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Liz Truss

Truss still wants to bring top rate of income tax down despite U-turn

Pound hits a 2-week high after Chancellor brings forward debt plan and forecast

Pound hits two-week high as Chancellor ‘brings forward debt plan and forecast’

Energy costs

Ministers exploring long-term gas deals with Norway and others, PM says

Legal & General

Legal & General reassures investors on financial health after mini-budget impact

Models of elderly people on a pile of coins and banknotes

What could the looming benefits battle mean for households?

Prime Minister Liz Truss arriving at the Hyatt hotel in Birmingham ahead of day three of the Conservative Party annual conference

Truss pledges ‘responsible’ approach to public finances as benefits battle looms

EE unveils new monthly plans

Ofcom investigating EE’s customer contract information practices

Penny Mordaunt

Mordaunt: Raising benefits in line with inflation ‘makes sense’

A train ticket machine

Train companies suffer glitch accepting card payments for tickets

Made.com sofa

Made.com reveals talks with possible buyers as up to £70m needed in funding

Vodafone expands social tariff

Vodafone and Three in merger talks to ‘accelerate’ 5G rollout

A workman eats a snack outside a Greggs store

Greggs sees sales jump amid surging cost inflation

Lorna Fitzsimons and Margaret McDonagh, who co-authored the Women Count 2022 report

Lack of women in top FTSE 350 jobs costing economy billions – report

Conservative Party Conference 2022

Tories seek to shift focus from economy after U-turn humiliation

House rooftops

Homeowners who lose job ‘may face initial lack of help with mortgage payments’

Kwasi Kwarteng at the Conservative Party conference

Kwarteng shrugs off ‘little turbulence’ after U-turn over tax cut for rich

Jacob Rees-Mogg speaking at the Conservative Party annual conference at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham

UK’s first prototype fusion energy plant to be built by 2040 – Rees-Mogg

Kim Kardashian

Kim Kardashian settles with US agency over crypto promotion