Kwarteng considering benefit cuts to fund tax cuts for the rich
According to reports, the UK has been living beyond its means and a new age of austerity is required to trim the fat.
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Andrew Marr hits out at ‘cowardly and shameful’ Truss in blistering 3 minute clip
"Cards on the table. I think the fact that we haven't heard from them today is an utter dereliction of duty."
Labour demands recall of Parliament after mini-budget triggers chaos
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the Government should abandon the measures announced by Kwasi Kwarteng before more damage is done.
Moody’s deems UK’s new fiscal policy regime ‘credit negative’
“It appears everyone is unusually united in their objection to the Treasury’s tax-cutting plans."
International Monetary Fund sends unprecedented warning letter to Kwarteng
The BBC's Faisal Islam said IMF's stinging rebuke is without a clear precedent.
Kwarteng said ‘who cares if Sterling crashes’ after Brexit, report claims
The Leave campaign backer was heard talking "feverishly" on the phone after the Brexit referendum result in 2016.
Kwarteng faces massive market turmoil after disastrous day for sterling
The Treasury moved to settle the markets with the promise of a Budget next spring as the pound tumbled against the dollar on Monday.
Kwasi Kwarteng refuses to comment as pound plummets
Neither Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng nor Liz Truss are currently expected to publicly address the major market shift.
Keir Starmer says trickle-down economics is a ‘piss take’
He said the Tory policy was for the “rich to get richer” while offering little to ordinary workers.