Politics
International Monetary Fund sends unprecedented warning letter to Kwarteng
The BBC's Faisal Islam said IMF's stinging rebuke is without a clear precedent.
Tory minister says it’s ‘absolutely fair’ that benefit claimants should be made to work harder
Work and Pensions Secretary Chloe Smith claimed £204,994 in expenses last year.
Crispin Odey says Remainers are to blame for the run on the pound
The hedge fund manager warned that the worst may yet be to come and that sterling may soon be worth less than a dollar.
Kwarteng said ‘who cares if Sterling crashes’ after Brexit, report claims
The Leave campaign backer was heard talking "feverishly" on the phone after the Brexit referendum result in 2016.
Starmer promises publicly owned energy firm to bring ‘British power to the British people’
“We must stand with working people. Meet their ambitions for real change. Walk towards a better future and build a new Britain, together.”
UK markets have lost $500 billion since Liz Truss took charge
Truly World-beating.
Political blogger who was suing Jeremy Corbyn drops his case
Corbyn has paid no damages, has made no apology and has given no undertakings concerning repetition of the words complained of.
Liz Truss’s disasterous start as PM in five memes
Market turmoil, a crashing pound and a 20-year high in the polls for Labour. It's been an almost impressively bad start for Truss.
Government backs proposed restrictions on MPs’ second jobs
It comes after it was revealed Owen Paterson lobbied former health secretary Matt Hancock for Randox and Sir Geoffrey Cox earned almost £1 million a year as a lawyer.