The papers conclude the working week with coverage of the Government’s tax cut plans, after the Prime Minister emerged for a round of interviews to defend her and the Chancellor’s mini-Budget. The Guardian reports Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng will meet with the head of the Office of Budget Responsibility on Friday over the current “fiscal chaos”. Guardian front page, 30 September 2022: PM holds crunch talks with watchdog over fiscal chaos pic.twitter.com/7oNFif0BRx — The Guardian (@guardian) September 29, 2022Benefits are set to be curbed to fund the mini-Budget, according to The Times and The Daily Telegraph. The Daily Star says scientists have warned artificial-intelligence robots could cause a disaster “as bad as a nuclear war”. And The Sun leads with a photograph of Fern Britton’s ex-husband Phil Vickery sharing a “lingering public kiss” with Lorraine Stanton, who the paper describes as Ms Britton’s “best pal”.

Source: The Times September 30, 2022 02:16 UTC