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The Latest Breaking News from Liz Truss

Nervous Tories implore PM to ‘ignore populist insanity’ and keep slim election hopes alive

This weekend’s Tory Party conference will see the starting gun fired on the race for power at next year’s general election. But Mr Sunak faces an almighty battle, write Kate Devlin and Adam Forrest

The Independent UK

Hunt tries to calm Tory rebels by pledging end to ‘vicious circle’ of tax rises

Liz Truss joins rebels in vowing to vote against any tax rise in Hunt’s mini-Budget

The Independent UK

UK welfare budget could be cut to pave way for tax cuts, says Jeremy Hunt

Chancellor says system has to be ‘mix of carrot and stick’ with more assistance to help people find jobs

The Guardian - UK

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A guide to the key Conservative tribes as party conference looms

Tensions bubble beneath the surface as free-market ultras, culture warriors and northern Tories gather in Manchester

The Guardian - UK

Jeremy Hunt says welfare reforms and AI could help end ‘ever-rising taxes’

Chancellor under pressure from Conservative MPs to announce tax cuts ahead of next election

The Independent UK

Chancellor says welfare reforms and AI could help end ‘ever-rising taxes’

Jeremy Hunt is under pressure from Conservative MPs to announce tax cuts ahead of the next election.

The Independent UK

Tories must explain who knew of tax investigation into donor Anthony Bamford, says Labour

Party asked if it will return millions of pounds donated by Brexit-backing JCB boss and his family

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Call me ‘Tiny Dancer’ says Sunak as he rips into Boris and Truss

Prime minister jests and mocks Tory bigwigs and jokes about party conference karaoke

The Independent UK

Sunak mocks Johnson, Truss and Hancock in speech to political journalists

The Prime Minister was addressing the Westminster correspondents’ dinner in central London.

The Independent UK

Liz Truss to host ‘growth rally’ on fringe of Tory party conference

Former PM will push for plan to ‘make Britain grow again’, in attempt to put pressure on Rishi Sunak

The Guardian - UK

Rish! fails to lay it on the line as local radio demands HS2 answers

Sunak refuses to speculate on his own speculation over future of Birmingham to Manchester leg

The Guardian - UK

Sunak says he is making decisions for the long term, but that’s his vanity talking. He’s failing and he knows it

The PM is rebranding himself as the man thinking far into the strategic future, because he can do nothing about the present, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK

HMRC investigating tax affairs of one of Tory party’s largest donors

Exclusive: Inquiry into tax affairs of JCB boss Anthony Bamford calls into question whether Tories should accept funds from peer

The Guardian - UK

Wealthiest 1% would get average tax cut of £1m if inheritance tax scrapped

According to an IFS report, the cost of abolishing inheritance tax would be £7bn

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The Guardian - UK

Carmakers can drive the net zero transition

Brief letters: All-electric cars | The Truss era | Power of music | Better national anthems | Ending letters

The Guardian - UK

Johnny Mercer received £8,000 in taxpayer cash after sacking by Liz Truss

Cabinet Office report shows Tory minister, who was reappointed by Rishi Sunak, received money for loss of role

The Guardian - UK

Lib Dems members rebuff leadership with vote to keep housebuilding targets

Overwhelming conference vote defies Ed Davey strategy of reshaping policy to court wavering Tory voters

The National (Scotland)

Rishi Sunak stays silent on inheritance tax slash speculation

Rishi Sunak declined to comment on speculation that he is drawing up plans to slash inheritance tax.

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TV tonight: Katherine Kelly stars in poignant drama about Peter Sutcliffe’s victims

The sensitive retelling shows how many of the women killed by Sutcliffe faced character assassination by press and police. Plus: the concluding part of Laura Kuenssberg’s excellent series. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Independent UK

Sunak ‘to cut inheritance tax’ in boon for Britain’s wealthiest – and wants to abolish it altogether

The state of the nation’s finances mean there is little prospect of a change in the near future.

The Independent UK

Deny severance payouts to rule-breaking ministers – Lib Dems

Some who received payments last year returned to government within months, the party said.

The Independent UK

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

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 National (Scotland)

'Horrendous politics': Outrage as Rishi Sunak 'considers scrapping inheritance tax'

POLITICIANS and economists have reacted with outrage amid reports Rishi Sunak is drawing up plans to slash inheritance tax.

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak ‘could slash inheritance tax’ in dramatic shake-up

The state of the nation’s finances mean there is little prospect of a change in the near future.

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