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| Newspaper headlines: 'Truss on the brink' and 'chaos' of Braverman exit | Newspaper headlines: 'Truss on the brink' and 'chaos' of Braverman exit |
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| Suella Braverman's resignation from the government leads most of Thursday's papers. "Braverman's bombshell puts Truss on the brink" declares the Guardian. The government appeared to be at risk of collapse on Wednesday night as the former home secretary attacked the PM, says the paper. It reports that Ms Braverman's resignation risks the PM experiencing the kind of mass exodus of ministers that forced Boris Johnson to quit. | Suella Braverman's resignation from the government leads most of Thursday's papers. "Braverman's bombshell puts Truss on the brink" declares the Guardian. The government appeared to be at risk of collapse on Wednesday night as the former home secretary attacked the PM, says the paper. It reports that Ms Braverman's resignation risks the PM experiencing the kind of mass exodus of ministers that forced Boris Johnson to quit. |
| The former home secretary's resignation "rocks" the government "on day of chaos at Westminster", says the Daily Telegraph. This comes as some Tory plotters believe Liz Truss will now be toppled within days and possibly by the weekend, reports the paper. | The former home secretary's resignation "rocks" the government "on day of chaos at Westminster", says the Daily Telegraph. This comes as some Tory plotters believe Liz Truss will now be toppled within days and possibly by the weekend, reports the paper. |
| The i says there is "chaos at the heart of the UK government". After the former home secretary was fired, there were questions over whether the chief whip and deputy chief had resigned. Ms Braverman is due to make a resignation speech on Thursday, says the paper. | The i says there is "chaos at the heart of the UK government". After the former home secretary was fired, there were questions over whether the chief whip and deputy chief had resigned. Ms Braverman is due to make a resignation speech on Thursday, says the paper. |
| The government was plunged into complete disarray as the former home secretary was forced to quit on Wednesday, says the Financial Times. In her resignation letter, Ms Braverman accused the PM of breaking "key pledges". Many Tory MPs said the government was dying, the paper reports. | The government was plunged into complete disarray as the former home secretary was forced to quit on Wednesday, says the Financial Times. In her resignation letter, Ms Braverman accused the PM of breaking "key pledges". Many Tory MPs said the government was dying, the paper reports. |
| The Daily Mail reports that the PM sacked Ms Braverman after a 90-minute "shouting match". In her attack on the PM, the former home secretary accused Ms Truss of wobbling over manifesto commitments such as reduced migration. The PM's premiership was in freefall, says the paper. | The Daily Mail reports that the PM sacked Ms Braverman after a 90-minute "shouting match". In her attack on the PM, the former home secretary accused Ms Truss of wobbling over manifesto commitments such as reduced migration. The PM's premiership was in freefall, says the paper. |
| The Times says the PM replaced Ms Braverman after the former home secretary opposed the government's immigration policy and leaked sensitive papers to her supporters. Ms Truss was clinging to power on Wednesday night as she was forced to deny that her chief whip had quit, reports the paper. It also said a cabinet minister told the paper the PM's premiership was over and "she can't recover from this". | The Times says the PM replaced Ms Braverman after the former home secretary opposed the government's immigration policy and leaked sensitive papers to her supporters. Ms Truss was clinging to power on Wednesday night as she was forced to deny that her chief whip had quit, reports the paper. It also said a cabinet minister told the paper the PM's premiership was over and "she can't recover from this". |
| "Utter chaos" declares the Daily Mirror as it says the PM's leadership was hanging by a thread. The paper reports that one Tory MP said Ms Truss had "hours not days" left in power. | "Utter chaos" declares the Daily Mirror as it says the PM's leadership was hanging by a thread. The paper reports that one Tory MP said Ms Truss had "hours not days" left in power. |
| The PM's authority is in "tatters" says the Sun as it reports Ms Truss was heckled by her own MPs as she left the Commons on Wednesday night. The paper says the former home secretary Ms Braverman was sacked in a row over immigration. | The PM's authority is in "tatters" says the Sun as it reports Ms Truss was heckled by her own MPs as she left the Commons on Wednesday night. The paper says the former home secretary Ms Braverman was sacked in a row over immigration. |
| The PM's leadership is in meltdown after MPs turned on each other in the Commons on Wednesday, says the Daily Express. The scenes were described by one backbencher as a "shambles and a disgrace", reports the paper. | The PM's leadership is in meltdown after MPs turned on each other in the Commons on Wednesday, says the Daily Express. The scenes were described by one backbencher as a "shambles and a disgrace", reports the paper. |
| Ms Braverman, who said she was resigning for a technical breach of email rules, is believed to have had rows with the PM, reports the Metro. The paper says the home secretary said the government had abandoned promises to voters. | Ms Braverman, who said she was resigning for a technical breach of email rules, is believed to have had rows with the PM, reports the Metro. The paper says the home secretary said the government had abandoned promises to voters. |
| "Lettuce Liz is cut to shreds" declares the Daily Star, continuing its theme of comparing the PM's future to the survival of a lettuce. Wednesday also saw Tory whips sparking melee in the Commons over a vote on fracking, says the paper. | "Lettuce Liz is cut to shreds" declares the Daily Star, continuing its theme of comparing the PM's future to the survival of a lettuce. Wednesday also saw Tory whips sparking melee in the Commons over a vote on fracking, says the paper. |
| Most front pages feature the words chaos, disarray, mayhem and shambles - to describe Wednesday's events at Westminster. | |
| The Daily Mail says Liz Truss's premiership is in freefall, and senior Tory MPs are urgently discussing strategies for ousting her. The paper says she could be forced to step down by the weekend, and possibly as early as today. | |
| According to the Daily Telegraph some Tory plotters believe Ms Truss will be toppled within days, and Cabinet ministers are now considering a move against her. | |
| The paper says there's speculation that between 50 and 100 letters of no confidence in her have been sent to Sir Graham Brady, the chairman of the 1922 committee of Tory backbenchers. He met Ms Truss on Wednesday, for a second time in three days. | |
| "Broken" is the Sun's front-page headline, under a picture of Ms Truss. The paper says she saw her government collapse around her. | |
| There's a description in the Times of the chaotic scenes during last night's vote on fracking in the Commons - it reports that at one point the prime minister lost her security detail as she ran after her chief whip to convince her not to step down. | |
| The paper says the resignation of Suella Braverman as home secretary leaves Ms Truss more isolated, because those on the right of the party, who were instrumental in making her leader, could now turn against her. | |
| The Mail says it has been told by multiple sources that Ms Braverman stepped down after "a 90-minute shouting match" with Liz Truss. The paper says raised voices could be heard outside the room and Ms Braverman was furious at being asked to relax immigration rules in order to boost economic growth. | |
| In an editorial, the Times says the prime minister is right on immigration, because Britain is experiencing labour shortages in a number of sectors and carefully managed immigration can help fill those gaps. But the paper says Ms Truss increasingly looks like a prisoner of her party rather than the leader of it. | |
| "Beyond belief" is how the Daily Express describes the latest events in Westminster. | |
| In an editorial the paper says people are crying out for a stable government at a time when the nation faces huge challenges. It says the prime minister needs to unite her party but she can only succeed if the party wants to be united. | |
| In its editorial, the Daily Mirror describes the government as "a grotesque cavalcade of clowns and misfits." The paper says their "ineptitude would be laughable were it not for the fact that their decisions have broken the country's economy." | |
| A report in the Financial Times says divisions within the Conservative Party are making it difficult for the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, to find tax increases and spending cuts to fill a hole of about £40bn in the public finances. | |
| The paper says some Tory MPs are hugely resistant to tax rises, and are warning that they would vote against them. | |
| Away from the political crisis, the Guardian highlights a report that the former tennis star Boris Becker - who's serving a sentence for tax evasion at Huntercombe prison near Henley on Thames - has transformed himself. | |
| According to the German tabloid Bild, he's lost weight, quit alcohol and is working as an assistant alongside the prison coach for fitness and psychology. |