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'He deserved to go to jail': driver of double-fatal crash sentenced

A friend of crash victim Jemima Dowding said she was a 'beautiful person'.

Newcastle Herald

Liz Truss: this is what happens when governments pursue growth at all costs

When Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng unveiled his mini-budget on September 23, he was making it clear that the government is prioritising economic growth over inflation – which was one reason the financial markets reacted so badly to his plan.

The Conversation

Michael Pascoe: RIP trickle-down economics – even the financial markets have given up

Trickle-down economics: The cry of “you can’t tax your way to prosperity” is joined by “you can’t tax cut your way to prosperity either”.

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Why the ‘Barber boom’ that Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget recalls was destined for disaster

A reckless dash for growth is nothing new. Ted Heath’s chancellor Anthony Barber tried one in 1971, but it didn’t turn out well

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s extraordinary’: Liz Truss’s low-tax gamble has yet to convince Tory MPs

Colleagues ask if the new PM and chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s experiment is ‘a stroke of genius – or will blow up the economy’

The Guardian - UK

Time is against Liz Truss as she bets big on plan to turn economy around

With an election two years away, failure could shred the Tories’ economic credibility

The Guardian - UK

Pound sinks in reaction to huge UK stimulus

LONDON: The British pound plunged to a 37-year low and stocks sank after the government delivered the most sweeping tax cuts since 1972, as economists warned that the ambitious plan was unsustainable at a time when inflation is rampant.

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Mini budget 2022: experts react to the new UK government's spending and tax-cut plans

UK chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has just launched the biggest package of tax cuts in half a century. This will involve around £45bn of reductions for people and businesses by 2027 – 50% more than anticipated before the mini-budget announcement.

The Conversation

A look back to 1972, the last time tax cuts so big were brought in

At the time of Anthony Barber’s ‘dash for growth’ budget, a pint of milk cost 6p, Nilsson was top of the charts and Brian Clough was in his heyday at Derby County

The Guardian - UK

Kwarteng package has ‘biggest tax cuts since 1972’, says leading economist

‘It is half a century since we have seen tax cuts announced on this scale,’ according to Paul Johnson, director of the IFS .

The Independent UK

UK facing 1970s-style balance of payments crisis under Liz Truss

Tax cuts and spending pledges could alarm global markets and trigger a 30% collapse in sterling, Deutsche Bank warns

The Guardian - UK

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

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