2022-10-19
Guardian Front Page 19th of October 2022
After the “disastrous” mini-budget put major pledges at risk, including the pension triple lock, Liz Truss is facing cabinet unrest over her plans for “brutal” cuts across all departments.
After the “disastrous” mini-budget put major pledges at risk, including the pension triple lock, Liz Truss is facing cabinet unrest over her plans for “brutal” cuts across all departments.
According to The Guardian, Jeremy Hunt’s decision to cancel the prime minister’s economic plans was an “astonishing U-turn in political history”.
The Guardian reports that even Liz Truss’ allies warn her that she has only days to save her premiership.
Prime minister’s ‘day of chaos’ is covered in The Guardian. The paper writes that Liz Truss was ‘desperately clinging to her premiership’, after sacking her chancellor.
The Guardian reports that Liz Truss has redrawn the government’s mini-budget under intense pressure from Tory MPs and the markets.
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As a response to the biggest Russian missile strike on Ukrainian cities since the war began, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will appeal for increased military and diplomatic support.
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According to The Guardian, Conor Burns, a senior Conservative minister, has been sacked after being accused of “serious misconduct.”