Jeremy Hunt demolishes Liz Truss’s entire mini-budget announcing massive U-turns
Hunt said that the government will “reverse almost all of the tax measures”
Basit Mahmood
10 cabinet ministers including Jacob Rees-Mogg, Thérèse Coffey and Jeremy Hunt would lose seats in election, poll shows
Boris Johnson is also predicted to lose his seat and the party would also face a disastrous result in the red wall, losing all 45 seats it currently holds.
Royal Mail workers in ‘largest strike of the year’ over low pay
“Postal workers face the biggest ever assault on their jobs, terms and conditions in the history of Royal Mail.”
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 2, October 2022
The news you didn’t see this week…
Tory MPs tear into Liz Truss amid ‘devastating collapse of confidence’ in her leadership
“Something will need to happen as we can’t go on like this for over 2 years”.
Institute of Economic Affairs in car crash interview when asked to explain sources of funding
“Nobody can go on your website and see who funds your organisation”.
Must watch: Ian Lavery savages Liz Truss over derisory 72p pay rise offer for nurses
“Prime Minister claps don’t pay the bills and neither does a 72 pence pay rise”
Kwarteng seeks savings from aid budget to help offset cost of tax cuts that benefit the wealthy
‘Kwarteng is looking to save £5bn from Britain’s overseas aid budget as he tries desperately to convince investors he has a plan to reduce the country’s debt’
Jacob Rees-Mogg accuses BBC of breaching impartiality for suggesting financial turmoil has anything to do with mini-budget
“I think jumping to conclusions about causality is not meeting the BBC requirement for impartiality”
No, having a smartphone doesn’t mean you’re not poor
‘If they’re so poor why do they have a smartphone’ is a ridiculous argument. You can’t apply for benefits, jobs, manage your bank account or contact your family without internet and for many in poverty, a phone is the most affordable internet access they have.’