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Find ‘something better’ than energy price freeze set to cost £150bn, Liz Truss told

‘This could turn out to be the biggest single fiscal announcement in my lifetime’, IFS chief warns

The Independent UK

Liz Truss energy bills cap will fail to protect poorest, say thinktanks

Wealthy households with big bills will be among those to benefit most from ‘very poorly targeted’ package

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss planning to freeze energy bills at £2,500 - what it means for you and your family

What to expect in the coming days, months and years

Wales Online

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Liz Truss wins race to be the next prime minister

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? was like nothing that came before. It became a cultural phenomenon in part because its host, Chris Tarrant, was a master of suspense and blokey repartee. But mostly because of the sheer amount of money on offer.

Evening Standard

The foreign secretary has been accused of cosplaying Margaret Thatcher - but how similar to the Iron Lady is she really?

The Independent UK

Mark Bradley: Geoff Collins promised more. Georgia Tech has delivered less.

I probably should say thanks. Geoff Collins has made it easy for folks like me. He brought “Money Down” to the Georgia Tech game-day experience. After seeing his defense fail so often – the Yellow Jackets ranked 117th among 129 FBS programs in third-down stops last season – the joke…

Tribune News Service

Labour criticises chancellor’s trip to US for ‘chinwag’

Nadhim Zahawi to go on fact-finding trip to discuss measures on energy costs in what are likely to be his last days in post

The Guardian - UK

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Liz Truss warned 'simplistic' tax cut plans would 'completely crash' the economy

Institute for Fiscal Studies boss Paul Johnson tore into the Conservative frontrunner's tax plans - as ex-Chancellor Lord Darling warned of the 'lethal cocktail' facing the British economy from inflation and a looming recession

Daily Mirror

‘Simplistic’ Liz Truss warned her VAT cut will ‘crash the public finances’

Institute for Fiscal Studies attacks ‘worrying’ idea – amid fresh confusion over likely next PM’s plans for energy crisis

The Independent UK

Liz Truss economic policy ‘more Ted Heath than Margaret Thatcher’, IFS chief says

Comparison is likely to irk Tory frontrunner who has modelled herself on Britain’s first woman prime minister

The Independent UK

Tory leadership hustings – Birmingham: Liz Truss confirms she will allow new grammar schools – as it happened

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The Guardian - UK

Truss and Sunak urged to end silence on ‘emergency’ of rocketing energy bills

Tories accused of ‘appalling vacuum of leadership’ as new price cap rise looms

The Independent UK

What is Labour’s plan to freeze energy bills?

Sir Keir Starmer says he ‘wouldn’t let people pay a penny more’ and argues £29bn strategy would save families £1,000 a year and help bring inflation down

The Independent UK

Extra £12bn ‘needed to maintain value of energy bills help’

Paul Johnson, director of the IFS, says ministers are ‘still playing catch up’

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Labour’s plan to cut energy bills ‘may cost £60 billion’

Labour claims plan would protect households from energy bill rise ‘entirely’

The Independent UK

Starmer pledges to freeze fuel bills by extending windfall tax

The Opposition leader contrasted Labour’s ‘robust’ plan with the ‘internal battle’ of the Tory leadership race and ‘lame duck’ Prime Minister.

The Guardian - UK

Starmer says government ‘just not good enough’ on cost of living crisis as he defends plan to freeze energy bills – as it happened

Labour leader says policy for a windfall tax on energy is needed to reduce inflation

The Guardian - UK

Starmer says his radical plan to freeze energy bills is needed to cut inflation

Labour leader contrasts his party’s proposal to help households with the inaction of ‘lame duck’ government

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Daily Mirror

Hundreds of bus routes face axe with 'cliff-edge' deadline THIS WEEK - key areas hit

A cut-off date is looming within days for England's bus firms to cut or scrap key routes - as vital government Covid funding runs out in October

Daily Record

Councillor encourages students to find "what they love" on results day tomorrow

Children's charity NSPCC Scotland reminds young people that help and advice are at hand

Evening Standard

‘Next PM must find billions to help struggling households’

There are strange quirks to the UK’s unwritten (or so no one writes in, uncodified) constitution. Did you know that in the 1990s and 2000s, a by-election was not considered legitimate unless Michael Crick had doorstepped a terrified local candidate?

Daily Mirror

Next PM must find 'many more billions' in energy bill help - as hikes branded 'inhumane'

Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) chief Paul Johnson said it was a 'mystery' why Tory leadership hopefuls were obsessing over tax cuts when the country was heading into recession

Evening Standard

Conservative leadership race: ‘Next PM must find billions to help out struggling households’

Carrying on with the current economic policy is ‘not going to cut it’, IFS chief says

The Guardian - UK

Sunak defends taking money from deprived urban areas as he faces latest hustings with Liz Truss – as it happened

Candidates face Tory members in Eastbourne; former chancellor, who was filmed saying he tried to divert funds from ‘deprived urban areas’, says it was sensible

The Independent UK

Next PM will have to find ‘many more billions to help households pay soaring energy bills’

Think tank also warns public services will need more investment

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