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Liz Truss suggests she'll refuse to have an ethics advisor to police her behaviour as PM

Tonight is the tenth of 12 events held around the country for Tory party members - who account for around 0.2% of the population - to probe the candidates before deciding who should be the next PM

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak attacks Liz Truss’s plans to curb Bank of England’s independence

Former chancellor says rival’s economic proposals could ‘spook international investors’

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss will pour 'fuel on the fire' warns Rishi Sunak as he slams tax cuts

Speaking ahead of a hustings event in Birmingham, the former chancellor warned that the leadership favourite could cause spiralling inflation if she takes office

Daily Mirror

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Truss has thrown red meat to Tory members – but the public has rather different tastes

Truss’s hard Conservatism and tax cuts are a worry to the Tory left, says Spectator deputy political editor Katy Balls

The Guardian - UK

New PM’s spending plans must face scrutiny, says Treasury committee chair

Mel Stride says OBR must provide fiscal forecasts as Liz Truss urged to ‘come clean’ on promised tax cuts

The Guardian - UK

Treasury told to reveal if it is preparing for Liz Truss’s crisis budget in scrutiny row

Senior Tory says chancellor must help watchdog ‘publish independent forecast’ on economic impact of huge tax cuts

The Independent UK

Cost of living crisis: the UK needs to raise taxes not cut them – here's why

Taxation has turned out to be the main issue dividing the two candidates in the current Conservative Party leadership contest. While Rishi Sunak wants to hold off making tax cuts until after the cost of living crisis has been tackled, Liz Truss wants immediate reductions. She believes cutting taxes will…

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Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak supporters go to war over ‘flip flop’ tax promises

Senior Tory MP Sir John Redwood has accused the former chancellor of flip-flopping over tax cuts that he once said were unaffordable

Evening Standard

Sunak effectively rules out serving in a Truss cabinet, suggesting they don’t agree on ‘big things’ – as it happened

Tory leadership candidate says he is focused on race for No 10; energy bosses call for end to battle so new PM can tackle bills crisis

The Guardian - UK

Truss poised to plunge UK economy into ‘inflation spiral’, says Sunak

Truss cannot deliver £50bn tax cuts and support packages without pushing debt to dangerous levels, says Tory leadership rival

The Guardian - UK

Tory MP warns poor will be 'on the streets' under Liz Truss's £50bn 'magic money tree'

Kevin Hollinrake, a supporter of Rishi Sunak, gave a devastating verdict on the likely next Prime Minister's 'magic money tree' tax cuts - not to mention 12 years of Tory government

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss will cause inflation spiral with ‘dangerous’ tax cuts, Rishi Sunak warns

Tory leadership contest rattles on as Labour poll lead grows

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak’s camp tells Liz Truss to ‘come clean’ over ‘dangerous’ tax plans

The former chancellor’s team said the Foreign Secretary’s plans could force public finances into ‘serious jeopardy’.

The Independent UK

Labour lead over Conservatives grows over fears of Liz Truss prioritising tax cuts over cost of living crisis

Allies of Liz Truss have promised 'help is on the way' after a series of polls gave Labour a growing lead and senior Tories criticised her tax cutting plans.

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The Guardian - UK

Ken Clarke: ‘The idea that tax cuts will automatically produce growth is nonsense’

The veteran Tory, who stood three times to lead his party, on the cost of living crisis, today’s political culture and the best PM we never had

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak’s tax cut promises

The Conservative leadership contenders are blind to the dire lack of investment in a crumbling UK

The Guardian - AU

Joyce says Qantas ‘not good enough’ in apology over airport chaos – as it happened

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Labour surges as Tory fears grow over Truss’s tax cut agenda

Likely PM’s policies will mean ‘big trouble’, say critics, as Starmer’s energy price initiative boosts him in polls

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Tory rivals warned tax cuts could worsen pressures on public spending

Truss defiant as Sunak seizes on stark IFS report to attack her economic plans

The Independent UK

Tax cuts pledged by Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak not possible without slashing spending, economists say

Institute for Fiscal Studies criticises Tory leadership contenders for failing to be upfront about economic crisis

The Independent UK

Tory leadership tax cut promises ‘hard to square’ with UK’s future, experts warn

The Institute for Fiscal Studies said ‘permanent tax cuts’ could exacerbate pressures on the public purse.

The Independent UK

Voters will never ‘forgive’ Tories refusing to act on energy bills crisis, Rishi Sunak warns party

Shadow chancellor condemns ‘moral failure’ of rival’s plans – but Liz Truss sticks to guns on tax cuts

Wales Online

Four economists on ways to tackle UK cost of living crisis

Political leaders from all major UK parties have put forward proposals to relieve the cost of living crisis this winter

The Conversation

How to tackle the UK cost of living crisis – four economists have their say

UK inflation, already at 40-year highs, could pass 13% in October, according to Bank of England forecasts. While wages have not kept pace with inflation, much of the expected squeeze on households and businesses is down to rising energy costs.

The Independent UK

Businesses and wealthy people ‘handed £36bn tax cuts under Rishi Sunak’

Tax Justice UK calculates at least £35.8bn handed to businesses in tax cuts

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