Politics
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.
Pound will fall below parity ‘with both dollar and euro’ – Summers
"A currency crisis in a reserve currency could well have global consequences."
Liz Truss congratulates Italy’s new far-right leader
The Prime Minister described the UK and Italy as “close allies”.
Letters of no confidence in Liz Truss handed in amid fears she will ‘crash the economy’
A former Tory minister MP has said the new prime minister is "f*****" and the party are already looking to bring her down.
Huge: Labour members back proportional representation in general elections
Andy Burnham has praised members’ “historic decision” to back proportional representation.
New polling gives Labour highest lead since 2001
Six in 10 voters think Kwasi Kwarteng's budget was unfair - the worst rating of any fiscal event since 2010.
Kwasi Kwarteng refuses to comment as pound plummets
Neither Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng nor Liz Truss are currently expected to publicly address the major market shift.
Truss backed to leave office THIS YEAR as odds tumble
She's only been in the job a few weeks!