In the headlines
Jeremy Hunt, the new Chancellor, has reversed almost all of the mini-Budget in an emergency statement this morning. Plans to cut the basic tax rate from 20p to 19p have been scrapped, and the blanket price cap for energy bills will end in April rather than in two years’ time. Met Police Commissioner Mark Rowley has said hundreds of officers should be sacked, after a damning independent report found evidence of widespread lawbreaking within the force. One officer remained in post despite facing 11 misconduct allegations, including sexual assault and domestic abuse. The “Wags” of the England football team have been given a “strict list of do’s and don’ts” for the Qatar World Cup, says The Sun. The players’ partners have been told to “dress modestly”, and to refrain from swearing and boozing in the ultra-conservative Gulf state. “They drink… it’s all over.”