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    Who could Liz Truss choose to replace Kwasi Kwarteng as chancellor?

    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 Kwasi Kwarteng has been sacked as chancellor, as Liz Truss attempts to rest her ailing premiership and reassure the markets and her own MPs she is changing course on the economy. […] More

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    Kwasi Kwarteng’s resignation letter to Liz Truss in full

    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 Kwasi Kwarteng has been sacked as chancellor by Liz Truss following a disastrous budget. The MP, a longstanding political ally of the prime minister, has sent her a letter to […] More

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    Liz Truss set to announce U-turn on mini-Budget at press conference

    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 Liz Truss is set to announce a major U-turn on the government’s mini-Budget on Friday afternoon, and is widely expected to reverse her planned corporation tax cut. The prime minister […] More

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    Liz Truss sacks Kwasi Kwarteng as chancellor

    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 Liz Truss has sacked Kwasi Kwarteng as chancellor following the disastrous reception to last months’ tax-cutting budget. The decision comes after unfunded tax cuts unveiled in the fiscal statement saw […] More

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    Kwarteng faces sack as chancellor as Liz Truss U-turns on his Budget

    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 Kwasi Kwarteng is expected to be sacked as chancellor of the Exchequer today, a senior source inside No 10 source has told The Independent. There was no official confirmation from […] More

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    Liz Truss’s Tories slump below 20% in bombshell poll

    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 Conservative support has slumped below 20 per cent in the worst poll yet to hit beleaguered Liz Truss, giving Keir Starmer’s Labour a remarkable 34-point lead. The survey also found […] More