October - in which the Tories foisted yet another unelected PM onto us, planned further austerity cuts, sacked the Home Secretary then reappointed her, broke more pledges and looked on as schools, hospitals and the poor continued to struggle
1st
Government wants to cut ‘very large welfare state’, says Truss cabinet ally
Young Tories’ leader apologises for calling Birmingham ‘a dump’
2nd
Bereaved families fear Covid inquiry cover-up after ban on testimony
Jacob Rees-Mogg’s business partner given senior ministerial role
‘Get new job’ or cut your spending, Tory chair tells struggling Britons
UK’s richest people avoid social housing rules in £1.2bn London flats project
3rd
Kwarteng confirms further cuts of up to £18bn for public services
Ministers given £930m to spend on advertising space to tout policies
Investment zones could be allowed in England’s national parks
Martin Lewis brands government’s stamp duty savings claim ‘irresponsible nonsense’
There is ‘undoubtedly’ fat to be trimmed from councils, minister says
Schools and hospitals ‘must find £11bn of cuts’ after Kwarteng spending freeze
4th
Rees-Mogg seeking to evade scrutiny of new fracking projects, email shows
Revealed: Boris Johnson minister ‘sexually harassed’ civil servant in latest Tory sleaze scandal
Truss’s cabinet in open warfare over key policies and coup accusations
5th
Over 330,000 excess deaths in Great Britain linked to austerity, finds study
Liz Truss to give government powers to override human rights court
Braverman asylum plan may breach refugee convention, says UNHCR
6th
IFS: Millions in Britain ‘face stealth tax raid’ under Liz Truss’s plans
‘Uninvestable’ UK Market Lost £300 Billion in Truss’s First Month
Tory members ‘subjected to disgusting homophobic abuse’ at LGBT event
7th
New oil and gas licensing round goes ahead despite warnings from climate scientists
OBR forecasts likely to show £60bn-£70bn hole after Kwarteng’s mini-budget
Tory minister sacked over ‘inappropriate behaviour’ at party conference
8th
Food safety and hygiene standards ‘in danger’ from tearing up of EU laws, expertswarn
9th
Poorest families would lose £400 a year under Liz Truss benefits plan
Liz Truss travel bill in last months as foreign secretary hit nearly £2m
10th
Academic blocked from giving civil service talk because of criticism of government
Truss’s plan to ban solar on farmland risks £20bn of investment, sector warns
11th
Kwasi Kwarteng’s secret meetings with Saudi oil firms revealed
Liz Truss accused of ‘betraying’ renters as no-fault eviction ban could be ditched
London school uses law change to replace striking staff with agency workers
IMF criticises Kwarteng again over tax cuts and energy package
Plans to cut affordable homes threaten to make countryside ‘millionaires’ playground’
Tories’ levelling up ad campaign broke the rules, finds watchdog
12th
So much for taking back control – Britain is tumbling into a full-blown sovereign debt crisis
Heart attack responses a ‘shambles’ as patients face eight-hour ambulance waits
Indian trade deal in peril after Suella Braverman migrant comments
13th
Government accepts its flagship climate strategy is unlawful
Cost of eradicating NHS repairs backlog hits £10bn for first time
14th
Pound falls after Liz Truss U-turn, as IFS warns ‘piecemeal’ changes won’t cut it
Jeremy Hunt is fourth Chancellor in just over three months
UK government still giving false information on EU passport validity
Home Office Spends £76 Million on Legal Challenges Since Johnson Entered Downing Street
Revolut blames Brexit as it shifts one million trading customers from London to Lithuania
15th
Home secretary accused of ‘scapegoating’ modern slavery victims as new laws planned
17th
No 10 chief of staff accompanied Libyan militiaman to Foreign Office meeting
18th
Levelling up funding to be cut because of inflation
Coffey’s ‘ultra-libertarian’ health stance risks lives, Tory ex-minister warns
Number of children arriving at school hungry on the rise, teachers warn
Tory donor’s name removed from kleptocracy report after ‘meritless’ libel threat
19th
Great British Railways plan ‘delayed’ as Liz Truss pulls transport bill
Senior adviser to Liz Truss suspended pending investigation
Kwasi Kwarteng failed to brief Bank of England about risks from mini-budget, MPs told
MPs allege bullying during chaotic fracking vote
Suella Braverman quits as home secretary with scathing broadside over Liz Truss’s‘broken pledges’
20th
Ministers accused of ignoring scale of problems facing GPs in England
Trade from UK to EU 16% lower than if Brexit had not happened, report finds
GCSE grades gap for disadvantaged pupils in England widest in a decade
21st
Damning partygate evidence means Boris Johnson could be ‘gone by Christmas’
22nd
UK economic outlook downgraded to ‘negative’ by rating agency
India trade deal ‘would open UK to goods produced by child labour and modern slavery’
Asylum chief quits Home Office as Labour attacks ‘chaos and confusion’ in department
EU funds: 'Bleak time until money is fully replaced'
90% of schools in England will run out of money next year, heads warn
23rd
Boris Johnson’s 2019 pledge to set up justice commission broken as work ‘paused’indefinitely
24th
Rees-Mogg move to axe 2,400 laws is ‘anti-democratic’, say legal experts
Rookie nurses can't afford clothes or food as they suffer £3,800 pay cut in 15 years
UK may need IMF bailout unless Brexit renegotiated, says City finance chief
Chris Pincher facing new investigation by parliament’s sleaze watchdog
25th
Liz Truss aide Mark Fullbrook pushed for advisers to get honours
Shock return of Suella Braverman taints Rishi Sunak’s vow to lead government with‘integrity’
Struggling secondary schools facing budget cuts ‘worth four teachers’ amid cost crisis
Government waives £10bn in green ‘tax’ for UK’s biggest polluters
27th
UK infrastructure at risk from climate crisis due to ‘extreme weakness’ ingovernment
Doubts arise over Braverman’s claim to have come forward about code breach
Top Tory suggests NHS nurses should see job as a 'vocation' instead of striking forpay
Sunak’s cabinet of 16 ministerial codebreakers
28th
Conservative Party receives £3.6m from hedge fund tycoons and finance firms
Rishi Sunak Received £141,000 from Energy Interests this Year
UK government delays clean water and nature targets, breaching Environment Act
UK councils slashing services to meet £3.2bn budget shortfall
29th
Brexit red tape puts brakes on UK innovation and EU sales
Truss phone hacked by Putin spies for top secret information
30th
Tory peer apparently misled watchdog investigating his alleged misconduct
Britain faces £100m loss over drilling at biggest new oil field, says research
Tory on Rishi Sunak campaign team embroiled in university rape joke scandal
31st
NHS yet to see ‘a single penny’ of promised £500m emergency fund
UK failing as climate leader, says government’s top adviser
Suella Braverman admits using personal email for work six times
Revealed: Braverman’s office demanded article be ‘rewritten’ - while pledging more free speech
