Liz Truss

Liz Truss nominates 14 people for her resignation honours list after just 49 days as Prime Minister last year… but snubs her former Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng

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Liz Truss nominates 14 people for her resignation honours list after just 49 days as Prime Minister last year… but snubs her former Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng Former PM has nominated four people for life peerages and 12 for other honours The list is the equivalent of one name for every three-and-a-half-days in office   By Kumail … Read more

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak branded a ‘friend of France’ ahead of meeting with Emmanuel Macron

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Entente cordial as Rishi Sunak heads to Paris: PM is branded a ‘friend of France’ ahead of meeting with Emmanuel Macron that will see illegal Channel crossings discussed as a ‘priority’ Summit will focus on co-operation to curb illegal migration across the Channel  Relations improved since PM agreed a Brexit deal for Northern Ireland with … Read more

Britain should be seizing the opportunities of Brexit, scrapping tax-free shopping is an own goal

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Paris, Rome and Berlin can’t believe their luck! When Britain should be seizing the opportunities of Brexit, scrapping tax-free shopping for international tourists is a spectacular own goal, writes SIR ROCCO FORTE By Sir Rocco Forte For The Mail On Sunday Published: 01:03 GMT, 12 February 2023 | Updated: 01:13 GMT, 12 February 2023 What … Read more

Rishi Sunak faces first PMQs of New Year and plots ‘broadcast to the nation’

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Rishi Sunak faces first PMQs of New Year and plots ‘broadcast to the nation’ tonight as poll shows Labour 22 POINTS ahead in the Red Wall – with fury over cost-of-living crisis Rishi Sunak is facing first PMQs of the year with grim polls for the Conservatives Labour are 22 points ahead in ‘Red Wall’ … Read more

Tories can overturn poll deficit if Rishi Sunak restores financial credibility, Theresa May says 

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Tories can overturn poll deficit if Rishi Sunak restores financial credibility, Theresa May says Theresa May told BBC Radio 4 that Rishi Sunak is rebuilding trust in the Tories Polls suggest Labour are 20 points ahead – enough for landslide election win Former PM acknowledged that Liz Truss’s mini budget ‘impacted’ reputation  By Harriet Line … Read more

Labour, Boris Johnson and Liz Truss join forces to end a ban on new onshore wind farms 

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Labour, Boris Johnson and Liz Truss join forces to end a ban on new onshore wind farms Tory minister Simon Clarke has tabled an amendment to allow more farms The Opposition are poised to support it, alongside Boris Johnson and Liz Truss  Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill changes would allow onshore applications  By Harriet Line Deputy … Read more

MPs back docking Truss and Kwarteng £6,000 of their ministerial pay-offs over disastrous mini-Budget

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MPs back docking Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng £6,000 of their ministerial pay-offs over disastrous mini-Budget – but Government insists it will IGNORE Commons motion MPs pass motion calling for Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng to lose £6k of pay-outs Commons backs Labour call for ex-PM and former chancellor to lose the cash Opposition MPs bid … Read more

Kwasi Kwarteng ‘rewriting history on Budget turmoil’ after claims he warned Liz Truss about tax cuts

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Kwasi Kwarteng ‘rewriting history on Budget turmoil’ as former Chancellor claims he warned former Prime Minister Liz Truss about their tax-cutting plans Kwasi Kwarteng said that he warned Liz Truss about the mini budget However allies of Ms Truss say the former chancellor is ‘rewriting history’ Mr Kwarteng didn’t apologise for the financial turmoil caused … Read more

Cabinet veteran Michael Gove tells Britain ‘we are sorry’

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The returning Levelling Up secretary today slated Liz Truss‘s disastrous 44 days as prime minister and vowed to earn the country’s trust again, promising that the new government will fix the economy by rolling back on her policies. Michael Gove told the country: ‘We are sorry’ – as he slammed the former leader, whom he showed … Read more

Liz Truss’s personal phone was hacked by Putin’s spies for top secret details of negotiations

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Liz Truss’s personal phone was hacked by Putin’s spies for top secret details of negotiations with allies and private messages she exchanged with Kwasi Kwarteng Liz Truss’s personal phone found to have been hacked during leadership contest It is thought to have been hacked by agents suspected to work for Vladimir Putin The downloaded messages included … Read more

No other democracy could have removed Liz Truss with such speed and efficiency, writes ANDREW NEIL 

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Probably best you sit down before you read my next sentence. Westminster works. Seriously. I’ll say it again: Westminster works. Step away from the avalanche of gleeful negativity about Britain which has spewed out from domestic and foreign media in recent weeks — some of it deserved — and consider what’s just happened. Within days … Read more

Opposition parties round on Rishi Sunak’s ‘failure of leadership’ as new Prime Minister snubs Cop27

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Opposition parties round on Rishi Sunak’s ‘failure of leadership’ as new Prime Minister snubs Cop27 summit in Egypt and downgrades the status of his climate minister Rishi Sunak accused of ‘failure of leadership’ over decision not to attend Cop27 Prime Minister insisted he was ‘personally committed’ to tackling climate crisis Downing Street admitted King was … Read more