Tory MPs mull backing Labour attempt to force binding fracking vote Opposition motion drafted to make it very difficult for government to ignore or allow mass abstentions The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2022
Liz Truss gives MPs 'unequivocal commitment' on defence spending after minister threatens to quit The Prime Minister's comments to the European Research Group came after a minister threatened to resign if she reneged on a commitment to increase defence spending to 3% of GDP by 2030 Daily Mirror · Oct 18, 2022
Liz Truss is the last stop on a long Tory journey away from grownup government Buffoonery has been no bar to climbing the Tory party hierarchy – and this mess is the inevitable result, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2022
King Charles III coronation - date, will it be a bank holiday and everything we know so far King Charles ascended the throne in September, but won't be crowned until his coronation next year Manchester Evening News · Oct 18, 2022
Average energy bill forecast to hit £4,347 after Truss U-turn on support Move to reduce duration of help from two years to six months could mean financial cliff edge for millions in April, charities warn The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2022
Hunt, Rees-Mogg, Coffey and Johnson all set to lose seats in Labour election landslide, poll says Conservatives on course for worst election result since 1906, Opinium research indicates The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2022
Rees-Mogg, Coffey, and Hunt would lose seats in election, poll suggests Survey for TUC shows string of top Tory ministers in peril and opposition to removal of workers’ rights The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2022
Rees-Mogg accused of grabbing absolute power over UK energy industry Suppliers raise concerns that energy prices bill contains proposals for ministers to overrule independent regulator, Ofgem The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2022
Truss is frantically blowing on the embers of neoliberalism. But it is a funeral pyre Just as the rest of the world is turning its back on free-market economics, we have a purist in No 10, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2022
Labour vows to treble solar power use during first term if elected Ed Miliband criticises Liz Truss’s ‘anti-green-energy dogma’ after plans to ban solar projects revealed The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2022
Markets leap on reports of Liz Truss’s tax cuts U-turn. No time to dally As PM ponders which measures to junk from mini-budget, pound rises by two cents against dollar The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2022
The Guardian view on Tory environment chaos: turning back the clock Editorial: There is no mandate for the anti-green agenda of Liz Truss’s government The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2022
Don’t wait for ‘inevitable’ U-turn on mini-Budget, George Osborne tells Liz Truss Chances needed now, suggests former chancellor – as Priti Patel says ‘market forces’ could force reversal The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2022
Pressure on Truss and Kwarteng to announce more U-turns as IMF hints at need for 'recalibration of policies' IMF leaders also had a 'constructive' meeting with Kwarteng Wales Online · Oct 13, 2022
The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2022 Jacob Rees-Mogg insists he is not against renewable energy Business secretary pushes for more wind and solar generation
Evening Standard · Oct 13, 2022 Downing Street distances itself from Jacob Rees-Mogg’s attack on Office for Budget Responsibility Business Secretary questioned the accuracy of OBR’s forecasting claiming its record hasn’t been ‘enormously good’
The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2022 Ditching Truss would be ‘disastrously bad idea’, says ally Cleverly Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said the Government is focused on getting economic growth despite the market turbulence.
The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2022 Slapdown for Rees-Mogg over attack on economic forecasters Business secretary’s broadside fuelled speculation of damning OBR verdict on Kwarteng mini-Budget
The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2022 First Thing: Alex Jones ordered to pay Sandy Hook families $965m Infowars host punished over promotion of lie 2012 massacre never happened. Plus, 70% of animal populations wiped out since 1970
Daily Mirror · Oct 13, 2022 Jacob Rees-Mogg slapped down by No10 and top expert for attacking Tories' budget watchdog A top economist said Jacob Rees-Mogg was half-right about the government's Budget watchdog being inaccurate... because the economy is actually WORSE than it predicted
Daily Record · Oct 13, 2022 'Bollocks' Tory toff Jacob Rees-Mogg savaged after trying to shift mini-budget blame The Business Secretary claimed economic turmoil was the fault of the Bank of England failing to raise interest rates in line with the United States.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2022 Liz Truss on collision course with Jacob Rees-Mogg over solar power ban PM wants to prevent panels on 58% of farmland but business secretary says renewables need to be boosted
The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2022 Liz Truss faces revolt as angry Tory MPs demand U-turns on tax plans Prime minister accused of ‘trashing 10 years of conservatism’ by angry MP
The Guardian - UK · Oct 12, 2022 The Bank of England governor plans to stick – but it is a gamble Andrew Bailey’s tough stance fuels the danger that ending one form of emergency intervention creates a need for a bigger one
Wales Online · Oct 12, 2022 Economists fire back after Rees-Mogg tries to pin blame on others for mini-budget chaos Senior Conservative says it was all down to Bank of England’s failure to raise interest rates in line with the US