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Truss U-turn on regional pay for public sector workers: how it happened

Details of the plan to slash £8.8 billion were unveiled in a press release on Monday but scrapped on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Liz Truss berated for 'cack-handed' Nicola Sturgeon attack in day of chaos

Last night Ms Truss said the best way to deal with the Scottish First Minister was to ignore her, branding Ms Sturgeon an "attention seeker", but the attack has been branded "irresponsible" and "straight out of the Trump playbook"

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss abandons £8.8bn policy to slash public sector pay amid backlash

Senior Tory figures had said the policy would would ‘level down’ the nation by cutting teachers’ and nurses’ pay.

The Independent UK

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The Northern Agenda: That bloody cheese man

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Manchester Evening News

Liz Truss ditches lower pay plan for public sector workers outside London in screeching U-turn

The Tory frontrunner ditched the proposals in the face of a furious backlash, with critics warning it could leave nurses, teachers and other public sector workers poorer.

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss plan to cut public sector pay would ‘level down’ nation – Tory critics

Conservative Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen said he was ‘actually speechless’ at the £8.8 billion proposal.

The Independent UK

‘Ticking time bomb’: Tory mayor ‘speechless’ at Liz Truss’s plans to cut public sector pay

Ben Houchen claims proposals will result in a ‘massive pay cut for 5.5 million people’ including nurses and police officers outside London

The Independent UK

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Tory policy battle: What have Truss and Sunak pledged for the country?

Over the next few weeks it will be up to Conservative members to decide which of the two final candidates will take on the top job in No 10.

The Independent UK

Liz Truss criticised for claiming public sector pay pledge was misrepresented – as it happened

Former Tory chief whip tells leadership candidate to ‘stop blaming journalists’ after spokesperson said there had been ‘wilful misrepresentation of campaign’

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss criticised over plans to lower pay for public sector workers

She claimed there is too much bureaucracy and "stale groupthink in Whitehall" which she hopes to cleanse

Manchester Evening News

Liz Truss vows to slash pay of nurses and teachers outside London in 'levelling down' plan

Critics said Liz Truss' promise would result in a 'war on Workington' rather than Whitehall and marked the death of Boris Johnson's levelling up agenda

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss U-turns on plan to pay less in areas like the North East

The Tory leadership hopeful had outlined plans for regional pay boards that would pay less in some areas but later said policy had been

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Liz Truss steps up war on public sector workers and unions in bid for Tory crown

The Foreign Secretary vowed to axe 'facility time', which allows union officials paid hours off to carry out duties while at work and semmed to rule out scrapping the fox hunting ban

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss plan means lower pay for public service workers in poorer areas

Unions say favourite for PM’s job will face ‘opposition every step of the way’ if she pushes plans through

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The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss plan to cut £11bn in Whitehall waste ‘ludicrous’

Unions and experts attack Tory leadership candidate’s proposals for civil service savings

The Guardian - UK

Why is there unrest among civil servants and how will ministers respond?

Analysis: civil servants are frustrated with real-terms pay cuts, job losses, and political briefings against them

The Independent UK

Truss promises to cut costs and end ‘stale groupthink’ in Whitehall

Tory leadership hopeful Liz Truss wants to save £11 billion a year with her plans.

Tribune News Service

Liz Truss is on course for a collision with UK economic reality

LONDON — Liz Truss looks an increasingly strong favorite to overcome Rishi Sunak and replace Boris Johnson as the U.K.’s prime minister. Her next target will be the British civil service.

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Wales Online

Liz Truss vows to help renters prove they can take on a mortgage

Tory leadership contender said she would “break down barriers” to support people keen to get on the housing ladder

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss pledges to help more renters buy their first home

Tory leadership frontrunner wants rent payments to be used as part of mortgage affordability assessments

The Independent UK

Truss vows to help renters prove they can take on a mortgage

The Tory leadership contender said she would ‘break down barriers’ to support people keen to get on the housing ladder.

Evening Standard

Foreign Office ‘regrets’ confusion over Nowzad evacuation from Afghanistan

Ministers and officials gave evidence to Afghanistan inquiry in ‘good faith’, and ‘at no stage’ sought to ‘deliberately’ mislead, Government says.

Manchester Evening News

The Northern Agenda: Handsome is as handsome does

Warning to would-be PMs as Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss prepare to do battle in Leeds

The Independent UK

Liz Truss ‘setting anti-discrimination fight back 30 years’ with civil service plan

Tory leadership favourite under fire over Whitehall shake-up including US-style ’political appointees’

Daily Mirror

Nadine Dorries 'pretty confident' she'll be Culture Secretary if Liz Truss becomes PM

One Whitehall source said Nadine Dorries was 'pretty confident' about returning to the plum role in the Department of Culture if Liz Truss beats former chancellor Rishi Sunak to No 10.

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