All news on the topic: Liz Truss

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Tories plot to oust Rishi Sunak if he gives in to Liz Truss by delaying car ban
The flip-flopping Prime Minister is tipped to announce that a ban on new petrol and diesel cars will be pushed back five years to 2035 - just a day after Liz Truss called for a delay
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Outrage as Liz Truss trousers £23,000 of ex-PM allowance in just five months
Figures released by the Cabinet Office show she claimed back £23,310 from her post-Prime Ministerial allowance between October 2022 and March 2023
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10 fights Liz Truss picked as she comes out fighting in 'pig slaughter' speech
The disaster Prime Minister came out swinging in a brazen speech in which she hit out at civil servants, the Bank of England, Joe Biden, her Tory colleagues, the media and called for the pension age to rise
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Liz Truss refuses to say sorry whining she had 'responsibilities but no power'
Almost a year on from the disastrous mini-budget, the 49-day PM claimed interest rates would have risen even without her intervention and sidestepped questions over her honours' list
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Do you support Liz Truss’s demands to increase the pension age - poll
The 45-day Prime Minister has called for the pension age to be raised almost one year after her botched mini-Budget unleashed chaos - and we want to know what you think. Vote in our poll
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Liz Truss says she 'slaughtered pig' too fast as she demands pension age rises
The 49-day disaster PM will warn the UK is in a "precarious position" at risk of a "downward spiral" as she demands extreme measures from No10 and defends her policies which unleashed chaos
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Britain 'still paying price' of Truss budget a year on amid house price slump
A year on from the former PM’s ‘mini budget’, Pat McFadden, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, warned Rishi Sunak “might want to forget all about it - but voters never will.”
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Liz Truss writing book on disastrous 49 days at No10 blaming others for failure
Former PM Liz Truss is penning a loftily-titled book called Ten Years To Save the West, in which she's expected to lash out at the 'global left' and the 'Greta Thunbergs of this world'
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Queen's poignant remark to ex-Prime Minister Liz Truss during her final audience
Queen Elizabeth II's final audience saw her meet with former Prime Minister Liz Truss at Balmoral, who has recalled how the monarch appeared 'frail' but 'mentally alert'
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How I saw the news of the Queen's death unfold at Westminster
MPs were gathered in the Commons to hear Liz Truss make a major announcement on energy bills - but it was quickly overshadowed by the news from Balmoral as Her Majesty's health deteriorated
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Liz Truss's £4,000 'Jenga' lectern tracked down as it finally gets new home
The higgledy-piggledy pile of bricks, specially made for her at a cost of £4,175 to taxpayers, had been left languishing in Downing Street after she only lasted 49 days as PM
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Liz Truss's 49 days of chaos one year after disaster Prime Minister took office
Liz Truss's time at the top may have been short, but there was no shortage of drama during the shortest-serving PM's 49 days of chaos and calamity in Downing Street
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Liz Truss's £4,000 Jenga lectern still hasn't found a new home one year on
The higgledy-piggledy pile of bricks is still languishing in Downing Street despite the Government hoping it would be used by another Whitehall department or an embassy abroad
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Fury as 'disgusting' Tories rip up water pollution rules to build more homes
Environmental campaigners warned plans to tear up 'nutrient neutrality' laws wouldn't fix the housing crisis and instead 'result in is lots more poo in our rivers'
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6 brutal digs at Rishi Sunak in Nadine Dorries' resignation letter - in full
The 1,778-word parting shot delivered a savage verdict on Rishi Sunak's first year in office as Nadine Dorries stuck the boot into the PM who she blames for being denied a peerage
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Britain 'won't hit climate targets' while Tories cosy up to fossil firms
Experts say Britain continuing to pump millions of pounds into 'white elephant' carbon capture projects is "likely the result of significant lobbying by the gas industry"
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Majority think Keir Starmer will be next PM over 'out of touch' Rishi Sunak
A poll by Ipsos UK found 56% of Brits think it it 'likely' Labour leader Keir Starmer will replace Rishi Sunak in Downing Street at the next election while just 28% of voters disagreed
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11 times politicians have jumped on football bandwagon and it's backfired
Ahead of the Lionesses' World Cup final against Spain, we can no doubt expect politicians to jump on the bandwagon. But doing so is not without risks, as David Cameron and Boris Johnson will admit
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Liz Truss racked up £1.8 million bill for travel on government jets last year
Government documents show Ms Truss was responsible for some 51% of government spending on foreign flights, accommodation and meals during 2022
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'Matt Hancock’s insensitive Barbie TikTok stunt is way beyond my Ken'
Imagine how those who lost loved ones in the pandemic felt after seeing former health secretary Matt Hancock's new attempt to rebrand himself as a lovable, wacky man of the people
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'The day a migrant sets foot on this barge will be the biggest Tory fail ever'
The Tories will claim the first migrant to board their prison hulk as a win, says Fleet Street Fox. They're crowing about their own failure
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Liz Truss approached for I'm A Celebrity after Boris Johnson snub
Boris Johnson was reportedly offered £700,000 to appear on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! as ITV producers hope to bag another politician after Matt Hancock
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POLL: Should politicians be banned from reality shows
ITV bosses have reportedly offered Boris Johnson a staggering £700,000 figure to appear on I'm A Celebrity following Matt Hancock's success on the show last year - and we want to know YOUR take on the topic
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6 Tory promises that will be disastrous for economy and climate if broken
BP has announced its latest bonanza after raking in £2billion in the three months to June - just days after the PM confirmed he would award more gas and oil licences
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PM to jet abroad with family - after aborting last Spanish holiday 15 hours in
The Prime Minister's press secretary said he will continue to receive 'daily updates' while his Deputy Oliver Dowden will be at the 'helm' for just over a week from Thursday