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Boris Johnson tells allies he’s ‘up for’ leadership race as he rushes back to UK

Former PM who quit after a series of scandals vows he is ‘up for it’

The Independent UK

Liz Truss resigns: so why isn't the UK having an election?

Liz Truss resigned as the Conservative party leader just 45 days after being elected to that position. She was forced out by her backbenchers because of a disastrously misjudged mini-budget, concerns about her competency and a catastrophic collapse in the Conservatives’ poll ratings. She is now destined to become the…

The Conversation

There’s something wrong with British politics. It’s called the Conservative Party

The current turmoil in British politics needs to be understood not just as a response to Liz Truss’s short time as prime minister, but as the result of problems within the governing Conservative Party since it came to power in 2010.

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Truss says she is a fighter, not a quitter as she faces MPs

Embattled U.K. premier Liz Truss said she is “a fighter, not a quitter,” as she faced lawmakers for the first time since firing her finance minister and junking most of her economic program just weeks after announcing it.

Tribune News Service

Broxtowe Borough Council’s phone system criticised as 'abysmal failure'

One councillor said there was a “long list” of officers who constituents could “never get through to”

Nottingham Post

Liz Truss' waning power brings political plots, and jokes

This has not been a good week for Liz Truss

The Independent UK

Truss could be gone ‘within days or weeks’, say Tory MPs after PM ditches chancellor

Expectation that new chancellor Jeremy Hunt will rewrite Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-Budget

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Welsh Conservatives leader suggests a general election should be called if Liz Truss can't 'regain confidence'

He was speaking before news broke that the Chancellor had been sacked

Wales Online

Conservatives on course to lose all seats in the North East, poll says

The survey by 38 Degrees and Survation highlights huge concerns over the cost-of-living, mortgages and pensions

Chronicle Live

Nadine Dorries warns Tories face 'complete wipeout' and won't rule out Johnson comeback

The former Culture Secretary warned the Conservatives would probably face 'complete wipeout' if there was a general election tomorrow - and said 'I don't rule anything out'

Daily Mirror

Johnson was slow-poisoning arsenic for the Conservatives. Liz Truss is instant cyanide

One month into this PM’s reign and already the chatter is about how to remove her

The Guardian - UK

Scottish Greens to overtake Tory vote at next Holyrood election, poll finds

A NEW poll has forecast a major boost in the fortunes of the Scottish Greens, putting them on a par with the Scottish Conservatives for regional…

The National (Scotland)

Humiliated Kwasi Kwarteng and Liz Truss should have the guts to own their blunder

Blaming the pressure of the Queen’s funeral for the Conservatives’ Budget for the Rich is a grotesque bid by the Government to shift responsibility

Daily Mirror

Priti Patel accuses Liz Truss of spending ‘with no thought of tomorrow’

Former home secretary says Tories ‘live or die’ on their economic credibility

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Truss administration has shattered the Tory myth of economic competence

WITH the value of the pound falling faster than a slice of buttered toast determined to leave a stain on the carpet, I thank my lucky stars every…

Belfast Live

After market turmoil over mini-budget, what do NI Tories think now about Liz Truss?

After market turmoil and Labour surging ahead in the polls, is there any sense of buyer's remorse?

Wales Online

Labour surges to 33-point lead over Tories in YouGov poll

Four separate polls all show the party notching up a huge lead over the Conservatives

The Independent UK

Truss plans branded ‘inept madness’ amid Tory concerns over market chaos

Divisions are emerging in the Conservatives, after the Chancellor’s mini-budget prompted turmoil in the markets and talk of a financial crisis.

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The Independent UK

UK Labour leader accuses government of trashing economy

The leader of Britain’s main opposition Labour Party has accused the governing Conservatives of losing control of the economy

The Independent UK

Labour argues ‘cavalry is coming’ after ‘reckless’ Tory economic strategy

The opposition was buoyed by polling giving Labour a huge lead over the Conservatives.

Wales Online

Labour frontbencher condemns Tories' 'trickle down bull***t'

The shadow business secretary said he is 'sick' of the Conservatives’ approach

Evening Standard

What’s the story, diverse Tories?

For the first time in history, not one of our four leading ministers of state is a white man. Jason Okundaye looks at how this happened and whether it’s just political gameplay

The Guardian - UK

Tory MPs fear Liz Truss’s policies will create a ‘complete open goal’ for Labour

Bankers’ bonuses, the NHS and tax cuts that favour the rich are all causing jitters on the benches behind the new prime minister

Liverpool Echo

Council leader says Tory proposals are 'short-sighted' and 'cruel'

The Conservatives proposed last week to use £8.3 million of Wirral Council reserves to help residents but Labour say this is "nothing more than a stunt"

Wales Online

Who is Liz Truss and how did she become PM?

Truss’s brand of economic libertarianism, political optimism and hawkishness proved decisive in the leadership contest

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