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PM’s move to replace chancellor and commit to raising corporation tax fails to placate markets or Tory MPs Liz Truss is desperately clinging to her premiership after she sacked her chancellor and ripped up the mini-budget but failed to calm the financial markets or furious Conservative MPs. In a humiliating reversal, the prime minister backed down on plans to scrap an £18bn rise in corporation tax and replaced Kwasi Kwarteng as chancellor with Jeremy Hunt. Continue reading… ​PM’s move to replace chancellor and commit to raising corporation tax fails to placate markets or Tory MPsLiz Truss is desperately clinging to…

Sterling fell, FTSE 100 lost its gains and bond yields rose after PM’s press conference failed to announce new direction Three weeks of chaos that cost more than Kwarteng’s jobJeremy Hunt appointed chancellor after sacking KwartengPM to raise corporation tax in another humiliating U-turn Liz Truss has failed to quell the turmoil in financial markets as investors attempted to assess the fallout from Kwasi Kwarteng’s sacking. Sterling fell 1.3% to $1.1188 on a rollercoaster day for the currency. The pound dropped sharply after Kwarteng’s exit from the cabinet was confirmed before recovering some lost ground as Jeremy Hunt was named…

‘I will never know anyone remotely like Robbie again.’

  Expectation that new chancellor Jeremy Hunt will rewrite Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-Budget Expectation that new chancellor Jeremy Hunt will rewrite Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-Budget 

The 22-year-old has become a huge player for the champions.

The nurse is accused of murdering seven babies and trying to kill 10 more.

Former PM creates 13 Conservative peers but widely expected honour for former Mail editor goes missing Boris Johnson’s political honours list has seen peerages awarded to a string of former Tory MPs and other allies and party donors – although not to Paul Dacre, the former editor of the Daily Mail. Dacre had been widely tipped to be made a peer, but there had been calls for this to be delayed or suspended after legal action begun by a series of prominent people over alleged intrusion into privacy by the Mail’s publisher. Continue reading… ​Former PM creates 13 Conservative peers…

  Debate could embarrass Liz Truss but cannot force her to go to country Debate could embarrass Liz Truss but cannot force her to go to country 

  Exclusive: Business leaders told to ignore Home Office and lobby other ministers in their efforts to build case for change Exclusive: Business leaders told to ignore Home Office and lobby other ministers in their efforts to build case for change 

 The Scottish star is best known for playing the beloved Hogwarts gamekeeper Hagrid and psychologist Dr Eddie ‘Fitz’ Fitzgerald in ITV’s crime drama. The Scottish star is best known for playing the beloved Hogwarts gamekeeper Hagrid and psychologist Dr Eddie ‘Fitz’ Fitzgerald in ITV’s crime drama. 

  The Prime Minister has been pushed to resign after the Chancellor was sacked amid economic market chaos triggered by the Conservative mini-budget ​The Prime Minister has been pushed to resign after the Chancellor was sacked amid economic market chaos triggered by the Conservative mini-budget 

It is a miracle – a seagull has managed to take a selfie!

ISIS bride Shamima Begum could now be free to return back to the UK following the repatriation of a Brit woman and her son from a Syrian camp, a war hero has claimed. British Army veteran Alan Dunc…

  Police are following a lead which may link the Stockton, California serial killer to two people killed in Chicago in 2018. ​Police are following a lead which may link the Stockton, California serial killer to two people killed in Chicago in 2018. 

The travel agent was fast asleep at the wheel with the engine still running.

  Jeremy Hunt – who backed Liz Truss’s rival Rishi Sunak during the Conservative leadership race – has been appointed as the new Chancellor of the Exchequer. ​Jeremy Hunt – who backed Liz Truss’s rival Rishi Sunak during the Conservative leadership race – has been appointed as the new Chancellor of the Exchequer. 

CQC ‘reviewing evidence’ after footage shows 88-year-old Ann King’s treatment at Reigate Grange ‘I will always hear her screams’: family tell of heartbreak over care home abuse The provider of a luxury care home where an 88-year-old woman with dementia was abused is facing possible criminal action as a government minister said he was “shocked and saddened” at her mistreatment. After the Guardian published secret camera footage showing Ann King being abused at the £2,000-a-week Reigate Grange care home, the Care Quality Commission said on Friday it was “reviewing this evidence and working with other stakeholders to determine whether regulatory…

Happy birthday Emmerdale!

A BRIT tourist has miraculously survived after falling 6,000ft onto rocks in a horrifying paragliding accident. The unnamed 27-year-old soared off the 1,800m high runway on Badabag Mountain in the …

Luckily, she wasn’t driving!

The Red Devils are still keen after failing in the summer.

The door is about to close on the eighth generation of Pokémon games, as another new critter is announced for Scarlet and Violet.

‘We may as well embrace dictatorship.’

  Former Labour MP Tom Watson and ex-DUP leader Arlene Foster on list to enter Lords Former Labour MP Tom Watson and ex-DUP leader Arlene Foster on list to enter Lords 

Did Holly and Phil really get booed?