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    • Thursday, 6 October, 2022
      Civil Service UK
      Truss backtracks on cuts to 91,000 civil service jobs

      Ministers seek to cut Whitehall roles through ‘churn’ and reinstate graduate recruitment

    • Thursday, 6 October, 2022
      Rail
      Avanti to be granted stop-gap extension to west coast rail franchise

      Troubled train operator has angered passengers and politicians with slashed services

    • Wednesday, 5 October, 2022
      Conservative Party UK
      Liz Truss seeks to reassure markets as she attacks ‘anti-growth’ coalition

      UK prime minister tries to rally Tory MPs after party conference descended into infighting

    • Wednesday, 5 October, 2022
      Conservative Party UK
      UK business leaders urge Tories to stop infighting and focus on the economy

      Industry figures say conference underlined how unstable the party had become after 12 years in power

    • Wednesday, 5 October, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      ‘Seeking hope’: MPs reflect on Liz Truss’s calamitous Tory conference

      Some Conservatives fear the party is heading for defeat at the next election as new PM reels from setbacks

    • Tuesday, 4 October, 2022
      Conservative Party UK
      Truss tries to rally MPs amid Tory infighting

      UK prime minister will use conference speech to urge fractious party to get behind her tax-cutting policies

    • Tuesday, 4 October, 2022
      UK energy
      UK warned it faces ‘security premium’ for long-term gas supplies

      Treasury fears being locked into expensive energy deals with foreign states

    • Tuesday, 4 October, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      Truss opens way for more short-term overseas workers in UK

      PM wants to make it easier for companies to transfer staff to Britain from abroad

    • Tuesday, 4 October, 2022
      UK energy
      UK power companies threatened with legislation to limit revenues

      Truss in talks with renewable generators over deals to reduce wholesale power costs in time for winter

    • Tuesday, 4 October, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      Rebel Tory MPs accused of staging ‘coup’ against Truss

      Home secretary attacks Conservatives who forced PM to drop plan to scrap top rate of income tax

    • Tuesday, 4 October, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      Kwarteng to bring forward debt-cutting plan after tax U-turn

      Sterling and gilts rally after UK chancellor reverses 45p tax rate cut for highest earners

    • Monday, 3 October, 2022
      UK business & economy
      Truss quashes Rees-Mogg’s ‘half-baked’ labour market reforms

      Proposals from business secretary would have seen 48-hour week repealed amid slashing of workers’ rights

    • Monday, 3 October, 2022
      UK infrastructure
      Truss vows to reverse big cuts to key rail scheme in northern England

      UK prime minister said Northern Powerhouse Rail would be built in full between Liverpool and Hull via Bradford

    • Monday, 3 October, 2022
      News in-depthUK politics & policy
      Truss finally admits defeat on tax benefit for the wealthy

      Prime minister cuts her losses and abandons plan to ditch top rate of income tax after outcry

    • Sunday, 2 October, 2022
      UK manufacturing
      British Steel’s Chinese owner seeks multimillion-pound government rescue package

      Company says soaring cost of carbon permits is adding to financial woes

    • Sunday, 2 October, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      Kwarteng under pressure over champagne reception at home of hedge fund boss

      Labour chair demands list of attendees for event on day of chancellor’s controversial ‘mini’ Budget

    • Friday, 30 September, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      Labour woos Tory rebels in push to speed up publication of OBR forecasts

      Watchdog’s assessment scheduled for November despite short-term cut-off date for BoE market support package

    • Thursday, 29 September, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      Truss faces growing Tory pressure as Labour opens 33-point poll lead

      UK prime minister vows to stick to tax-cutting plans despite gilt sell-off resuming

    • Wednesday, 28 September, 2022
      Bank of England
      Bank of England launches £65bn move to calm markets

      Central bank to spend £5bn a day for 13 days over ‘material risk to UK financial stability’ and threat to pensions

    • Wednesday, 28 September, 2022
      UK business & economy
      UK government ‘must do more’ to reassure markets, says CBI boss

      Tony Danker warns companies are concerned about inflationary pressures of tax-cutting fiscal package

    • Wednesday, 28 September, 2022
      UK political party conferences
      Business flocks to Labour conference as Starmer seeks to woo industry

      Corporate leaders welcome efforts to ‘detoxify’ the party after swerve to the left under Jeremy Corbyn

    • Wednesday, 28 September, 2022
      Conservative Party UK
      Tory MPs question Kwarteng’s future as market turmoil continues

      Liz Truss must jettison chancellor or risk losing premiership, says member of government

    • Tuesday, 27 September, 2022
      Labour Party UK
      Labour plans state-owned UK clean energy company

      Starmer sets out ‘green future’ in conference speech and calls for party discipline against Tories

    • Tuesday, 27 September, 2022
      Pound Sterling
      Pound resumes slide after BoE and Treasury seek to steady markets

      Sterling falls below $1.07 despite central bank and government reassurances about interest rates and stable finances

    • Monday, 26 September, 2022
      Labour Party UK
      Labour stands for ‘sound money’, Starmer to tell party conference

      Leader of UK opposition claims mantle of economic competence, arguing Tory government has ‘lost control’

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