Truss gets ready to make another U-turn on tax

The Independent's Morning Headlines email [View online]( October 14, 2022 [Morning Headlines]( 1 / [‘Desperate’ Truss poised to U-turn on corporation tax this weekend in bid to stave off fresh market panic]( Liz Truss is poised to tear up further elements of Kwasi Kwarteng’s disastrous mini-Budget, with a U-turn on corporation tax expected as early as this weekend. Discussions were understood to be taking place in 10 Downing Street on a means to avoid fresh market panic after the Bank of England withdraws its emergency bond-purchasing scheme at the end of trading on Friday. It came after The Independent revealed on Tuesday that officials had been asked to go through the tax giveaway Budget line by line to see where there was scope for change.   2 / [Pictured: Note saying ‘I am evil I did this’ scrawled by alleged killer nurse Lucy Letby]( Post-it note shows ‘hate’ written in capitals in heavy ink and circled 3 / [‘The case is clear’: Politicians of all parties back our call to expand free school meals]( Feed the Future: Figures showe case for widening support is clear and urgent 4 / [Bankers’ bonuses have risen twice as fast as average worker's wages since 2008 crash]( TUC says ministers ‘lining pockets of financiers’ 5 / [Cost of fixing ‘crumbling’ NHS hospitals soars to record £10bn]( NHS Providers says costs are 'piling up'     The Big Question What weapons has the UK sent to Ukraine so far? Since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine on 24 February this year, the UK and its Western allies have provided Kyiv with a huge quantity of military hardware to help with the defensive effort. The impact of these donations has been obvious on the ground, with Vladimir Putin’s forces struggling to realise the conquest he had conceived of as a “special military operation” that would amount to little more than a formality, a walkover taking just a matter of weeks to achieve. Instead, Kremlin troops have failed to take the Ukrainian capital or remove its courageous president, Volodymyr Zelensky, from power – or even do much more than secure Russian-speaking areas of the Donbas and Crimea while the Ukrainian military pushes back fiercely. Former UK prime minister Boris Johnson made Mr Zelensky’s cause a cornerstone of his faltering premiership and his successor in 10 Downing Street, ex-foreign secretary Liz Truss, has likewise vowed to keep up British support, telling the UN in September that 2022’s £2.3bn spending would be matched again or even exceeded next year despite the country’s current economic woes. Here is an overview of some of the key equipment dispatched from Britain to the frontline so far. [For the full story click here >](   Watch/ [Inside a cryogenic freezing facility with almost 200 human bodies on ice](   NUMBER OF THE DAY £250,000 – The amount of compensation won by HMRC worker Elaine Worsley after she was [sacked following a row with her boss]( about taking New Year’s Eve off work.   QUOTE OF THE DAY “If I was a betting man, I would be going out and putting money on the Conservatives winning the next general election.” – Conservative MP Christopher Chope tells Times Radio he has “absolute confidence” in Liz Truss and that his colleagues critical of her should “shut up”.       Other stories you might like   [The January 6 committee subpoenaed Donald Trump. Will it matter?](   [Gary Lineker broke BBC impartiality rule with Tory ‘Russian donors’ tweet](   [Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz avoids death penalty and is sentenced to life](       Articles available exclusively to subscribers Sean O’Grady, The Independent - [Could the government fall? Precedent says no, but we’re well past that](   Other newsletters you might like [The Race Report] The Race Report Fortnightly, 7am (UK time) Written by Nadine White [Sign up]( [Inside Politics] Inside Politics Weekdays, 8am (UK time) Written by Matt Mathers [Sign up](   If you can spare a minute we’d love your [feedback]( on our newsletters. [The Independent]( Join the conversation or follow us [Facebook]( [Twitter]( Please do not reply directly to this email You are currently registered to receive The Independent's Morning Headlines newsletter. Add us to your safe list of senders. If you do not want to receive The Independent's Morning Headlines newsletter, please [unsubscribe](list_name=IND_Headlines_Masterlist_CDP). If you no longer wish to receive any newsletters or promotional emails from The Independent, you can unsubscribe [here](. This e-mail was sent by Independent Digital News and Media Ltd, 2 Derry Street, London W8 5HF. Registered in England and Wales with company number 07320345. Read our [privacy notice]( and [cookie policy](.