Kwasi Kwarteng

Some Conservative MPs say the chancellor has effectively taken over British government: ‘Jeremy is saying: I’m in charge now’

‘Very difficult decisions ahead’: Jeremy Hunt said the country and markets want stability

Cantillon: Budget plan to supercharge the economy succeeded only in portraying Tories as an inept party for the rich

Investors and MPs jittery after UK prime minister’s hasty press conference and appointment of Jeremy Hunt appointment as finance minister

Analysts say prime minister’s decision to ditch £18bn corporate tax cut was not ‘enough of a pivot’

Sacking Kwarteng may buy her breathing room but her MPs still do not trust her

Sterling falls against the dollar

Former chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng fired as prime minister prepares corporation tax reversal

Political crisis intensifies over British chancellor’s recent tax-cutting mini-budget

Bank of England governor’s gamble pays off as markets rally on reports of UK government U-turn

The contrast with Britain’s economic mess, from Brexit to unfunded tax cuts, is an arresting reminder of the consequences of recklessness

UK chancellor brings debt-cutting plan forward to October 31st in bid to calm markets unsettled by ‘mini’ budget

The assumption that corporation tax cash will steadily keep rolling into Ireland’s coffers is a highly dangerous one

Better than cutting benefits would be to get tough on the causes of welfare spending in the UK

While Truss and Kwarteng backtracked on tax cuts, UK Labour soared in the polls — something has shifted

Traders are betting it will take a bigger UK government policy U-turn to restore credibility with markets

Hoping that reality will adapt to your desires is folly: Britain needs stable and credible policies, not zealotry

Decision follows 10 days of pressure in wake of mini-budget where finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng sent shockwaves through financial markets

UK prime minister faces fraught Conservative party conference with MPs fearing public backlash

Weak pound insufficient to lure overseas pensions managers and insurers into British funds

British prime minister Liz Truss says meeting business people is part of the chancellor’s job

British prime minister says cabinet was not informed of plans to scrap top rate of tax

Shaking off the constraints of EU membership has certainly given Britain new freedom, but a freedom, it appears, to commit economic hara-kiri

Discussion on UK’s ‘economic and fiscal outlook’ ends with PM and chancellor sticking with tax cuts plan

Pressure mounting on government as regulator warns energy bills may rise by over 40%

Boris Johnson: ‘Nuclear is coming home’

The call comes after a ship was detained in Northern Ireland for being ‘unfit to sail’

He faces trial accused of failing to hand over his trophies and medals to settle debts

Sales agreement struck months before Putin ordered Ukraine invasion

MPs critical of Johnson claim they were intimidated into backing government in votes

London Letter: Conservative MPs’ thoughts turning to PM’s potential successors

Party’s deputy leader writes to prime minister in wake of Owen Paterson resignation

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

Labour’s shadow chancellor accuses chancellor Rishi Sunak of being missing in action

Unionist party leaders say triggering Article 16 of Northern Ireland protocol would not resolve issues

British soldiers to start driving fuel tankers to replenish empty pumps amid shortages

UK government’s plan to issue short-term visas to EU drivers denounced as arrogant

London mayor Sadiq Khan calls for some petrol stations to be reserved for the exclusive use of key workers

Brussels will be ‘flexible’ over deal but ‘will not renegotiate’, says Ursula von der Leyen

Move secures future of of Ellesmere Port factory in northwest of country