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The Latest Breaking News from Ken Clarke

Jeremy Hunt may not enjoy the fruits of his good fortune

City Comment: Hunt’s good fortune may well turn out to be more for Keir Starmer’s benefit than Rishi Sunak’s

Evening Standard

It is hard to admit being wrong. But Brexit voters are doing so in droves

Having been grossly misled in the referendum, Britons’ anger is mounting as the reality of our plight becomes clear

The Guardian - UK

Hunt became chancellor after a Tory tax calamity. History suggests he’s doomed

Like Roy Jenkins and Kenneth Clarke before him, he can do little but tackle a crisis bequeathed to him by Conservative folly

The Guardian - UK

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Keir Starmer’s private prescription for the NHS is dangerous

Letters: David Hinchcliffe says using the private sector for NHS patients directly undermines the service. Plus letters from Jeanne Warren, Dr John Puntis and Johnbosco Nwogbo

The Guardian - UK

Former Notts MP Ken Clarke says wealthy patients paying more for NHS care should be considered

The former health secretary and Rushcliffe MP, Lord Clarke, says the Government should not rule out asking some patients to make a "modest contribution" to their treatment.

Nottingham Post

Wealthy Britons should pay fees to use NHS, suggests Tory peer Ken Clarke

‘Better-off patients’ could be asked to make ‘modest contribution’, says former chancellor

The Independent UK

Tory grandee Ken Clarke puts boot into 'low depths of farce' Liz Truss

The former Home Secretary, Health Secretary and Chancellor said: “I was quite surprised she got into the Cabinet but then I was utterly amazed she became Prime Minister"

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Suella Braverman is shortest-serving home secretary at 43 days

Which politicians trail Braverman as shortest-serving home secretaries in modern times?

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss holds emergency talks with budget watchdog after failing to calm markets

Liz Truss was due to hold emergency talks with the Office for Budget Responsibility today as the Government scrambles to calm market panic in the wake of the disastrous mini-Budget

Daily Mirror

Bombshell polls throw massive question mark over Liz Truss’s future as PM

Tory meltdown after ‘unforced error’ Budget gifts Keir Starmer leads of up to 33 points

The Independent UK

Liz Truss warned businesses will ‘go on strike’ by halting investment without clear plan

Companies ‘won’t invest until they see some clarity’, says business chief Martin Sorrell

The Independent UK

Liz Truss government ‘undercutting’ economic institutions, says ex-Bank of England governor

Mark Carney says mini-Budget measures ‘working at some cross-purposes’ with central bank

The Independent UK

Liz Truss defends Budget but stops short of guaranteeing people’s pensions are safe

Former Chancellor Ken Clarke accused Kwasi Kwarteng of having ‘rushed out’ his fiscal statement last Friday

Evening Standard

Liz Truss wins smaller share of membership vote than predecessors

It is the first leadership election since 2001 where the winner did not receive a majority of votes from Tory MPs.

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Truss wins smaller share of membership vote than predecessors

It is the first leadership election since 2001 where the winner did not receive a majority of votes from Tory MPs.

The Guardian - UK

Zahawi faces shortest chancellorship since 1970 – and may be glad of it

The ex-vaccines minister appears to be the equivalent of a caretaker football manager, with Kwarteng waiting in the wings

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak tear into each other as Britain heads for recession

Both candidates to be the next Prime Minister questioned the other's approach as Labour warned that the Tories "have lost control of the economy"

Dublin Live

Ex-soldier turned Dublin firefighter celebrates retirement with a-glazing cake

Ken Clarke is set to move on to batter things after 20 years of service in the DFB

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The Independent UK

Tory leadership hopefuls peddling ‘populist nonsense’ with tax cut promises, Ken Clarke says

Candidates are competing to promise vast tax cuts

The Independent UK

Nadhim Zahawi insists cutting taxes ‘isn’t a fairytale’ in swipe at Rishi Sunak

Sunak has called for ‘honesty and responsibility, not fairytales.”

Daily Mirror

Ken Clarke says UK recession 'almost certain' and blasts Boris Johnson's plan for poor

The Tory former Chancellor, 81, said the 'absurd' £400 payment to all electricity bill-payers had helped him twice in a cost of living crisis that was 'one of the worst I can remember in my lifetime'

The Independent UK

Brexit: ‘Vast majority’ of peers will block Boris Johnson’s protocol bill, says Tory grandee

Ken Clarke says legislation set to be revealed on Monday will be ‘seriously challenged’

The Guardian - UK

A smart cabinet would be plotting to get rid of Johnson. This one is neither smart nor brave

The PM has picked ministers who owe him everything and do his bidding. They have a duty to the country but are shirking it, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Independent UK

‘A complete waste of time’: Ken Clarke attacks Sunak for failing to help poor hit by cost of living crisis

‘Cut out all the tax cutting’, ex-Tory chancellor says – calling for universal credit hikes instead

Nottingham Post

Conservative MP Ruth Edwards on taking over from 'titan' of British politics Ken Clarke

'Any sensible person would feel daunted being elected as a new MP and representing, in my case, roughly 78,000 constituents'

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