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Reeves to raise spectre of Liz Truss to persuade Labour MPs to accept cuts

AOL 22 Mar 2025
Rachel Reeves will raise the spectre of Liz Truss’s disastrous mini-budget in the lead-up to next week’s spring statement as she tries to persuade her Labour colleagues to accept the steepest departmental cuts since austerity ... .
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What not to say to someone who is deaf (like me)

The Times/The Sunday Times 22 Mar 2025
At a party last night, I overheard two women talking and — ohmygod, have I got juicy gossip for you. Are you ready for it? Liz Truss is shagging David Beckham!. Yes, I heard that wrong ... My. Life & Style. Health & Fitness. Related articles ... .
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How the OBR is keeping score on Rachel Reeves’s spring statement

The Guardian 21 Mar 2025
But, after the Liz Truss debacle, handing the Treasury watchdog more powers went down a storm in Liverpool ....
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ALEX BRUMMER: Is Chancellor nearing her last hurrah?

This is Money 21 Mar 2025
Fortunately for Rachel Reeves, there has been no such defining event since she took over as Chancellor last July, although the run-up in bond rates to levels not seen since Kwarteng and Liz Truss were at the helm has not inspired confidence ... ....
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ALEX BRUMMER: Is Chancellor nearing her last hurrah? | This is Money

The Daily Mail 21 Mar 2025
Fortunately for Rachel Reeves, there has been no such defining event since she took over as Chancellor last July, although the run-up in bond rates to levels not seen since Kwarteng and Liz Truss were at the helm has not inspired confidence ... .
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ALEX BRUMMER: Is Chancellor nearing her last hurrah? | Daily Mail Online

The Daily Mail 21 Mar 2025
Fortunately for Rachel Reeves, there has been no such defining event since she took over as Chancellor last July, although the run-up in bond rates to levels not seen since Kwarteng and Liz Truss were at the helm has not inspired confidence ... .
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Dangerous birds, headless statues and rescues from space – take the Thursday quiz

The Guardian 20 Mar 2025
Last week, the Thursday quiz idly speculated as to whether Lady Jane Grey, having been queen for less time than Liz Truss was in Downing Street, went on a similar book promotional tour.
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Planet Normal: Labour has put the economy on a knife edge

The Daily Telegraph 20 Mar 2025
“ The mistake that Liz Truss made was to cut taxes before cutting spending. Arguably Rachel Reeves has made a similar mistake, but an even worse one because she’s raised taxes before cutting spending” ... X Icon ... Labour Party, Liz Kendall, Rachel Reeves ... .
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Steve Reed branded ‘Where’s Wally’ as he is accused of ‘ducking scrutiny’

AOL 20 Mar 2025
Mr Reed replied ... The party of Liz Truss prefers instead to keep spending, bankrupt the economy, send mortgages spiralling – that is not good for farmers, that’s not good for the economy, or for anyone.”. Ms Atkins said ... She added ... Mr Reed replied.
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Married high-flying barrister, 59, who forced aspiring lawyer to have 'unwanted sex' with him on ...

The Daily Mail 20 Mar 2025
He led thousands of barristers on strike during a bitter feud with the Johnson Tory government over legal aid rates; the action led to his successor, Liz Truss, granting a 12 per cent pay rise for thousands of barristers.
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Tory failure on welfare left Labour with an open goal

The Daily Telegraph 20 Mar 2025
Still, despite the obstacles, reducing the benefits bill remained on the agenda of at least some Tories during the party’s time in power, as was evident from Liz Truss’s aborted plans to make cuts during her short time in office in 2022.
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Will Labour fight for net zero?

New Statesman 20 Mar 2025
In 2016, soon after his enforced departure from politics, Ed Balls recalled ... It was that supposed free-marketeer Liz Truss who introduced a £150bn scheme – freezing prices at an average of £2,500 – during her brief spell in No 10 ... net zero ... [See also.
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The Daily T: Putin rejects Trump’s ceasefire plan for the Russia-Ukraine war

The Daily Telegraph 19 Mar 2025
... he manhandled an environmental protestor and his marriage-ending affair with a certain Liz Truss... The Daily T podcast, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Russia-Ukraine war, Liz Truss, Conservative Party.
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What went wrong for Kemi Badenoch?

New Statesman 19 Mar 2025
When I spoke to him about his book Ungovernable, he was frank about how in 2022 the Tory brand lost first its reputation for integrity under Boris Johnson, then its economic credibility under Liz Truss.
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Kemi, I’m proud to have been a reality TV star

AOL 19 Mar 2025
This is known because, as Conservative leader, she seems capable of little more than acknowledging that so many of the policies pursued by the administrations of Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak – in which she was a minister – were wrong ... .
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