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    Tumbling pound will intensify cost-of-living crisis, government warned

    Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email The falling value of the pound is set to intensify the UK’s cost-of-living crisis and push more people into poverty, the government has been warned. Sterling plummeted to its lowest […] More

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    Bid to allow Jeremy Corbyn to stand as Labour candidate again is defeated

    Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email A bid to allow Jeremy Corbyn to stand as a Labour candidate at the next election despite the ongoing row over his stance on antisemitism has been defeated. Supporters of […] More

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    Pound hits all-time low against dollar

    For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The pound has plummeted to its lowest level against the dollar in history, falling more than 4 per cent, as the markets responded to the announcement of Britain’s […] More

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    Liz Truss: Tory MPs sending no-confidence letters over fears she will ‘crash the economy’, says ex-minister

    Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Some Conservative MPs have already sent letters of no-confidence in Liz Truss’s leadership over fears she will “crash the economy”, a former minister has claimed. Top economists, currency markets, opposition […] More

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    Public services braced for huge cuts as Liz Truss abandons spending review

    Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Struggling public services face billions more in spending cuts because Liz Truss is set to crush hopes that budgets will be topped up to cope with soaring inflation. On the […] More

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    Commons sleaze watchdog rejects call to ditch probe into Boris Johnson ‘lies’

    Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Parliament’s sleaze watchdog has firmly rejected demands to call off its inquiry into Boris Johnson. The House of Commons Privileges Committee dismissed a legal opinion obtained by the former PM’s […] More