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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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'Cronyism' anger as Tory donor who set up business with Jacob Rees-Mogg made minister

Dominic Johnson, who co-founded Somerset Capital Management in 2007, has previously rallied against the cap on bankers' bonuses, which was lifted by Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng in his controversial mini-budget

Daily Mirror

Cutting benefits to fund reduced tax ‘not right thing to do’ says Scottish Tory

Andrew Bowie told BBC Radio Scotland that cutting benefits in real terms would not be the right thing to do ‘in principle’.

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‘Get new job’ or cut your spending, Tory chair tells struggling Britons

‘Go out there and get that new job,’ says Jake Berry

The Independent UK

This Tory crisis reveals a party that has lost touch with reality – and its own heartlands

Liz Truss is unashamed about a plan that will hit even the middle classes hard. But her party’s drift away from them began long ago, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

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

The National (Scotland)

UK’s ‘pro-growth’ government has only made a recession more likely

Thanks to Truss and Kwarteng, the country is now far riskier for the investors who finance our trade and budget deficits

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Liz Truss blames Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng for decision to slash income tax for rich

The plans to abolish the 45 per cent tax rate on incomes above £150,000 a year in England, Wales and Northern Ireland has caused anger.

Daily Record

Shona Robison hits back at BBC claim indy Scotland would be worse-off amid Tory-made crisis

Despite the economic crisis being caused by the Westminster Tory government, Robison hit back at claims an independent Scotland would be worse off

The National (Scotland)

Michael Gove 'profoundly' concerned about Liz Truss's tax plans

FORMER Conservative Cabinet minister Michael Gove has said he is “profoundly” concerned about Liz Truss’s vast tax cuts as he suggested he…

The National (Scotland)

Liz Truss ALREADY less popular with public than Boris Johnson when he quit

Polling by Opinium found that 48% of voters think the Prime Minister should quit after less than a month in the job, while just 17% approve of the job she's doing

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss’s pre-conference interview with Laura Kuenssberg – the key points

The prime minister appeared at ease despite mounting Tory unrest after the mini-budget

The Guardian - UK

Mum heartbroken after boy, 13, offers to get job to help with soaring living costs

There are fears that Lizzie Devine, 37, could soon be paying over £700 a month on her mortgage payments, something she simply won't be able to afford despite holding down two jobs

Daily Mirror

Truss ‘throws Kwasi Kwarteng under a bus’ over tax cut for richest

The Prime Minister provoked a fresh row at the start of the Tory conference by saying the income tax cut was a ‘decision the Chancellor made’.

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Nadine Dorries accuses Liz Truss of ‘throwing Kwasi Kwarteng under bus’ over tax cuts

Prime minister provokes fresh row at start of Tory conference

Evening Standard

Liz Truss defends Chancellor for attending drinks do with financiers after mini-Budget

The Liberal Democrats are among those calling for an official inquiry following the report

The Guardian - UK

‘I’ve lost confidence in them but I don’t know if I can switch’: Tories in West Midlands face voting dilemma

Few seem willing to change parties in the home of the fabled swing-voting ‘Worcester woman’ but Liz Truss’s days may be numbered

Daily Mirror

Kwasi Kwarteng admits markets meltdown after mini-Budget ‘really ruined my sleep’

Kwasi Kwarteng accepted that the bombshell blueprint for £45bn in tax cuts funded by borrowing had been done 'at very high speed' but he was convinced it was the right plan

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The Guardian - UK

Truss says she should have ‘laid ground better’ but stands by mini-budget

PM refuses to rule out public spending cuts and real-terms drop in benefits to pay for fiscal plans

The National (Scotland)

'It's his job': Truss defends Chancellor's champagne bash with financiers

Kwarteng has faced calls for an inquiry after it emerged that he attended a bash with hedge fund managers who would make gains from the pound crash

The Independent UK

UK's Truss sticks by economic plan as her party worries

British Prime Minister Liz Truss has acknowledged she could have done a better job “laying the ground” for her package of unfunded tax cuts

Daily Mirror

'Baffled' Nadine Dorries says Boris Johnson 'one of world's greatest leaders'

The former Culture Secretary warned Liz Truss not to count on her support if they start "reversing" Mr Johnson's achievements - and did not rule out a return to government if her ex-boss gets the top job again

The Guardian - UK

Kwarteng is sticking to his guns on tax and spending cuts. But what he really needs is luck

The chancellor appears unwilling to reverse any of the measures in his mini-budget. If he is to survive, it may be down to factors beyond his control

Daily Record

Michael Gove savages Liz Truss moments after BBC interview as he hints he won't vote for tax cuts

Liz Truss admitted on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg that she could have done more to prepare the ground for Kwasi Kwarteng's financial statement.

The National (Scotland)

'Now she's broken the BBC': Feed cuts out as Laura Kuenssberg interviews Liz Truss

NOTHING seems to be going right for Liz Truss at the moment.

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