All news on the topic: Liz Truss

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Tories attack Sadiq Khan over 'beach party' event established by Boris Johnson
A Conservative Party report said the cash spent on Royal Docks 'beach party', enjoyed by tens of thousands of locals, was 'wasted' and branded it a 'pointless scheme'
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Sunak in crisis as top Tories Lee Anderson and Brendan Clarke-Smith defy him
Rishi Sunak has been rocked after two Tory deputy chairmen - Lee Anderson and Brendan Clarke-Smith - both said they were backing rebels on his Rwanda bill
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'We need to banish the Cabinet of Traitors in the UK Government'
The Government of Great Britain would be much, much better – not hard, admittedly – if it were run like BBC TV show The Traitors - with regular Banishments to keep the cast fresh, and always on their toes
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'CBE for Post Office boss says it all about our honours system'
Our columnist thinks its corrupt that Paula Vennells, who led the Post Office from 2012-2019 when more than 700 sub-postmasters were wrongly prosecuted for theft, fraud and false accounting, received a CBE
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Paul Routledge predicts Liz Truss to join the Salvation Army in 2024
Our columnist believes there are some things we can be sure about: wars, weather calamities, new Tory and royal scandals, fresh misery for England on the football pitch, and mixed fortunes in the Olympics
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Right-wing Tories branded 'out of touch' for trying to derail smoking ban plans
Health campaigners are urging the PM to resist pressure from Tory critics like former PMs Liz Truss and Boris Johnson who oppose plans to create a smoke free generation
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All the times tetchy Rishi Sunak lost his cool when forced to defend his record
Despite his best efforts, Rishi Sunak has started to develop an unfortunate reputation for being thin-skinned and tetchy when grilled over Government failings
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Payouts for ministerial 'merry-go-round' could fund 13,500 free school meals
The ministerial 'merry-go-round' triggered by the chaotic collapse of Boris Johnson and Liz Truss's Governments led to bumper payouts in the Department for Education
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Liz Truss rewards 11 Tory donors and cronies in honours slipped out by 'weak' PM
The former PM who was forced from No10 after just 49 days in office has showered gongs and peerages on allies and cronies - with one award for every four-and-a-half days she was in Downing Street
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From Hancock's 'moobs' to Braverman's 'bullying' - 2023 was a year to forget
Columnist Brian Reade hands out his bouquets and brickbats for a year that wasn't really notable for anything other than a constant stream of really terrible news, even if Donald Trump faced four different courts
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Inside Rishi Sunak's gaffe-packed 2023 as Boris Johnson quits in a strop
After the unprecedented chaos of 2022, which saw Boris Johnson and Liz Truss brought down by their own failings, Rishi Sunak's efforts to steady the ship have repeatedly been tested
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Rishi Sunak haunted by 'ghosts of Christmas past' as ex-PMs' photos hung in No10
Framed images of former Prime Ministers are hung up after they leave office, with the other photos then shuffled down the yellow wall to make room for their successors
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'All I want for Christmas is to get my country back from shameless grifters'
Britain's infested by shameless liars on the take, says Fleet Street Fox. Please Santa, can we have a general election?
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Rishi Sunak as unpopular as Boris Johnson was when he quit No10, poll shows
Rishi Sunak's favourability has fallen to similar levels to Boris Johnson, who resigned as PM in summer last year after months of being dragged by the Partygate scandal
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Rishi Sunak's red bracelet on wrist and why Prime Minister wears it explained
As he gives evidence at the Covid Inquiry on his time as Chancellor, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is wearing a red bracelet made from thread on his wrist as he always does
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Mortgage relief for millions as average 2-year fixed deal falls to six-month low
Mortgage rates surged in the wake of Liz Truss’s bungled mini-Budget last year, and they had already been on the rise after a wave of rate hikes by the Bank of England to cool inflation
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'These Tory turkeys are about to vote for a Christmas bloodbath'
They say turkeys don't vote for Christmas but the Tories are actually stuffing themselves at this point, says Fleet Street Fox. Rishi Sunak is starting to smell as sulphurous as an overcooked sprout
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'Brexit gave Britain the highest immigration levels in history - here's how'
They told us the 2016 Brexit referendum would control immigration, says Fleet Street Fox. It did the opposite
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National Insurance tax explained - who pays NI and will it be cut today?
National Insurance contributions entirely depend on how much money you earn in work, and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt might be preparing an NI tax cut for workers in today's Autumn Statement
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Ex-PM Liz Truss now from 'house husband' partner to grovelling affair apology
Former Prime Minister, Liz Truss, was rumoured to have been a possible contender for I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! While her political life has come under harsh criticism, her private life has also been under scrutiny
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'Eton Dave can't breathe life into this rotting corpse of a Tory government'
It's been another week of infighting and disasters for Rishi Sunak's party - just don't forget it all when it comes to election time
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Tory crisis as 'half a dozen MPs to submit letters of no confidence in PM today'
The former Tory minister Dame Andrea Jenkyns said rebels could end up looking 'very stupid toppling another leader' but said the party has to 'bite the bullet now'
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Suella Braverman's explosive letter decoded - what she actually meant
In her devastating letter, the former Home Secretary launched a series of barbs at the Prime Minister - but the Mirror's Jason Beattie sees hidden meanings behind her words
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Liz Truss backs plan to cut minimum wage, paid holidays and redundancy cash
Liz Truss said the document, which includes recommendations to cut the minimum wage and brands paid holidays and redundancy cash drags on growth, was "an important part of the debate"
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Nadine Dorries tells Susanna Reid PM must call General Election amid Tory anger
Former Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries told Good Morning Britain that Rishi Sunak "can't continue on the basis that he was elected" as she demanded a General Election