Labour soars to 33-point lead as voters abandon Tory party in poll

Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng have defiantly insisted their £45 billion package of tax cuts is the “right plan” to get the economy moving as a fresh poll suggested the chaos on the financial markets had dealt a devastating blow to the Conservative Party’s standing. View email online

Subscribe today Sep 30, 2022 Good morning. Welcome to your Friday morning update from The Scotsman. Here are 5 key stories this morning Financial market chaos: Polls shows Labour soaring to 33-point lead Opinion: How Tory ideology caused UK's ethical and financial meltdown Renee MacRae case: Man guilty of murdering woman and three year old son Columnists: Truss's hopeless media blitz shows her shocking lack of leadership ability Capercaillie numbers fall: Less than 600 birds left in Scotland, survey finds Thank you for reading, more stories are below. Graham Falk Financial market chaos: Polls shows Labour soaring to 33-point lead as voters abandon Tory party in wake of Liz Truss economic plan Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng have defiantly insisted their £45 billion package of tax cuts is the “right plan” to get the economy moving as a fresh poll suggested the chaos on the financial markets had dealt a devastating blow to the Conservative Party’s standing. Queen's death: Cause and time of death revealed as certificate published Truss and Kwarteng to meet with OBR amid market turmoil as ONS says UK economy grew in second quarter Readers' Letters: Sturgeon throwing stones from glass houses​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Beavers can do wonders for nature – but we should be realistic about these benefits extending to people Failure to follow lease rules can prove costly - Eilidh Smith Long Covid shows the need to learn from 'long polio' which still blights thousands of lives today – Peter Jones Liz Truss: I want to work with Nicola Sturgeon Departure of chief fire officer Martin Blunden another example of 'unhealthy culture of secrecy', Tory MSP claims Putin's threats to use nuclear weapons show his fear and expose his lies about Ukraine – Scotsman comment Financial markets crisis: Douglas Ross says he is concerned about his mortgage following mini-budget View more news

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