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Prime Minister Liz Truss departs 10 Downing Street, Westminster

Truss vows ‘decade of dynamism’ in hint at more tax cuts

Liz Truss

Liz Truss plans to loosen immigration rules in bid for growth

Liz Truss

Truss defends tax cuts in pursuit of ‘decade of dynamism’

Kwasi Kwarteng

Government dismisses criticism of tax cuts as ‘politics of envy’

Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng (Dylan Martinez/PA)

Kwasi Kwarteng insists vast tax cuts ‘not a gamble’ amid hostile reception

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World Bank boss says he will not quit over climate change remarks

Poverty UK with coins

‘Only the very richest’ in Britain will see incomes grow, tax cut analysis says

Mr Kwarteng defended his mini-budget after the pound slumped

Kwarteng defends controversial tax cuts as some Tories 'deeply uncomfortable' about mini-budget

Income poverty

The pound is dropping – What will it mean for Britons?

Mick Lynch, general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union

Chancellor on collision course with unions over strikes

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Markets plunge in ‘worst day ever’ after mini-budget

Models of people on coins

How will mini-budget announcements affect UK households?

Liz Truss becomes PM

Kwarteng ‘betting the house’ with plan that puts debt on ‘unsustainable’ path

A ScotRail train

ScotRail workers to strike over pay

Mini-budget

Pound plummets as Kwasi Kwarteng sets out biggest raft of tax cuts for 50 years

Budget 2021

Hospitality and retail bosses bemoan lack of VAT or business rates cuts

Mini-budget

At a glance: Key points from Kwasi Kwarteng’s statement on the economy

Energy Costs

Government promises to make it easier to build wind farms in England