, warns government tsar

Boris Johnson and David Cameron have also warned Rishi Sunak not to cut back the project, with the former saying it would ‘mutilate’ the planned rail network

The Independent UK

Gold-plated HS2 looks dead. So let’s run the numbers on a bronze-plated design

Savings from a curvier, less fast line need serious consideration as it would be a colossal waste to stop at Birmingham

The Guardian - UK

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The Independent UK

Starmer defends approach to EU as Tories claim he would ‘unpick’ Brexit

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer insisted his policy was aimed at maintaining standards, something the Government had also committed to.

Evening Standard

Lib Dems gunning for Hunt and Gove seats at election, says Sir Ed Davey

Lib Dem leader eyes scalps of ex-partners in coalition cabinet as they seek to scoop up ‘a lot of seats’ in London’s commuter belt

The Independent UK

Labour rejects claims it wants to ‘unpick Brexit’ after Starmer EU comments

The Labour leader told a conference in Canada ‘we don’t want to diverge’ from European Union standards.

The Independent UK

Revealed: Keir Starmer held secret Brexit talks with Emmanuel Macron

Labour leader forced to deny he’d try to rejoin EU as we reveal he discussed ‘difficult and very political issues’ in Paris – and Tories rage he’s trying to ‘unpick Brexit’

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Evening Standard

Warner Bros Studios Leavesden to undergo significant expansion, creating 4,000 jobs

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt described Warner Bros Discovery’s investment in the site as a ‘huge vote of confidence in the UK’.

The Independent UK

What the papers say – September 22

A wide range of stories feature across Friday’s front pages.

The Independent UK

September dates for benefits, pensions and cost of living payments

Inflation falling but not swiftly enough to prevent further interest rate rise making life tougher for mortgage holders

The Independent UK

Warner Bros Studios Leavesden to create 4,000 jobs across UK after expansion

Jeremy Hunt describes Warner Bros Discovery’s investment in site as ‘huge vote of confidence in UK’

Evening Standard

Jeremy Hunt suggests HS2 costs ‘out of control’ but says no decision made on cuts

The Chancellor said he would not comment on speculation that the Birmingham to Manchester leg of the high-speed line could be axed

The Independent UK

Hunt suggests HS2 costs ‘out of control’ but says no decision made on cuts

It comes after The Independent revealed ministers are considering scrapping the Birmingham to Manchester leg in a bid to save £35 billion

The Independent UK

Tax cuts ‘virtually impossible’, says Jeremy Hunt in major blow for Tory right

Chancellor insists he still faces ‘very difficult decisions’ at Budget despite better economic news

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