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Kwasi Kwarteng has said it is important to live in a "humane society" and be "compassionate" in his biggest hint to date that Universal Credit will rise with inflation, rather than the lower measure of wages, amid a Cabinet row.
The Chancellor said at a Conservative Party Conference fringe event he was "not going to get drawn into a debate about what we are going to do on benefits", but said ministers must look after the most vulnerable.
Several Cabinet ministers including Penny Mordaunt, the Leader of the Commons, and Robert Buckland, the Wales Secretary, have said Universal Credit payments must increase in line with CPI inflation.
"I’m not going to get drawn into a debate about what we’re going to do on benefits," Mr Kwarteng said. "Clearly, the DWP Secretary of State is reviewing what the policy is on that. We are having conversations.
Mr Kwarteng said it was important to live in a "humane society", adding: "Compassionate conservatism is a good phrase and it’s something we think about in terms of policy. We do have a duty to look after very vulnerable people."
That's all for tonight...
That concludes the penultimate day of the Conservative Party conference, with bold speeches by Suella Braverman and Therese Coffey somewhat overshadowed by the ongoing drumbeat on blue-on-blue infighting.
Penny Mordaunt may sit at the Cabinet table as leader of the Commons but was unflinching in her view that benefits should rise with inflation, amid speculation Liz Truss would prefer to use a lower metric such as average wage increases.
Kwasi Kwarteng tonight gave the strongest hint yet that the Government would not press ahead with reforms but did not offer clarity either way.
Now, Ms Truss has much to prove as she addresses an embattled party, and an anxious nation, in her first party conference speech as Prime Minister.
Join us tomorrow for full coverage.
Don't be pessimistic, Gove urges Tories
Michael Gove says it is easy to be "pessimistic" about the future, but adds it is "important to recognise conservatism has been the most durable political philosophy" because it is "adaptable over time".
"Why should someone join the Conservative Party? Conservatives are nice people, who do good things, they love where they live, they want to make a contribution, they recognise that nobody is perfect but they also believe there are basic virtues... We travel cheerfully."
We are a 'broad church', says Suella Braverman
Suella Braverman hails the Conservatives as a "broad church and strongest when we are focussed on our common enemy - and that is the Labour Party".
She describes Liz Truss as a "moderate Conservative leader" and the various wings of the party "represent various interests and different cohorts... What's crucial is to ensure that the realignment that happened so successfully in 2019 [stays in place]."
Ms Braverman takes aim at the "march" of the Left in institutions.
"As Conservatives, we've got to put ourselves forward to take part in these institutions. When you look at the people coming through for public appointments, whether it's the trustee of the National Trust, always from the Left... they're very well-mobilised and put their people forward. We don't put our people forward and we don't mobilise."
Tories must 'understand better' why people feel how they do
Conservatives have a duty to "understand better" why people feel the way they do, Michael Gove says, and "express humility" when things go wrong.
On the broader point about institutions, the former levelling up secretary adds it is "part of human nature that birds of a feather [flock together]".
"The challenge for all of us is that while without economic growth, we're sunk, the policies that will generate economic growth depend on a set of assumptions about society that provide the stability on which economic growth and capitalism and dynamism can succeed.
"The broader challenge is not going to war with these institutions, but making sure that more and more people understand what those principles are."
We need conservative book clubs, suggests Michael Gove
Michael Gove urged the Conservative Home website to set up a weekly "reading list" made up of a "book or a film or another cultural phenomenon" and an explanation of "why it is important" for Conservatives to understand it.
"We should set up book groups in our constituencies and communities who discuss over a glass of wine the ideas inherent in and behind that.
"And I think that conservatism as a network would be even more attractive if you thought that you could read John Hayes's analysis of It's A Wonderful Life, watch it with friends and discuss it afterwards then feed in via Conservative Home your thoughts about how that should influence the broad life of the nation."
'Polls move up and down'
Kwasi Kwarteng has suggested the Tories could still win the next general election despite Labour’s 33-point lead in the polls if his "Growth Plan" works, writes Tony Diver.
"Polls move up and down," he told a fringe event at Conservative Party Conference.
"What we need to do is focus on actually delivering good results. Two years is an eternity in politics and I think if our Growth Plan delivers, we will be in a better place. I never predict a victory, because that’s hubris."
Michael Gove addresses Conservative Home panel
He quips it is a "brave decision" to invite him to discuss the future of conservatism, and jokes: "As David Cameron once said, I was the future once."
"We need to remember why we won in 2019. The 2019 election victory, Boris's election victory, was a victory, yes, for a conservatism that believed in growth, enterprise, free markets and the Promethean spirit that is responsible for driving forward progress.
"But it also recognised two other things as well. Capitalism is brilliant - no better method of organising our economic life - but conservatives recognise there are no perfects goods, no utopias, that encompass all the goods we want to see. The thing about capitalism is it generates two problems, inequality and dirt. And Boris got that, perhaps more than any Conservative leader in the course of whatever."
'We have got to make Rwanda work'
Jacob Rees-Mogg has praised the Rwanda scheme as a "really good policy" and insisted "we have got to make [it] work", writes Nick Gutteridge.
"We will follow it through, the current obstacle is the European Court of Human Rights and the injunction that it put on. I’m not sure what validity these injunctions have.
"It’s been allowed by our own courts whilst they decided the matter. Let’s go through that process or if necessary legislate to do it. It's an excellent policy and we need to make sure that we have control of our immigration policy.
"Why should people coming through a legitimate route lose out to people coming through an illegitimate route? It's really unfair, it's a matter of fairness."
Kwasi Kwarteng: I am a compassionate Conservative
More from Tony Diver, our Whitehall Correspondent:
Speaking at a Conservative Party Conference fringe event, he said: "There was a phrase about 20 years ago: compassionate conservatism. I have always been drawn to that."
Mr Kwarteng said he had been inspired by his mother, who was a Methodist.
He added: "It’s the people’s money - we raise it through tax. And if we do that we have a moral obligation to look after it."
Damian Green: Tories need One Nation approach
Damian Green, the former deputy prime minister, warns at a Conservative panel: "Libertarianism cannot be the central purpose of a Conservative government. If it is, the Government is fooling itself and not being conservative.
"[One Nation] has to be seen as a Conservative value. Some of my most depressed years in politics were when Tony Blair started talking about One Nation Labour... Blair trying to capture One Nation for Labour, that was really, really damaging particularly because that's what he was doing, he was winning elections against us."
Sunak and Johnson's Treasury was 'unsustainable', says Kwarteng
Kwasi Kwarteng has said the Treasury he inherited from Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson was "unsustainable", Tony Diver reports.
"We were spending billions and billions and billions and raising the money in tax," he told a fringe event at Conservative Party Conference.
"How can that be sustainable, when we have a very, very high tax burden and very low growth?
"We had to come off that trajectory."
'That's a huge intervention'
Kwasi Kwarteng complained that his Energy Price Guarantee was receiving too little recognition from the public amid a furore about the abolition of the 45p rate of tax, writes Tony Diver.
"If you look at the energy intervention, I mean, nobody's talking about the energy intervention," he said.
"That was a huge use of the balance sheet to help people. People were facing bills of potentially £6000 next year, and we've intervened.
"There's gonna be a limit of £2,500. That's a huge intervention."
'I won't give up on the British people'
Suella Braverman says she will commit to bringing forward legislation that the only route to the United Kingdom is a "safe and legal route".
"That's so we can support those who need our help most. This will not be easy... The Guardian will have a meltdown. As for the lawyers, don't get me started on the lawyers, and I'm a recovering lawyer.
"But what I can pledge to you is my unfettered commitment to doing whatever it takes, and despite those obstacles I won't give up on you and I won't give up on the British people."
Ms Braverman receives a standing ovation, before concluding: "Now is the time for action. It's time to put the will of the hard-working, patriotic majority at the heart of all we do. It's time for the police to stop virtue-signalling and start catching robbers and burglars. It's time to tackle the small boats, no ifs, no buts. I stand ready to serve you, I stand ready to deliver. The time is ours. The time is now."
'Identity politics has led us astray'
"This is the best place on earth to come and live in, but I fear that we are losing sight of the core values and the culture that made it so," Ms Braverman says, referring to the recent unrest in Leicester as the result of a failure to "integrate".
"The unexamined drive towards multiculturalism as an end in itself combined with the corrosive aspects of identity politics has led us astray.
"Lastly, we've got to stop the boats crossing the Channel. This has gone on for far too long. But I have to be straight with you, there are no quick fixes and the problem is chronic. Organised criminal gangs are selling a lie to thousands of people. Many are drowning in the Channel."
Braverman: We must cut overall migrant numbers
Suella Braverman calls the grooming gangs scandal "a stain on our country" and the consequence of political correctness becoming "more important" than criminal justice - "more PC, less PCs".
"My other mission is to control our borders. Firstly, legal migration. Now I backed Brexit because I wanted Britain to have control over our migration and to cut overall numbers. Brexit was meant to give us a say on how we determine our own migration policy.
"We mustn't forget how to do things for ourselves. There is absolutely no reason why we can't train up enough of our own HGV drivers or butchers or fruitpickers. That way we build a high-skilled, high-wage economy... not relying wholly on low-skilled foreign workers."
She recalls her "intensely personal" link to the Commonwealth and pride in Britain as the daughter of immigrants, adding: "It's not racist for anyone, from a minority or otherwise, to want to control our borders."
Braverman: Police must 'stick to catching the bad guys'
The mob needs to be stopped, Suella Braverman tells delegates.
She says police must have "all the powers they need" in the face of violent protests and people who "glue themselves to the roads" and hope they will "get away with it".
Ms Braverman accuses the Left of "attacking our core elemental values, wanting to replace them with the poison of identity politics. And when this poison seeps into the public sphere, it stops public servants doing their real job."
"It is not just wrong for police to take the knee, it is wrong for them to join in with political demonstrations, it is wrong for biologically male police officers to strip search female suspects. And it's not just that pandering to identity politics is a waste of time - they need to stick to catching the bad guys."
'Everything starts from getting the basics right'
Suella Braverman pledges not to accept the "status quo" on dealing with rape.
She insists her policy of publishing league tables is right, adding: "You all have the right to know, and greater transparency will drive up standards."
"Everything starts from getting the basics right. We need common sense policing, unashamedly, unapologetically on the side of the law-abiding majority."
Suella's speech is underway
Suella Braverman hails the Rwanda scheme as a "new solution" to the challenge of illegal migration, saying she is grateful to Priti Patel and Boris Johnson for having laid the foundations of the policy.
The Home Secretary says Britain is "well on the way" to 20,000 police officers and violent crime has fallen but "some things still need fixing".
"Many on the Left, they want to defund the police. Well I say to the militants, I say to the anarchists and extremists, no, I will always back our policemen and women. That's what being on the side of the law-abiding majority means.
"But we also need to be frank when things go wrong. Some police officers have fallen devastatingly short of the standards expected. We need to get back to common-sense policing, empowering the police to tackle the issues facing the public - not policing pronouns on Twitter or non-crime hate speech incidents."
Labour has 38-point Red Wall lead, polling suggests
Labour has a lead of 38 points in the 'Red Wall' constituencies won by the Conservatives for the first time in at least a generation in 2019.
Sir Keir Starmer's party currently commands 61 per cent of support, according to Redfield and Wilton, while the Conservatives have 23 per cent.
The Liberal Democrats are on seven per cent, the Greens four per cent and Reform UK three per cent.
Badenoch: Braverman's language is 'too inflammatory'
Kemi Badenoch has said there has not been a "coup" against Liz Truss and that Cabinet ministers should be allowed their own opinions because they are not "zombies", writes Tony Diver.
"I think the Prime Minister is a woman who knows her own mind, and what we have seen is there has been a lot of pressure building whether from MPs, or constituents, members of the public, even the business sector about whether this was the right time [to announce a cut to the top rate of tax]" she said.
"I don’t think we should be talking about coups. I think that language is just too inflammatory."
Pressed on the divisions in the Cabinet, she added: "We are not zombies, we are not automatons. The Prime Minister will come to a decision and then we will have collective agreement...these aren't splits, these are opinions."
Government must not cut real terms benefits, warns ASI
Cutting real term benefits would be the "wrong decision", the conservative Adam Smith Institute has told Liz Truss.
Emily Fielder, head of communications at the ASI, told the Telegraph: "Lower-income households bear the brunt of rising prices and cannot be expected to take further financial penalties during a cost of living crisis.
"Forty per cent of those on Universal Credit are already working, whilst those who are not tend to be disabled or have caring responsibilities.
"Making work pay is vital to stimulate growth and employment, but the Government should not be looking to make blanket cuts for those who will be struggling the most this winter."
Badenoch has been 'shouting at' Gove
Kemi Badenoch has said she has been "shouting at" Michael Gove during Conservative Party Conference as he has criticised the Government, reports Tony Diver.
Ms Badenoch, the International Trade Secretary, praised Mr Gove for his work at various government departments and explained that she had endorsed him in the 2019 Tory leadership race.
Mr Gove has used this week's conference to criticise Liz Truss, the Prime Minister, for her decision to cut the top rate of income tax to 45p.
Ms Badenoch told a ConservativeHome fringe event: "I have been shouting at him a lot since Sunday morning. Somebody has to, but I have done it."
'They have so distilled the colour of our skin to some weird identity'
Kemi Badenoch has criticised Rupa Huq for her comments about Kwasi Kwarteng at last week’s Labour Party conference, Tony Diver writes.
"There are so many people whose understanding of being black is actually being an ethnic minority, and that includes lots of white liberals who are trying to be helpful," she said at a fringe event.
"They don’t understand that being black is something that is a continent of a billion people with 1000, if not more than 1000 groups and languages.
"And you see it when it goes wrong with the comments that Rupa Huq made at the Labour conference last week.
"They have so distilled the colour of our skin to some weird identity where you are probably speaking in some kind of patois and you are poor and people need to help you, that she would actually say that if you listen to Kwasi, you don’t know that he’s black - as if there is a way to sound black."
Kemi Badenoch: I said what I felt needed saying
Kemi Badenoch says she "really enjoyed" working with Rishi Sunak and claims about "snakes and traitors" were "absolutely appalling".
"I basically had a blank slate and I used the campaign as an opportunity to say a lot of things I felt needed to be said," she says of her own leadership run."
Ms Badenoch insists she tries not to focus on opinion and approval polling, and the party now has to "get behind" Liz Truss - who allowed her to say "difficult things" as an equalities minister.
Coffey: Strong NHS needs strong economy
"When I first went into the Department, I asked what the biggest risk was this winter and what we could do to help?
"I was told – help with energy bills, so older people would not worry about the cost of turning on the heating, and for health and care providers too. The Prime Minister and the Chancellor listened. They acted. They have delivered.
"And we need to act on growing the economy too. We need a strong economy to have a strong NHS. We need a resilient, sustainable economy, to have a resilient, sustainable NHS.
"And we need a compassionate and considered Conservative government, to deliver, deliver, deliver. And that, Conference, is what we will do."
Therese Coffey sets out her ABCD
"You may have heard ‘ABCD’ are my immediate priorities," the Health Secretary tells delegates. "No, I wasn’t broadcasting my A Level results to the nation. Nor was I reciting a new hip hop beat by Dr Dre."
"Those four letters represent my commitment to focus – resolutely – on the issues that affect patients most: Ambulances, backlogs, care, doctors and dentists."
Ms Coffey said average waiting times were too long and it was "perfectly reasonable" for people to expect to be able to see a GP within a fortnight.
"Of course, I would like to be more ambitious, and while I will not be prescriptive on how GPs interact with their patients, I am clear Patients must be able to see their doctors promptly."
Trevelyan urges ticket office reform
Anne-Marie Trevelyan urges industry to launch consultations on ticket office reform nationwide.
Noting the transformative impact of online shopping, Ms Trevelyan says the "same trend" is taking place on the railways. Only 12 per cent of transactions take place at ticket offices, she notes.
"We need to be looking at ways to move with the trend, and support our customers in the most effective way possible. There will be some stations where the ticket office will be important to the running of the station.
"In other areas, rail employees may be better in front of the glass, helping passengers in other ways. This is not about cutting jobs - this is about putting the passenger at the railway."
Anne-Marie Trevelyan addresses conference
The Transport Secretary says "we cannot ignore" that nine out of 10 train services were at a standstill on Saturday, with further strikes scheduled for tomorrow and this Saturday.
"The more quickly we can resolve our disputes, the sooner all our efforts can be spent of getting our economy motoring at full speed," she tells delegates.
"We must of course take necessary action to help our families and our businesses... We can only do this through growth."
The "very last thing" the country needs is more damaging walkouts, Ms Trevelyan adds, telling unions: "Please take your seats at the negotiating table, and let's find a landing zone that we can all work with. Punishing passengers and inflicting damage on our economy by striking is not the answer. There is a deal to be done between our unions and our train operators. It's a deal that will require compromise, so I want to see positive proposals to bridge those differences."
Foreign Secretary: Putin has made 'so many strategic errors'
The use of tactical nuclear weapons by Russia “would not go without a response,” James Cleverly has said.
The Foreign Secretary told a Tory conference fringe event: “It would inevitably be the case that the use of nuclear weapons by any country anywhere in the world would not go without a response.”
He declined to discuss “the nature or the threshold” but said: “What we have seen in Vladimir Putin’s decision-making is that he has made just so many strategic errors.
“Increasingly what we need to do is we need to make it very clear that his sequence of strategic errors has got to stop.”
He also vowed to “continue to support the Ukrainians in the defence of their homeland”.
Labour urges Chancellor to 'get a grip'
Rachel Reeves, the shadow chancellor, said the Government must “get a grip” and publish the Office for Budget Responsibility's economic forecasts after Kwasi Kwarteng said he is not moving the publication of his medium term fiscal plan forward (see the post below at 13.57).
Speaking on a visit to Peterborough, Labour’s Ms Reeves said: “The Government should have published the forecast from the Office for Budget Responsibility when they did the mini-Budget.
“I wrote to the Chancellor at the weekend and said that they should now publish this coming Friday when the Office for Budget Responsibility gives the Government their forecast. The public should see it as well and financial markets need to see it."
Lord Barwell criticises Suella Braverman
Suella Braverman's comments about Michael Gove and rebellious Tory MPs have certainly sparked a debate here in Birmingham.
The Home Secretary said that if Tory MPs have concerns about Government policy then they should raise them privately.
But Lord Barwell, who was Theresa May's chief of staff in No 10, has now hit back, tweeting: "People who were backbench rebels have no credibility when they lecture others about loyalty when they become ministers."
Nadine Dorries says PM needs 'fresh mandate'
Liz Truss suggested in an interview with TalkTV that her Government could start from scratch in many policy areas.
The PM said: "We have made certain commitments but we are going to have to look at things differently as we move forward."
That comment has prompted criticism from Nadine Dorries, the former culture secretary, who suggested that if Ms Truss wants to move away from the 2019 Tory manifesto then she should hold a general election to secure a "fresh mandate":
Priti Patel intervenes on benefits row
Priti Patel has suggested that Liz Truss should increase benefits in line with inflation, writes Nick Gutteridge.
The former Home Secretary was asked at a Conservative Voice fringe event whether welfare payments should be uprated to match rising prices.
She said: "There is an opportunity to actually get some of these policies right and that means giving people the support they need in terms of getting to work, getting the jobs, but giving them the financial support as well where it’s needed."
Priti Patels criticises PM's tax and borrowing plans
Priti Patel has offered veiled criticism of the Prime Minister’s economic policies, warning they risk stoking inflation and ultimately leading to higher taxes, writes Nick Gutteridge.
The former home secretary said tax cuts should happen when “our spending and debt are sustainable” and the Tories “live or die” by their record on the public finances.
“We have to be honest, we’ve become addicted to borrowing huge amounts of money today to fix problems and generate popular headlines,” she told a Conservative Voice fringe event. "We must ensure that our spending and debt are sustainable in order to bring taxes down.
"Otherwise I think you know the story - interest rates rise, inflation and instability means growth simply doesn’t happen, debt balloons further and taxes go up. The Conservative Party lives or dies by its ability to manage the nation’s finances.”
'We need to learn to be a united party again'
Priti Patel has fired a warning shot to rebellious Tory MPs who are talking about replacing Liz Truss as Prime Minister, writes Nick Gutteridge.
The former home secretary said that the Conservatives had been through too many leaders in recent years and must now unite as a party.
“This, my friends, cannot keep happening,” she told a Conservative Voice fringe event. “It is an affront to our democracy and to the trust of the British people.
“We need to learn to be a united party again, a party with shared beliefs and the will to win.”
Michael Gove claims Chloe Smith agrees with him on benefits
Michael Gove has suggested that Chloe Smith, the Work and Pensions Secretary, agrees with his stance on the uprating of Universal Credit in line with inflation, writes Tony Diver.
Asked at an IPPR fringe event at Conservative Party Conference about benefits and their effect on public health, he said Ms Smith would pursue the issue in line with "one nation Conservatism".
"On the point about Universal Credit and benefits overall, clearly the Secretary of State is someone with whom I have worked," he said.
"She is a very details-oriented, very painstaking, caring person, and so I'm absolutely convinced that she will run that department in the very best traditions of one nation Conservatism".
Main takeaway from Suella Braverman interview
The fact that Suella Braverman accused Tory rebels of staging a "coup" over the 45p U-turn shows just how badly divided the parliamentary Conservative Party is right now.
With further rows coming down the track - particularly the one over the uprating of benefits - things are likely to get worse before they get better.
The big question now is whether Liz Truss can heal the divisions and get all of her MPs singing from the same hymn sheet.
At this moment in time that is looking like a very difficult task indeed.
Chancellor confirms fiscal plan not being brought forward early
Kwasi Kwarteng has said his plan to bring the public finances under control would be announced on November 23 as planned, despite widespread speculation it would be brought forward.
The Chancellor used his speech yesterday to say the medium-term fiscal plan would be published “shortly” with aides doing little to dampen speculation that meant in October.
But Mr Kwarteng told GB News that “shortly is the 23rd (of November)” and suggested people had been “reading the runes” incorrectly.
“It’s going to be November 23," he said.
UK law enforcement 'on the backfoot' on online fraud
Suella Braverman said UK law enforcement has been "on the backfoot" when it comes to tackling online fraud.
The Home Secretary said that online fraud is a "massive feature of modern day crime" and there needs to be "smarter action".
She said she would like to see more action to "play the hackers at their own game".
Liz Truss insists Cabinet is united
Liz Truss has insisted her Cabinet is “unified behind the growth plan” after she was asked about Government unity.
She told Times Radio: “I’m focused on delivering for people and the Cabinet is also fully focused on that too.
“People do interviews all the time at party conference, people talk, that’s what happens, but the important point is that we’re all unified behind the growth plan and behind what we have to do to get this country back on track.”
She added: “Well Cabinet ministers have to be able to talk publicly and I’m a believer that we have these discussions, we agree a common position and then we express those views.”
Suella Braverman: Police officers must behave in 'serious manner'
Suella Braverman told The Telegraph's Chopper's Politics podcast that police officers should always behave in a "serious manner".
Asked about police officers dancing at carnivals, the Home Secretary said: "I would like to see that stop."
She said such behaviour is "undermining their authority".
Ms Braverman also said that the extent of cannabis use in some parts of the country "horrifies me".
'I do trust the Chancellor, absolutely'
After failing this morning to say that she trusts Kwasi Kwarteng as Chancellor, Liz Truss has now said that she does.
The Prime Minister told TalkTV: “I do trust the Chancellor, absolutely. The Chancellor is a very close colleague of mine, we work very closely together.”
Government 'not bringing forward publication of fiscal plan'
Liz Truss has said the Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts and the Government’s plan to repair the nation’s finances would be laid out on November 23 as planned, despite suggestions from allies of Kwasi Kwarteng it could be brought forward.
The Chancellor used his speech yesterday to say the medium-term fiscal plan would be published “shortly”, with aides indicating that meant it could be brought forward from its November date to October in an effort to reassure markets.
But Ms Truss told GB News: “We’ve got the date of November 23. This is when we’re going to set out the OBR forecasts but also our medium term fiscal plan.
“And what we’ve done is we’ve had to take very urgent action to deal with the immediate issues we face, the energy price, the inflation and a slowing global economy.”
Channel migrant crossings a 'complex problem'
Suella Braverman was asked why the Government cannot better tackle the issue of small boat Channel crossings.
The Home Secretary said that "it is a deeply entrenched and complex problem".
She said that a photograph on a newspaper frontpage of a migrant plane going to Rwanda is her "dream".
Referring to the ongoing legal battles over the Government's Rwanda policy, Ms Braverman said: "Unfortunately we have got to let that play out."
'I am proud of the British Empire'
A sustained round of applause for Suella Braverman after the Home Secretary said: "I am proud of the British Empire."
Appearing on the Chopper’s Politics podcast, Ms Braverman said there was “obviously a mixed picture” on empire but said she was “not going to apologise for empire”.
'I am not going to commit to a number'
Suella Braverman, the Home Secretary, said her "ultimate aspiration" is to reduce net migration to the UK to the tens of thousands.
She said that "I am not going to commit to a number" but that she does want to "substantially reduce" the number of migrants coming to the UK.
Suella Braverman 'on the fence' on benefits rise
Suella Braverman has refused to be drawn on whether benefits should rise in line with inflation next year.
The Home Secretary said "I am not going to take a view" and she is currently "sitting on the fence".
She said that the "question is under review".
Suella Braverman accuses Tory MP of 'coup' over 45p U-turn
Suella Braverman has accused Tory MPs of having "staged a coup effectively" over the 45p income tax rate U-turn.
The Home Secretary said MPs who opposed the mini-Budget plans had undermined the Prime Minister.
Ms Braverman said: "We should be supporting her and I am very disappointed to say the least about how some of my colleagues have behaved."
Liz Truss rejects claim of premiership 'disaster'
Liz Truss has denied that the first four weeks of her premiership have been “a disaster”. In an interview with the BBC, she said: “I don’t agree with that analysis.
“If you look at where we were four weeks ago, people were facing energy bills of up to £6,000, businesses were facing going out of business this winter because they couldn’t afford the cost of their energy, we were facing inflation that would have been five points higher than it would have been thanks to the energy package we’ve announced and we were also facing a slowing global economy.”
'I would like to see the higher rate lower'
Liz Truss still wants to lower the top rate of income tax but said the row over abolishing the 45p rate had become “a distraction”.
In an interview with the BBC, she said: “I would like to see the higher rate lower. I want us to be a competitive country but I have listened to feedback, I want to take people with me.
Liz Truss: Penny Mordaunt does not need to be sacked
Liz Truss has dismissed suggestions Penny Mordaunt should be sacked for speaking out over benefits.
Asked if Ms Mordaunt had to go, the Prime Minister told ITV News: “No, she doesn’t. This is about a decision that we are taking later on this year. And of course, there’ll be more discussions about those decisions.”
Asked whether the comments by Ms Mordaunt, a serving Cabinet minister, had showed she had lost control of her Government, Ms Truss said: “We do have a very clear direction and a very clear plan.
“We’ve dealt decisively with the energy cost issue, which was the major issue four weeks ago, people aren’t talking about it, because we have dealt with that issue, given the households the reassurance they need and the businesses the reassurance they need.”
Lord Pickles issues warning over benefits
Conservative former party chairman Lord Pickles suggested it was “almost certain” the Government would not have the numbers if it attempted to keep benefit rises below inflation.
Speaking to BBC News, Lord Pickles said: “The next big issue is with regard to the uprating of benefits, and I obviously, I’m out of it, I don’t know what’s happening in the Commons, but I was just recently talking to somebody who does know what’s happening, and it was her estimation that the numbers against not uprating were greater than those that were against the 45 per cent income tax (cut).”
Asked if he believed the Government could not get sufficient backing if it decides against uprating benefits in line with inflation, Lord Pickles said: “Yeah, I think that’s almost certain, but bearing in mind I’ve been proved wrong two or three times this week where things have gone in a different way.”
Labour criticises PM over Chancellor comments
Labour has now responded to Liz Truss failing to say she trusts Kwasi Kwarteng as Chancellor (see the video below at 11.38).
Pat McFadden, the shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, said: “This is a Tory crisis made in Downing Street. The Prime Minister and the Chancellor must both accept responsibility for it.
“They have undermined trust in the UK economy and people will pay the price through higher mortgage payments.
“The fact that the Prime Minister can’t even say she trusts her Chancellor tells you all you need to know about the architects of the economic chaos into which they have plunged the country.
“Instead of disowning the problem and blaming one another they must put the country first and abandon their discredited trickle down approach.”
Suella Braverman: No migrants who cross Channel will be able to claim asylum in UK
Suella Braverman will today pledge to prevent human rights laws "interfering" with the UK's ability to deport illegal migrants by introducing a new law barring anyone who crosses the Channel from claiming asylum in Britain.
The Home Secretary will accuse the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg of “mission creep” by “grossly expanding” the remit of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) to include asylum claims which it was never designed to cover.
You can read the full story on what is likely to be in the Home Secretary's speech this afternoon here.
'It doesn’t make any sense'
Sir Iain Duncan Smith has said “it wouldn’t make a huge amount of sense” for the Government not to raise benefits in line with inflation.
The Conservative former leader told a fringe event: “My view is very simply that the support that we give right now, we are going to give out on the cost of living, which is huge… a package we should be talking more about, but at the same time, it wouldn’t make a huge amount of sense then to withdraw some of that by actually reducing or not uprating benefits at the same time.
“It doesn’t make any sense. Otherwise, the rest of society gets support, but they end up getting less and relatively they’re the ones that need it most.”
'It may be that the rise in line with inflation isn't the right thing'
A minister has said increasing benefits in line with inflation may not be the "right thing" to do and that people could benefit more from a "direct payment" instead.
Brendan Clarke-Smith, a Cabinet Office minister, was asked during an interview on Times Radio if he agreed with Penny Mordaunt that benefits should rise in line with inflation.
He replied: "I think the benefits need to be set at a level where, you know, we don't want people destitute, we want people to pay their bills. And I think we have to set it right.
"It may be that the rise in line with inflation isn't the right thing. And actually, giving something direct, like a direct payment is a far better way of doing it. Again, that's what we've done with the energy price and the price guarantee and other things like that."
IDS argues benefits should rise in line with inflation
Sir Iain Duncan Smith has said he would oppose a move by the Government to increase benefits by less than the rate of inflation, writes Nick Gutteridge.
The Tory former leader said it would be “wrong” to repeat the mistakes of the past by failing to uprate Universal Credit in line with rising prices.
He said that boosting the incomes of poorer families would have a greater positive impact on economic growth than giving tax cuts to the wealthy.
“The cost of living has to be dealt with at the bottom end of income more so than at the top end of income," he told a Conservative Home fringe event.
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