Liz Truss is applauded at Lib Dem conference in 1994 over trio who wanted to ‘abolish the Monarchy’

Young Liz Truss is applauded at Liberal Democrat conference in unearthed footage which shows her telling crowd she met ‘reactionary-looking’ trio who said they want to ‘abolish the Monarchy’ Liz Truss, when 19, was filmed a leader of Oxford University’s Liberal Democrats She told party’s conference to applause about trio who wanted to end Monarchy The … Read more

Busy Lizzy meets Big Lizzy: Foreign Secretary Truss lands on HMS Queen Elizabeth

Busy Lizzy meets Big Lizzy: Foreign Secretary Truss lands on HMS Queen Elizabeth as MPs say she and Rishi Sunak ‘are on constant manoeuvres’ in bid for future leadership of Tory party Chancellor and Foreign Secretary, both long tipped as potential leaders, said to be ‘sounding out’ colleagues Allies of Miss Truss, including parliamentary private … Read more

Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak ‘are on constant manoeuvres’ in bid for future leadership of Tory party 

Busy Lizzy meets Big Lizzy: Foreign Secretary Truss lands on HMS Queen Elizabeth as MPs say she and Rishi Sunak ‘are on constant manoeuvres’ in bid for future leadership of Tory party  Chancellor and Foreign Secretary, both long tipped as potential leaders, said to be ‘sounding out’ colleagues Allies of Miss Truss, including parliamentary private … Read more

Liz Truss will start talks for country to join one of the world’s biggest free-trade areas 

Britain aims for trade deal with Pacific nations: Liz Truss will start talks for country to join one of the world’s biggest free-trade areas Liz Truss hopes trans-Pacific partnership will ‘pivot away’ UK from Europe   She will launch the UK’s member bid in video call with her Japanese counterpart  It is a trade agreement between … Read more

Farming leaders fear Liz Truss trade deal will flood Britain with poor-quality meat

Farming leaders fear Liz Truss will sign a free trade deal with Australia which could see cheap beef flooding the UK market Minette Batters, president of the National Farmers Union, says members are concerned They fear Ms Truss’s negotiators have agreed to tariff-free access to UK market in their haste to secure a deal before … Read more

Brexit booze bonus as Liz Truss claims Australian wine will become CHEAPER under new trade deal

Brexit booze bonus as Liz Truss claims Australian wine will become CHEAPER in the UK under terms of new trade deal she is agreeing with Canberra The ‘vast majority’ of a free trade deal with Australia has been agreed Ms Truss said that it included provisions that would make wine cheaper here Also opens up  … Read more

Australian MP blasts ‘amateurish’ Liz Truss

Australian MP blasts ‘amateurish’ Liz Truss after she insulted the Canberra minister she is trying to strike a trade deal with as the pair meet in London for crunch talks Liz Truss holding face-to-face talks with Australian Trade Minister Dan Tehan Talks in London started this morning but UK frustrated at pace of the progress … Read more

Liz Truss demands Australia speeds up trade talks

Liz Truss demands Australia picks up ‘glacially slow’ trade negotiations ahead of crunch meeting this week as allies brand her Canberra counterpart ‘inexperienced’ Liz Truss is set for face-to-face talks with Australian Trade Minister Dan Tehan Talks in London due to start tomorrow but UK frustrated at pace of the progress Allies of Ms Truss … Read more

UK plans to join Japan and Australia in one of the world’s biggest free-trade areas

UK plans to join Japan and Australia in one of the world’s biggest free-trade areas with Liz Truss set to request membership on Monday Liz Truss will request the UK to join trans-Pacific trading bloc on Monday Date is exactly a year after Britain left the EU to pursue own trade deals Current members include Australia, … Read more

Boris Johnson to give Liz Truss more senior role in plans to promote female ministers in reshuffle 

Boris Johnson is to give Liz Truss a more senior Government role as he plans to promote a raft of female ministers in Cabinet reshuffle Reshuffle aims to promote female ministers to address PM’s ‘woman problem’  International Trade Secretary Liz Truss to be handed more senior Cabinet post  Junior ministers Kemi Badenoch, Lucy Frazer, Gillian … Read more

Ministers bow to pressure to enforce high British food standards in post-Brexit deals

Ministers bow to pressure to enforce high British food standards in post-Brexit deals by beefing up farms watchdog to give them ‘stronger voice in UK trade policy’ Trade and Agriculture Commission (TAC) will be placed to scrutinise trade deals  Report produced about impact on animal welfare and agriculture of future deals Move comes after warnings … Read more