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  9 hours ago

  Leaked list reveals Brexiteers and Tory donors due to get peerages

  The Telegraph - By Ben Riley-Smith,

  Brexit-backing Conservatives who supported Boris Johnson will be appointed to the House of Lords within days to reduce the chances of Tory legislation being defeated. The Telegraph can reveal the full list of political peerages that is on the brink of being announced by Downing Street, subject to …

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  10 hours ago

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  The Telegraph - By James Crisp,

  Liz Truss declared Emmanuel Macron was a “friend” on Thursday night after he agreed to work with Britain to stop migrants crossing the Channel. The Prime Minister caused controversy during her leadership campaign in August when she said that the “jury’s out” on whether the French president was a …

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  11 hours ago

  ‘Bloody-minded’ Tory rebels like Michael Gove ‘being hypocrites’ over benefits stand-off

  The Telegraph - By Camilla Turner,

  Liz Truss's allies have hit back at Tory rebels, accusing them of hypocrisy for previously voting through a freeze in benefit payments. Downing Street is considering not increasing Universal Credit in line with inflation, but instead using a lower metric - such as the increase in average earnings - …

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  13 hours ago

  Liz Truss’s top economic adviser wanted to freeze grants for Scotland

  The Telegraph - By Tony Diver,

  Liz Truss’s chief economic adviser recommended freezing grants to the Scottish government to save money. Matthew Sinclair, a former staffer at the Taxpayers’ Alliance think tank, called for widespread cuts across government departments in his book, How to Cut Public Spending (and Still Win an …

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  14 hours ago

  Northern Ireland Protocol ‘a little too strict’

  The Telegraph - By Tony Diver,

  The Northern Ireland Protocol is a “little too strict”, Ireland’s deputy prime minister has admitted, amid hopes of a deal with the EU. Leo Varadkar said the Protocol was working, despite not being fully implemented, and suggested there may be "further flexibility for some changes". He added that a …

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  16 hours ago

  With taxes on the rise anyway, Trussomonics may not be worth the pain

  The Telegraph - By Camilla Tominey,

  “Sunak’s five-year tax grab,” was the headline The Telegraph gave to the former chancellor’s £21 billion personal tax raid following the March 2021 Budget. By freezing the thresholds for income tax, inheritance tax, capital gains tax and the pensions lifetime allowance, this newspaper pointed out …