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Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has confirmed that the government is axing plans to give the wealthiest 1% a tax cut following a bitter backlash from...

It took 10 days for the most eye-catching and controversial element of Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget to unravel. The abolition of the top 45p rate...

The first rule of U-turns, as a veteran former cabinet minister told me last week, is to do them quickly. Liz Truss and Kwasi...

A Conservative minister has said “in the short run” the UK cannot afford net zero. Speaking at an event run by the Institute of...

Former culture secretary Nadine Dorries has suggested Liz Truss should call a general election to obtain a mandate for her policies.  Ms Dorries, a Boris...

A little under four weeks as prime minister and it couldn’t really have gone worse for Liz Truss. A mini-budget that precipitated a run...

Liz Truss is facing a fresh battle with Conservative MPs over a potential benefits squeeze and cuts to public spending, after already being forced...