Truss hits out at civil servants over ‘personal’ King’s Speech ‘attack’

Good evening. Josh here to take you through the day’s news.

Liz Truss has attacked civil servants who described her mini-budget as “disastrous” in official briefing notes for the King’s Speech.

Elsewhere, a court has ruled that a “greedy” tax office worker who defrauded the taxpayer of more than £300,000 in child benefit only has to pay back £1.

Plus: See how the State Opening of Parliament unfolded below.

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Truss hits out at civil servants over ‘personal’ King’s Speech ‘attack’ on her mini-Budget

The former Prime Minister has written to Simon Case, the cabinet secretary, demanding the officials face “suitable admonishment” for the “personal attacks” – follow live updates here.

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‘Greedy’ HMRC worker who stole £300k in child benefit only has to pay back £1

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