Liz Truss vows to give green light to oil and gas drilling licences if she is elected as next Tory leader The Tory frontrunner believes it will help bolster the UK’s energy security Allies Kwasi Kwarteng and Jacob Rees-Mogg want to maximise domestic production Gas and oil companies to be encouraged to invest in existing … Read more
Labour moves to 12-POINT poll lead over Tories as Keir Starmer’s party opens up largest gap since Boris Johnson’s resignation Labour moves to 12-point lead over the Conservatives in new survey of voters Redfield and Wilton Strategies poll shows biggest lead since Boris Johnson quit It comes amid bitter Tory leadership race and Keir Starmer … Read more
Liz Truss backtracks from plans for ’emergency budget’ – but vows to still push ahead with tax cuts – ahead of latest Tory hustings clash with Rishi Sunak tonight Liz Truss backtracks on pledge to hold ’emergency budget’ if she becomes PM She is now targeting a ‘fiscal event’ to provide more cost of living … Read more
Businessman Charlie Mullins has backed Liz Truss‘ comments that British workers need ‘more graft’ and said work from home culture made people ‘feel they’re entitled to get money and do nothing’. The Pimlico Plumbers founder said the Tory leadership hopeful was ‘undoubtedly’ correct after a leaked recording of her saying there was a ‘fundamental issue … Read more
Rishi Sunak tonight vowed to spend billions more to support Britons through the cost-of-living crisis – if he becomes prime minister – as he acknowledged a ‘moral responsibility’ to offer extra help. The ex-chancellor, who is vying with Liz Truss for the Tory leadership, admitted families are facing a further £400 hit on average – … Read more
Boris Johnson REFUSES to take action to ease cost-of-living pain before quitting No10 in A MONTH: PM returns from honeymoon but will leave it to successor to act – as Gordon Brown blasts him and Chancellor for holidaying during economic crisis Ex-PM suggested recalling Parliament from its long summer holiday over crisis Bank of England … Read more
Lionesses’ Euro 2022 win is noticeably ABSENT from some Scottish front pages while sneering Scots blast the BBC for mentioning England’s victory during Commonwealth coverage Independence backing paper The National instead focused on indyref2 Daily Record, Scottish Daily Star and Scots Sun put Celtic vs Aberdeen on front Social media users also complained about the mention … Read more
Liz Truss pledges to boost Commonwealth ties if she becomes Prime Minister ‘to counter China trade threat’ If she becomes PM, Truss said she would launch a ‘New Commonwealth Deal’ This would ensure the 56 Commonwealth countries act as a bulwark to China By Harriet Line Chief Political Correspondent For The Daily Mail Published: 23:26 … Read more
Liz Truss answers all your plumbing queries . . . Q: My kitchen tap keeps dripping. Any advice? B.S., Herts. Liz Says: I believe in kitchen taps. Not just your kitchen tap. Not just my kitchen tap. But everyone’s kitchen taps, across this great country of ours. I want our kitchen taps to be the … Read more
Liz Truss ‘won’t let Whitehall blob block £30billion tax cuts’, as cabinet ally vows the Foreign Secretary will have the final say Truss won’t allow civil servants to stop £30billion in tax cuts, Cabinet ally vows James Cleverly said it was for officials to give advice but politicians must decide Foreign Secretary has set herself … Read more
A survey found 26% of people who voted Tory in 2019 think Ms Truss would make the best Prime Minister, followed by Mr Sunak on 24%. However, departing Mr Johnson is backed by 33%.
Liz Truss today vows to implement a hard line on immigration if she wins the keys to No 10 – including extending the scheme under which migrants who cross the Channel in small boats can be sent to Rwanda. The Foreign Secretary uses an interview with The Mail on Sunday to try to cement her … Read more
Bring back Boris! Thousands of Tories demand outgoing Prime Minister’s name is on the ballot when party members vote to replace him At least 4,000 Tory members say MPs who fired Boris of having ‘vested interests’ Petition to Tory chair says PM should be on ballot with Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss Made by billionaire … Read more