Chris Philp, Kwasi Kwarteng's deputy, was blamed for the idea of axing the top tax rate paid by people earning more than £150,000 in the first place as the Chancellor was forced to reinstate it.

Follow MailOnline's liveblog for updates as Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng defends income tax U-turn and says he has not considered resigning as pound surges to hit $1.125.

Sheree Webb, 59, called her neighbours 'n***ers' multiple times, Swindon Magistrates Court heard. She was sentenced for two racially aggravated public order offences and criminal damage.

The plans to reduce the amount people earning £150,000-a-year pay to HMRC has been branded a 'massive distraction' and has seen the Tories fall further behind Labour in the polls.

Sterling hit 1.125 US dollars at one stage, recovering back to levels seen before the mini-budget, though it pared back some of the gains in early morning trading to stand at 1.119.

Pedro Alberto Orquera was attacked by a pair of British film-makers, who took umbrage with the paparazzo when they spotted him snapping pics of their starlet friends on Sunday morning

The ex-wife of football legend Shay Given, Jane Given, 47, is locked into a court battle with her former fiancé, Andrew Ralph, over an Aston Martin and £300,000 engagement ring

Liam Mills, 34, a former South Yorkshire Police officer, cried in the docks as he was jailed for starting a relationship with a domestic abuse victim and sending her explicit content.

EcoHealth Alliance's five-year project will investigate 'the potential for future bat coronavirus emergence' in southeast Asia, with scientists set to trawl caves in Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam.

In volatile times investing in gold often comes to the fore - with its proponents arguing it is a long-term store of value and can help combat inflation, but is that true?

Experts have signed a petition saying the treasured 2,200-year-old slab, which enabled the decoding of hieroglyphs in 1822-1824, should be handed back.

Experts warn he UK is at the start of a 'devastating' new Covid-19 wave that could cripple the NHS this winter. New subvariants of Omicron are 'evolving around the immunity' built by vaccines and infections.

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng spent the evening of September 23 at a Tory networking event - also attended by party chair Jake Berry.

The fashion designer, 48, was overwhelmed while taking to the runway after her Paris Fashion Week debut show as she reached out to give a hug to her husband David .

Jack Pollock, from Edinburgh, died suddenly in Portugal on Thursday while away with hit mother Johan and his younger brother.

The former footballer, 75, and his hairdress wife Sandra have revealed that they tragically lost a child back in 1969, with the former hairdresser suffering a miscarriage while 12 weeks pregnant.

Quality Street twist wrappers are to be made from paper instead of plastic as Nestle switches to greener packaging in the coming months, with KitKats' wrapping to be 80 per cent recycled as well.

Neither King Charles nor his son Prince William will attend the Cop27 climate summit in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt after reportedly being advised to stay away by Prime Minister Liz Truss.

The lender's rates had previously been between three and four per cent, but a notice was issued to brokers on Sunday morning confirming this will rise to around four to six per cent.

Miss Ukraine 2017 Viktoriya Kiose, 29, ran the gruelling 26.2-mile London Marathon yesterday alongside her fiance Kostiantyn Bidnenko and finished in under four hours.

Scaffolder Andrew Hill, 36, was freed last month as part of a deal that also saw fellow British prisoners of war Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner released and is now back home.

The owner of the land where police are searching for Keith Bennett told the Daily Mail that he promised the schoolboy's dying mother Winnie he would never stop looking for him.

The man was said to have been beaten and tortured during the kidnap in east London after debts hadn't been paid. The Metropolitan Police conducted raids last week to rescue him.

The Chancellor will insist his plan for economic growth is the right one, Kwasi Kwarteng will tell delegates at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham: 'We must stay the course.'

Cheering crowds lined the streets of the capital today to spur on the mass of runners, some of whom sporting colourful costumes, as they set off for the 26.2-mile run.

Last week analysis by the Nuffield Trust revealed that more than 40,000 nurses have left in the past year, one in nine of the workforce.

McDonald's reopened some of its walk-in restaurants in Ukraine on October 1 - after starting deliveries again last week. It temporarily closed 100 branches after Russia invaded in February.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis believes Britain is edging closer to handing back the Elgin Marbles from the British Museum and will raise the issue with Liz Truss on a visit to London later this year.

Britain's largest renewable power station is cutting down carbon-rich forests while receiving billions in green- energy subsidies from UK taxpayers, an investigation claims.

Last week, in an astonishing breach of prison security, murderer David Norris acquired a smartphone and used it to post sickening selfies from his cell, even launching a tirade against Raab.

Police have charged two men, both 34, with assault after a 22-year-old heckling Prince Andrew was 'thrown to the ground' during the Queen's coffin procession in Edinburgh.

An Instagram moderator, who joined a year after 14-year-old Molly Russell died, said the multi-billion-pound company could do 'much better' to protect children on the platform.

David Chidlow has been fired from Maidstone Grammar School in Kent after looking at profiles of women on an unauthorised site 74 times during school hours.

Steven Gerrard has been seen on a video partying with the Irish drug cartel boss whose son is allegedly dating his daughter.

The eco warrior who prompted fury by pouring a bucket of human excrement over a memorial to Captain Sir Tom Moore in Derbyshire could face criminal charges.

A teenage girl was left lying in a quiet village green for five hours after being stabbed multiple times. The girl was found at 7am on Sunday in Benhall near Saxmundham, Suffolk.

Speaking at the Tory conference in Birmingham, the Spice Girl told an audience how she 'would have died' if she had still been with her former spouse during the pandemic.

Amy Gallagher, 33, (pictured) is taking legal action against the Portman Clinic in North London, part of The Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust claiming that she has been discriminated against.

Joe Dobson, 19, died from an allergic reaction after eating a vegetarian burrito which contained sesame while he was in the resort town of Playa del Carmen in Quintana Roo, Mexico.

The TV personality, 42, has revealed that her late ex-husband George Kay would beat her every day during their relationship - even attempting to strangle her while driving.

Victoria Beckham, 48, put on a cosy display with David, 47, as they departed the special dinner party to celebrate her clothing brand's debut Paris Fashion Week show.

ANDREW NEIL: At some stage, when borrowing gets out of hand, interest rates become penal and the currency plummets. Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng have found this out the hard way.

PLATELL'S PEOPLE: What a rotten few weeks it's been for Prince Harry. First, there was his desperate attempt to be at his grandmother's bedside before she died.

Phillip Schofield has reportedly been dropped as the £1million face of We Buy Any Car amid the fallout from claims that he and Holly Willoughby jumped the queue to see the Queen lying in state.

RICHARD EDEN: Once the most-liked member of the Royal Family, Prince Harry currently languishes with his scandal-prone uncle, Prince Andrew, in the (un)popularity stakes.

Trooper Jack Burnell-Williams, 18, played a key role in the extraordinary procession guarding Her Majesty's coffin as it was carried on a majestic gun carriage from Westminster Abbey to Wellington Arch.

Becky, the daughter of second-generation immigrants, was instantly labelled racist after she tried to broaden the conversation about Black Lives Matter.

The socialite, 27, looked incredible as she and her beau later joined the entire family to celebrate with a swanky evening out in the city.

President Biden warned Vladimir Putin that the United States is 'prepared to defend every inch of NATO territory' after the Russian leader annexed four regions of Ukraine.

The singer purchased the mansion, once owned by Ronnie Corbett, for £3M in 2013 and three years ago a devastating fire destroyed the property in a suspected arson attack.

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The stark declaration from the Florida official came as officials continue to assess the damage wrought by the hurricane, which made landfall last week in Southwest Florida before sweeping across the state.

The video filmed on Sunday shows the man scaling a Southport residential tower on the Gold Coast, horrifying residents and shocked onlookers below.

The raciial justice group UChicago United encourages students to sign up for its events to learn about the 'real' UChicago and what the university 'doesn't want you to know.'

Six people in their 20s were killed in a car crash in Lincoln, Nebraska on Sunday. Police have described as 'the worst crash in Lincoln in recent memory'. 911 was called automatically by iPhone.

Charles and Camilla will welcome South African president Cyril Ramaphosa and first lady Dr Tshepo Motsepe from November 22 to 24.

RICHARD KAY: All over the world yesterday, the first official portrait of King Charles with Queen Consort Camilla was being studied with affection and fascination.

VALENTINE LOW: The first intimation that Meghan might be a victim - as well as a possibly rather difficult employer and sister-in-law - came in an ITV documentary.

It should have been a political honeymoon for Liz Truss. Just a month since being anointed as the new Tory leader, she might have felt entitled to a warm welcome at the Party conference.

Batteries for electric cars in Australia cost more than half the amount of the car - with manufacturers revealing the eyewatering cost of replacements.

The Belgorod - a huge 600ft Russian nuclear submarine - has left its base in the White Sea and may be going to test its Poseidon doomsday device, a NATO warning note has said.

Around 1.2 million Optus customers have had at least one number from a current and valid form of identification, and personal information compromised.

Luxury airline Etihad Airways announced it had cancelled all tickets booked during a 'glitch' that saw return airfares to Europe marked down to a tenth of its normal price.

The 'Behavioural Insights Unit' operated as part of the Department of Customer Service and was made up of 14 people that gave advice to the state government.

Liz Truss is launching the gathering in Birmingham against the backdrop of the Pound's plunge and a surge in borrowing costs following Kwasi Kwarteng's tax-cutting emergency Budget.

A former CIA director warned that the US and NATO allies would destroy Russian forces if Russian President Vladimir Putin used nuclear weapons in his war with Ukraine.

Officers say the victim was aggressively confronted when she asked the man if she could use a lift alone because of her fear of catching Covid.

The already pricey cost of gas could rise even further as OPEC+ considers cutting output by more than 1 million barrels a day for its biggest reduction since the pandemic.

Speculation was mounting last night that the Government could U-turn on the 45p tax rate row after two former ministers led a huge Tory revolt over the move.

King Charles was urged to attend a climate change summit next month and ignore Liz Truss's advice to stay away today - by one of her own MPs.

Dozens of victims of Hurricane Ian have been left with little recourse other than to plead for help from the public via the crowdfunding platform GoFundMe as they seek to rebuild their lives.

The eco-zealot who poured human excrement over a memorial to pandemic hero Captain Sir Tom Moore has been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage.

The father of an eco warrior who prompted fury pouring human excrement over a Captain Sir Tom Moore memorial in Derbyshire said he was 'deeply ashamed' over her 'desecrating his memory'.

Penrith Panthers front-rower James Fisher-Harris was caught vaping at a Mad Monday fan event after Sunday night's grand final win.

The video of the May 1, 2019 shooting at the downtown Indianapolis location was finally unsealed after the gunman was found guilty last week.

One last oversized rate rise is broadly expected before the central bank is tipped to start winding its policy tightening back.

George Peck, from Kingsbridge, South Devon, had the two fines delivered to his house for a speeding offence which he admits to but says he feels as though it it a 'waste of the court's time'.

An Australian bodybuilder and former Mr Universe was 'scared' for his own safety when he pulled out a knife and slashed the tyres of a stranger he had just rear-ended in his car, a court has heard. 

The surprising jobs earning Australians over $150k have been revealed as workers with tech skills reportedly raking in the most cash.

An ABC news anchor has stunned her guest and viewers after making a suggestive 'knob' joke during a segment on satirical scientific awards - the Ig Nobel Prize.

Some 1,600 cubic metres of asbestos-containing material has been found at Richardson Park at Ludmilla in Darwin, in the Northern Territory.

The actresses are understood to have finished a meal at the Patagonia Sur restaurant in Buenos Aires at around 3am when they were approached by photographers.

Gold Coast Only Fans star Annabelle Knight was shocked to find out retirees living in nursing homes 'root like bunnies' and 'sneak into each others rooms'.

Meteorologists are warning of an eight-day rain event with dangerous thunderstorms and flooding expected to hit 'virtually all' Australia.

Harris was asked by a reporter at the 51st annual Phoenix Awards, 'Vice President, can you clarify what you meant about equity for hurricane relief?'

Supermodel Gisele Bündchen missed another of her star quarterback husband Tom Brady's games on Sunday as she was instead pictured walking around Miami solo amid divorce rumors.

A driver on a road trip has highlighted Australia's changing medicinal cannabis laws after cops waved him on his way despite admitting he'd recently got high. 

Sarah Everard's killer Wayne Couzens will return to the Old Bailey to enter pleas after being charged with flashing.

Droves of young Australians are thinking about leaving the country within the next year, mainly for job opportunities, with almost 40% considering greener pastures.

Sports presenter Lucy Zelić has weighed in on the 'embarrassing' scenes at the Australia Cup final - which saw some Sydney United fans perform Nazi Salutes and boo during the Welcome to Country.

Speaking on the 70th anniversary of the UK's first atomic bomb test, Admiral Lord West said nukes are a critical defence against hostile threats.

Joshua Colin Duperouzel, 25, was wanted by police to help them in their inquiries over the death of Joseph Versace at Gnangara, Perth, on Thursday.

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: In political circles, it is joked that a government that isn't trailing in the polls halfway through the electoral cycle is not doing its job correctly.

Two men have been killed after their helicopter crashed in regional Western Australia.

The plot to fly migrants from Texas to Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts was orchestrated by a former spy with the US Army's counterintelligence unit

Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump spent past of their weekend at a baseball game for their son, Theo, 6. Earlier in the week the couple had been in New Jersey as as Hurricane Ian barreled toward Florida.

A call centre in the Phillipines has been dramatically raided after innocent Australians lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in a high-level superannuation scam.

In a video shared to TikTok the traveller was catching a bus to the pub to watch the NRL grand final when he took aim at Brisbane City Council's modern bus stops.

Victoria Seaman and Michele Fiore were both judged to have violated the city's code of conduct policy for the fight, which saw Fiore break Seaman's finger and attempt to throw her to the floor.

Surfacing for the first time since learning of her NBA head coach partner's affair with a staffer, the 51-year-old star - out with the pair's son, 10 - was approached Saturday in LA to comment on the confirmed tryst.

Does it really matter, especially if an iconic Aussie brand isn't Australian owned? To many Aussies, yes it does matter. Here's the sad tally of legendary brands gone to foreign owners.

A video posted online shows the 14-year-old boy sitting on the ground in handcuffs with blood streaming down his face after being arrested in Coraki, in northern NSW, on September 11.

U.S. Coast Guard shows a Miami-based aircrew in a MH-65 Dolphin helicopter rescue several people from cut off Sanibel Island in southwest Florida. A number of rescues are depicted on the film.

New York's Four Seasons Hotel is closed more than a year after other luxury hotels in the city have reopened. Owner, Ty Warner, 78, founded Beanie Babies in 1990s making a $3.8bn fortune.

President Biden together with and the first lady will travel to Puerto Rico on Monday to survey the damage from Hurricane Fiona. On Wednesday, the couple will visit Florida, where Hurricane Ian hit.

Rubio was forced to square his current calls for relief dollars with his 2013 vote against giving the Northeast $50 billion in funding to recover from Hurricane Sandy.

A woman celebrating her 40th birthday on a vacation in paradise with friends was tragically killed when a nail from a collapsing roof pierced her heart during Hurricane Ian.

British Steel's former Basic Oxygen Steelmaking (BOS) plant here at Redcar involved 105,000 tons of solid steel and iron. It took nearly two tons of explosives to bring it down.

Stocks of festive turkeys could be at risk if the worst bird flu outbreak in UK history spreads, farmers warn. More than three million birds have been culled and producers are increasingly concerned.

Northern Territory mayor Jeffrey McLaughlin is facing four drug charges after allegedly testing positive for cannabis in a roadside test on Monday.

A Queensland resident whose home was robbed of $20,000 worth of items claims police offered no help in catching the thieves despite giving them an exact location of the stolen property.

The Opposition is asking questions over federal government plans to bring 16 women and 42 children who are families of Islamic State members and have been held in al-Roj detention camp in Syria.

Work and Pensions minister Victoria Prentis told a conference fringe meeting: 'We need their skills, we need their experience... we desperately need them back.'

Cantrell, who previously caused outrage for spending city funds on first class travel and excused it saying economy class was 'unsafe' for black women, says she's done nothing illegal.

The victim, who has not been named to protect her identity, is one of the five women featured in the ITV documentary Exposure: The Other Side of Jimmy Savile ten years ago.

A ridiculous parking fail has been caught on camera in Sydney, with the driver of a white sedan damaging two other vehicles while trying to squeeze into the tight spot.

Millions of Victorians will soon have to sort their waste into four separate bins, including a purple one for glass-only, in a major overhaul to the state's recycling system.

Robbi Jade Lew said her bizarre behavior which led to a $269,000 win in a single hand was driven by the sexist behavior of her opponent, Garrett Adelstein.

Police searching for the body of Moors murder victim Keith Bennett yesterday deployed a drone as they continued to investigate a report that the skeletal remains of a child had been found.

The man, 21, was found after a resident heard cries for help coming from behind shops on Yooringa Avenue at Norlane in Geelong, Victoria, at 1.50am on Monday.

Mario Bonilla, 15, died in a fiery crash early Sunday morning after his friend, Keondrick Lang, 15, broke into an unlocked Maserati. Their other friend, Malachi Daniels, 16, is not expected to survive.

Ex-NFL star Antonio Brown, 34, made the joke Sunday following his Twitter rant over the weekend in which he downplayed the May 14 incident where he exposed his penis in Dubai.

At least 76 protesters have been murdered across the country by the regime's goons, trying - and so far failing - to suppress an outpouring of frustration and rage.

Mark Zuckerberg's wife Priscilla Chan, 37, was seen reacting in horror to the violent fight unfolding mere feet from her front-row seat on Saturday.

Some 3,100 students at the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow have threatened to quit if they are refused, according to reports.

'This nuclear saber rattling is not the kind of thing that we would expect to hear from leaders of large countries with capability,' President Joe Biden's Defense Secretary said on CNN.

'It is outrageous that these records remain unaccounted for 20 months after former President Trump left office,' Rep. Maloney told DailyMail.com in an emailed statement.

Former Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan was accused in court documents of manually deleting text messages related to the lawless CHOP zone.

Aussie retail giant Universal Store has purchased Byron Bay fashion label Thrills just seven months after it was introduced to the US market, landing its three founders $50million.

Professor Michael Stoil was removed from his position teaching the class after students filed three racial bias reports against him.

The federal government's National Electric Vehicle Strategy discussion paper noted fewer petrol and diesel cars on Australian roads would mean less fuel excise revenue, and explored tax alternatives.

Recovery from Hurricane Ian seems like it may be a long time away for residents of southern Florida as residents wait in hours-long lines for gas, and search efforts continue.

The group exchanged punches in front of show-goers on the final night of the annual event at Claremont Showgrounds on Saturday.

The Mobil, located in a remote outpost in the Sierra Nevadas, is located in the mountain town of Lee Vining, which swells with tourists and travelers during the summer.

Members of the group Just Stop Oil occupied four bridges in the capital, causing gridlock on busy roads, before converging on Parliament.

The sighting came days before the 45-year-old athlete's home game against the Chiefs, and days after it was reported that the pair were planning to brave Hurricane Ian in separate homes.

Brandon Lewis made the pledge amid concern that unelected judges were developing European-style privacy laws by the back door.

Amber Heard went makeup free on her outing to a playground in Palma de Mallorca, Spain on Sunday, wearing a black tank top and white ankle-length pants with a simple pair of flip flops,

In Sunday's poll, Republicans also come out slightly ahead on issues that appear to top most voters' minds going into the midterms - like crime, the economy and border security.

John Lewis is aiming to win a slice of the booming rental clothing market, which is expected to be worth £2.3billion by 2029.

Hidden cameras captured the moment 'creepy stalker' William Nolan, 59, tried to remove secret listening devices he had planted in his neighbour's Birmingham home.

President Joe Biden compared his scheme to forgive millions in student debt to the vital paycheck protection relief scheme that was rolled out at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The police search for the last victim of Moors murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley this morning entered its third day - as victim Keith Bennett's family were frustrated waiting for news.

Hypnotherapist Ian Roper, 58, has been sentenced to 29 months imprisonment after he placed a woman 'under' his spell and caused her to engage in sexual activity with him.

A Honda V-Tec crashed into the two children on Poulton Road, Wallasey, which is on the Wirral at around 5.25pm today. Emergency services were called to the 'serious road traffic collision'.

Amherst College in Massachusetts has introduced a new masking policy under which each student would be provided an anonymous survey to express their views about masking.

Mr Watson, 55, peddled lies and pressured Metropolitan Police officers investigating  false claims made by fantasist Carl Beech of a paedophile ring at the heart of Westminster.

Jingyao Liu, 25, had accused Liu -  a famous internet entrepreneur in China who founded ecommerce giant JD.com - of raping her at her Minneapolis apartment in 2018.

Appearing at an event at the Tory conference in Birmingham, the 34-year-old lashed out at the 'completely paradoxical' position within his profession on free speech.

A 39-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene after emergency services rushed to reports of an incident in Bluebell Close, Ross-on-Wye, at around 9.30am earlier today.