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Scotland to freeze rent and rail fares to help with cost-of-living crisis
ScotRail was brought into public ownership earlier this year, but Sturgeon said Holyrood was powerless to act on energy bills.
Liz Truss’ energy plan already branded a ‘complete shocker’
"That’s Trussonomics for you: delivering personal misery in a failed state faster than anything or anyone else can."
Watch: Steve Bray has been very busy around parliament – just ask Raab
Steve Bray also wasn't too complimentary about two outgoing ministers, Priti Patel and Nadine Dorries as he restarted his protests.
Mail hails the new PM we are old enough to remember the previous failed ones
Such hits as "Vote May or we face disaster" and David Cameron is "our only hope" have come back to haunt Liz Truss's press lapdogs.
Pop star’s reaction when someone thinks he looks like a young Liz Truss
The picture shows a 19-year-old Truss at a Liberal Democratic conference opposing the concept of the Monarchy, she met the Queen today...
Brian Bilston’s poem lists things more capable of running country than Liz Truss
"Thank you. This is about the only thing I’ve read about it so far today that’s made it any easier. What a desperately embarrassing, sorry situation our country is in."
Quelle surprise? BBC bosses say Emily Maitlis’ criticism of Newsnight was ‘completely wrong’
The BBC director-general and chairman addressed Emily Maitlis’ speech while appearing before a Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee.
Watch: Johnathan Pie’s tribute to Boris Johnson is from ‘left-wing propaganda machine’ apparently
"It's a deeply unpleasant propaganda video and bears no relation to reality", Margaret Thatcher's former aide wailed.
Joe Lycett debate spills into Commons as MPs fume at BBC for booking him
"He did this mock applause after Liz Truss left the chair" and called her the "back wash of the available MPs", Steve Brine fumed.