All news on the topic: Liz Truss

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Tory minister gives strange excuse for not handing back £8,000 pay-off
Tory Health Minister Maria Caulfield pocketed thousands of pounds in severance pay despite returning to the same job just seven weeks later - and she has refused to give it back
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Top Tory defends 'flood' of party donors into Lords as Truss allies take oath
Lord Robert Douglas-Miller was challenged after Jon Moynihan and Matthew Elliott took their places in the House of Lords after being elevated in Liz Truss's resignation honours
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'Michael Beale was Sunderland's Liz Truss - he was doomed from day one'
Sunderland have parted company with Michael Beale after just 63 days and 12 matches - six of which were defeats in an ill-fated tenure where he quickly drew the ire of Mackem fans
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Tory minister pocketed £8,000 pay-off then returned to job seven weeks later
Maria Caulfield received £7,920 in severance when she was sacked as a Health Minister in September 2022, but kept the money when she returned to her old department weeks later
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TUI blames economic mess caused by Liz Truss mini-budget for financial losses
Liz Truss was prime minister in September and October 2022, during which time the pound crashed to a 37-year low after her mini-budget announced plans to increases borrowing by £70billion
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'Rishi Sunak has to call an election in 6 weeks - he has no other choice'
The Prime Minister cannot wait until Autumn to call a vote, says Fleet Street Fox. There'll be no-one left in Downing Street by then
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'Labour and business is odd combo - like vodka and tomato or Crouch and Clancy'
When you see Labour going down well with the City, austerity hero George Osborne praising them, it’s a slightly unsettling feeling. Turns out it’s not just me. It used to be you had to wait ages to see how policy was playing out. Now you can get reaction pretty quickly
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Millionaire Tory donor married to Holly Valance gives surprise support to Labour
Nick Candy, who attended speeches by Liz Truss and Lee Anderson with his wife Holly Valance this week, admitted it's "probably time for a change" and praised Keir Starmer
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Failed PM Liz Truss unveils new book cover with her ideas to 'save the West'
Liz Truss, who only lasted 49 days in Downing Street, will publish the loftily titled 'Ten Years to Save the West' in April, where she will rant about the 'global left'
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Keir Starmer to abandon £28billion green investment pledge in major U-turn
After weeks of internal wobbling over the £28bilion policy that has been at the centre of Tory attacks Labour is expected to officially drop the figure in an announcement on Thursday
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Tories block Labour's bid to scrap pay-offs for ministers who quit in disgrace
Labour sought to reform the rules after it emerged last month nearly £1million was paid out during the ministerial churn of Boris Johnson and Liz Truss's chaotic governments
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Neighbours star's Tory links explained as Holly Valance is seen at Truss launch
Aussie actress Holly Valance was spotted on the front row of the right-wing Tory event, alongside rabble-rousing MPs such as Lee Anderson, Jacob Rees-Mogg and the failed former PM herself. But what on earth was she doing there?
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Holly Valance says she's gone 'right' and loves Lee Anderson at Truss love-in
Australian actress and singer Ms Vallance attended the launch of the Popular Conservatism group in Westminster with husband Nick Candy to watch Liz Truss and Lee Anderson speeches
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49-day PM Liz Truss admits she never gets invited to London dinner parties
Former Prime Minister Liz Truss, who crashed the economy during her disastrous 49 days in Downing Street, demanded tax cuts at a Popular Conservatism launch event
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Sunak 'should learn from Labour' and stamp out Liz Truss' party within a party
Ms Truss, who was the least popular British Prime Minister since records began, will launch a group named “Popular Conservatism” this week
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Rachel Reeves vows to cap corporation tax for five years after Tory U-turns
The Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the current 25% rate of corporation tax will not change for the first term of a Labour Government as she addressed business leaders
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Labour MP wobbles on £28billion green spend vow in BBC Breakfast grilling
Grilled on BBC Breakfast over the huge £28billion investment, Labour's Shadow Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said it was down to the 'health' of the economy
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Tory plotters look to by-elections as next chance to strike at Rishi Sunak
Losses in Wellingborough and Kingswood - especially if accompanied by a surge in support for the Reform Party - would spell further misery for the beleaguered PM
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Labour promises clampdown on pay-offs for ex-ministers after Tory £1m giveaway
Figures show £933,086 was handed out in a year as the changes in PM from Boris Johnson to Liz Truss and then Rishi Sunak led to an unprecedented turnover in ministers
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Nadine Dorries given £16,876 of taxpayers' money 'by mistake' in Tory blunder
Ex-Tory MP Nadine Dorries received the generous severance payment when she stepped down as Culture Secretary even though she was not entitled to the cash as she was over 65
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Ousted Tories pocketed £1m in payouts in Boris Johnson and Liz Truss chaos
The ever-changing line-up of ministers as the Conservatives keep swapping Prime Minister has led to more than £933,000 being handed out in severance pay, Labour has discovered
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Keir Starmer compares fighting Tories to EastEnders as Rishi Sunak faces mutiny
Rishi Sunak faced ridicule in the Commons as Keir Starmer accused the bickering Conservatives of taking part in the 'longest episode of EastEnders ever put to film'
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Tory health minister hasn't sold stake in Covid testing firm a year after pledge
Labour called on millionaire Tory minister Lord Markham to explain why he has not sold his stake private health screening firm Cignpost a year after telling Parliament he would
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Rishi Sunak still can't say if Rwanda flights will take off before next election
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak echoed Theresa May's Brexit warnings to urge the House of Lords 'not to frustrate the will of the people' by opposing the Safety of Rwanda Bill
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Keir Starmer starts talks with civil service to prepare for Labour government
Labour leader Keir Starmer has written to the Cabinet Secretary to begin talks as the Tories sunk to their lowest level in the polls since the debacle of Liz Truss's government