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BIZARRE: 10 - What They Never Told You

If the Tories listen to the siren voice of 49-day Liz Truss they will be sunk

When a party falls to pieces, look out for the phase in which it starts to blame the world for its own flaws. In a 4,000-word essay in The Daily Telegraph that would have been funnier but no less absurd if it had been written by Lewis Carroll, the 49-day…

Evening Standard

Matt Hancock baffles followers by ironing a shirt on TikTok

‘The shirts have been a bit creased, so here goes’ Matt said

Evening Standard

Liz Truss’s claim she was not warned about mini-budget risks ‘misleading’

Senior economists and ex-chancellor George Osborne round on former PM after she says Treasury officials raised no concerns

The Guardian - UK

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Liz Truss seems keen to make comeback, but is anyone else on board?

Former PM not trying to keep a low profile, but former allies have their own ambitions and few would risk a return

The Guardian - UK

Truss was right to argue for tax cuts, says ex-Tory chairman

The former prime minister has defended her policies as Rishi Sunak faces demands from some Conservative MPs to reduce the tax burden.

The Independent UK

Liz Truss blames downfall on 'left-wing economic establishment'

LIZ Truss has insisted she was never given a “realistic chance” to implement her radical tax-cutting agenda by her party and by a “powerful…

The National (Scotland)

Labour would not have 'got to the point' of keeping Nottinghamshire power stations going this winter

Ed Miliband was on a visit to Mansfield and spoke about the Government's step to keep two Nottinghamshire coal-fired power stations available this winter.

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Liz Truss says tax cut plans were never given a chance and slams 'economic establishment'

The former prime minister has made her first detailed comments since the end of her tumultuous 49-day stint in the top job

Wales Online

Liz Truss: I was never given a chance - old

Ex-PM has blamed Tory opponents and a ‘powerful economic establishment’ for the failure of her radical tax cutting agenda.

The Independent UK

Britain the only G7 economy forecast to shrink in 2023

IMF says UK economy is likely to contract 0.6% as rising interest rates and higher taxes take toll

The Guardian - UK

Hunt became chancellor after a Tory tax calamity. History suggests he’s doomed

Like Roy Jenkins and Kenneth Clarke before him, he can do little but tackle a crisis bequeathed to him by Conservative folly

The Guardian - UK

Jeremy Hunt to promote low-tax and private sector ‘retooling’ of industry

Chancellor also expected to tell markets that government spending will remain within strict limits

The Guardian - UK

Government refusal of £1.2bn cross-Channel energy project quashed by High Court

Aquind’s proposals for a new electricity link between the UK and France will have to be considered afresh by Business Secretary Grant Shapps.

The Independent UK

Desperate man who couldn't get NHS dentist pulls out 5 of his teeth with pliers

A man has told how he had to extract five of his teeth as there were no NHS dentists in his area available to take him on thanks to closures during the pandemic

Daily Mirror

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The Observer view on the free market thinking that failed Britishvolt

The government’s hands-off approach meant the odds were against the EV battery startup from the start

Birmingham Post

How the grand Britishvolt scheme turned sour - and what happens next

What went wrong with the Britishvolt plan - and what will happen next on a project that is crucial to the North East’s future?

Evening Standard

Accents still rule Britain, says Scottish actor Jack Lowden

Scottish actor Jack Lowden complains that people with plummy voices get an easier ride, claiming “accent rules” in the UK.

Daily Mirror

Personalised 'Jenga' lectern used by Liz Truss during 49 days as PM cost taxpayers £4,000

Downing Street has revealed that £4,175 of public money was spent on the higgledy-piggledy lectern that was specially made for Liz Truss, before she was forced to quit

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The Guardian - UK

Bank of England completes sale of £19bn emergency bond purchases after mini-budget

Bloomberg estimates Bank made profit of £3.5bn after intervening to prevent run on pension funds

The Guardian - UK

‘Labour doesn’t seem to understand how it’s happening’: meet the new Black Tories

The Conservatives are keen to boast about the diversity of their top team – but the party has never been seen as a natural home for Black voters. Can a small group of Black Tories change that?

Manchester Evening News

The year of three prime ministers - how Britain went from Boris to budget bedlam then back to billionaire Rishi

A look back at a turbulent year in UK politics

The Guardian - UK

Crypto collapses, Mone’s masks and golden goodbyes: the 2022 Observer business awards

The Conservative peer’s peerless public service work, Sam Bankman-Fried’s strange love life and Elon Musk, as usual, feature highly in this year’s prestigious honours list

Evening Standard

Quotes of the Year — from Musk to Trump to Markle, the funniest and most bizarre

2022 has been notable for being a particularly rubbish year, which doesn’t mean we can’t look back and smile at some of the iconic quotes it has produced, even if the smiles have a slightly bitter edge...

Daily Mirror

Major review of taxes including child benefit for two million families is quietly axed

Sources confirmed doomed Kwasi Kwarteng's Treasury review to make taxes 'better for families' is dead in the water under Rishi Sunak's leadership because events have overtaken it

Birmingham Post

The South West's 10 biggest business stories of 2022

From companies going bust to the best places to live in the region, we take a look at the most-read stories of the year

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