‘It’s the Mayo supporter in me’: the Ballycastle Labour woman battling for Tory Kwasi Kwarteng’s old seat
Spelthorne was once considered unwinnable for Labour but Mayo woman Claire Tighe has made it as toss up
Kwasi Kwarteng
‘Why me?’: Liz Truss shares reaction to death of queen on her second day as PM in new book
Former UK prime minister’s new memoir shows she is isn’t backing down despite being blamed for almost collapsing the British economy
The trouble is that the fiscal system will break and there will be no happy ending
Budgetary policy is so difficult that most countries in the west are unlikely to live happily ever after
The budget is broadly popular but that doesn’t mean the Government is
The stability message is unlikely to wash with 20-somethings stuck living at home
Former British PM Liz Truss criticises media for treating politics as a ‘soap opera’
EBU director general, Noel Curran, urges media to call out attacks on its freedom and independence
London office market collapse is stark by any measure
Sales of offices in London essentially stopped after the Truss government’s ‘mini-budget’
Kwasi Kwarteng says he and Liz Truss ‘got carried away’ writing mini-budget and ‘blew it’
British cabinet minister tells the Financial Times Liz Truss felt ‘invincible, almost regal’
UK government needs to stop doing stupid stuff around Brexit
Martin Wolf: It would be wonderful if the Tory administration could start doing sensible stuff
Cliff Taylor: Ireland, like the UK, will have to face up to how it pays its bills
The British experience is a reminder that high-debt countries walk a tightrope, particularly with interest rates again on the rise.
Kwasi Kwarteng: I told Liz Truss to slow down economic reforms
Former chancellor criticises ex-PM’s ‘mad’ decision to sack him
Jennifer O’Connell: Liz Truss lettuce livecam might be the moment political debate reached a nadir
If you insist on treating politics as entertainment, you are liable to get what you asked for
Schroders’ division housing LDI lost €23bn in assets after UK mini-budget
Business that builds the multi-asset and derivatives strategies for pension funds fell from £225bn to £205.5bn
Liz Truss’s administration is now living from hour to hour
British PM’s grip on power looks ever more tenuous as home secretary quits and MPs rebel
Liz Truss apologises for mistakes and vows to lead Tories into next election
Jeremy Hunt ditches economic strategy and drops ‘almost all’ tax cuts announced by predecessor Kwasi Kwarteng
Sterling and UK bonds rally as Hunt reverses mini-budget measures
UK chancellor outlines measures to tackle government’s deficit
New chancellor Jeremy Hunt faces a mammoth task — restoring Britain’s credibility
Markets have refused to finance the fantasies of the Brexit revolutionaries and opinion polls show that ordinary people have had enough
Three Tory MPs break ranks to demand Liz Truss quits
New chancellor signals plans to effectively scrap economic vision that brought UK prime minister to power
Markets take back control as UK’s low tax gamble falls apart
Post-Brexit Britain has no real notion of what it wants from the process or where it is going in policy terms
Jeremy Hunt welcomed by Tories as he rips up Liz Truss’s fiscal plan
Some Conservative MPs say the chancellor has effectively taken over British government: ‘Jeremy is saying: I’m in charge now’
New British chancellor admits ‘mistakes’ made and warns some taxes will rise
‘Very difficult decisions ahead’: Jeremy Hunt said the country and markets want stability
Kwarteng is gone and Truss can’t be far behind
Cantillon: Budget plan to supercharge the economy succeeded only in portraying Tories as an inept party for the rich
Liz Truss sacks chancellor and makes another budget U-turn
Investors and MPs jittery after UK prime minister’s hasty press conference and appointment of Jeremy Hunt appointment as finance minister
Bonds slide again as investors say Truss U-turn did not go far enough
Analysts say prime minister’s decision to ditch £18bn corporate tax cut was not ‘enough of a pivot’
Truss becomes a zombie prime minister in record time
Sacking Kwarteng may buy her breathing room but her MPs still do not trust her
Liz Truss names Jeremy Hunt as chancellor amid market turmoil
Former chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng fired as prime minister prepares corporation tax reversal
Kwarteng back in UK after cutting US trip short
Political crisis intensifies over British chancellor’s recent tax-cutting mini-budget
Pound nears two-week high as Kwasi Kwarteng leaves IMF meetings early
Bank of England governor’s gamble pays off as markets rally on reports of UK government U-turn
Ireland has been saved by fiscal prudence. Alas, there are no votes in that
The contrast with Britain’s economic mess, from Brexit to unfunded tax cuts, is an arresting reminder of the consequences of recklessness
Kwasi Kwarteng gives himself until Halloween to avoid fiscal horror show
UK chancellor brings debt-cutting plan forward to October 31st in bid to calm markets unsettled by ‘mini’ budget
Cliff Taylor: We can’t afford to be too smug as we watch the UK flail desperately
The assumption that corporation tax cash will steadily keep rolling into Ireland’s coffers is a highly dangerous one
Making the poor poorer is a false economy
Better than cutting benefits would be to get tough on the causes of welfare spending in the UK
Kathy Sheridan: Give me a boring politician any day of the week
While Truss and Kwarteng backtracked on tax cuts, UK Labour soared in the polls — something has shifted
Sterling helped by tax cut U-turn but outlook remains challenging
Traders are betting it will take a bigger UK government policy U-turn to restore credibility with markets
The Liz Truss government is mad, bad and dangerous. They have to go
Hoping that reality will adapt to your desires is folly: Britain needs stable and credible policies, not zealotry
Kwasi Kwarteng U-turns on plans to scrap UK’s 45% top rate of income tax
Decision follows 10 days of pressure in wake of mini-budget where finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng sent shockwaves through financial markets
Truss admits mistake but sticks to controversial tax-cuts plan
UK prime minister faces fraught Conservative party conference with MPs fearing public backlash
‘Scary’ market turmoil makes investors wary of UK private equity
Weak pound insufficient to lure overseas pensions managers and insurers into British funds
Senior Tories defend Kwarteng over champagne reception with financers following mini-budget
British prime minister Liz Truss says meeting business people is part of the chancellor’s job
Truss admits mistakes over mini-budget as she continues to defend tax-cutting plan
British prime minister says cabinet was not informed of plans to scrap top rate of tax
Patrick Smyth: EU has the power stop Meloni from acting like Truss
Shaking off the constraints of EU membership has certainly given Britain new freedom, but a freedom, it appears, to commit economic hara-kiri
No sign of policy U-turn from Liz Truss following meeting with budget watchdog
Discussion on UK’s ‘economic and fiscal outlook’ ends with PM and chancellor sticking with tax cuts plan
Shares in UK energy firms slide over windfall tax fears
Pressure mounting on government as regulator warns energy bills may rise by over 40%
Britain could build up to eight nuclear reactors under new plan
Boris Johnson: ‘Nuclear is coming home’
Protests over sacking of hundreds of P&O workers as calls grow for boss to quit
The call comes after a ship was detained in Northern Ireland for being ‘unfit to sail’
Jury told to ignore six-time Grand Slam champion Boris Becker’s celebrity
He faces trial accused of failing to hand over his trophies and medals to settle debts
British energy producer poised to sell North Sea gas to Russia’s Gazprom
Sales agreement struck months before Putin ordered Ukraine invasion
Downing Street declines to investigate MPs’ blackmail allegations
MPs critical of Johnson claim they were intimidated into backing government in votes
Boris Johnson’s departure would mark end of revolutionary phase of Brexit
London Letter: Conservative MPs’ thoughts turning to PM’s potential successors
Labour seeks investigation into Kwarteng’s remarks on UK parliament watchdog
Party’s deputy leader writes to prime minister in wake of Owen Paterson resignation
The Irish Times view on Covid-19 in the UK: stumbling into another crisis
The longer Boris Johnson’s delays introducing basic mitigation measures, the more likely it is that the UK will be forced to adopt wider restrictions
Industry leaders urge Johnson to stop his ministers bickering over gas situation
Labour’s shadow chancellor accuses chancellor Rishi Sunak of being missing in action
UK ‘will need to act’ if EU fails to address NI concerns, Frost warns
Unionist party leaders say triggering Article 16 of Northern Ireland protocol would not resolve issues
Britain to use army in bid to alleviate fuel crisis
British soldiers to start driving fuel tankers to replenish empty pumps amid shortages
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