Succession battle begins after Liz Truss quits as British prime minister
by Britain’s ruling Conservative party will choose a new leader next week after prime minister Liz Truss resigned following a 44-day tenure marked by financial turmoil, …
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Simon Jenkins: A prime minister should stand for something. Liz Truss stood for nothing
Summer 2022 must mark a low moment in the history of British politics. Whatever emerges in the next week, the mother of parliaments has been …
Liz Truss apologises for mistakes and vows to lead Tories into next election
Liz Truss has apologised for her financial “mistakes” which evaporated market confidence in the UK economy and caused her approval rating to plunge. British prime …
UK PM Liz Truss ‘not under a desk’ hiding from MPs, says Mordaunt
A UK government minister insisted Liz Truss was “not under a desk” hiding from MPs after the prime minister was urged to quit at an …
Jeremy Hunt welcomed by Tories as he rips up Liz Truss’s fiscal plan
Senior Conservatives on Saturday welcomed Jeremy Hunt’s arrival as chancellor, saying he had effectively “taken over” running the government from Liz Truss after he unceremoniously …
Liz Truss sacks chancellor and makes another budget U-turn
British prime minister Liz Truss sacked her chancellor of the exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng and shredded her economic strategy on Friday. But her attempt to salvage …
Truss becomes a zombie prime minister in record time
What is the point of Liz Truss now? This is not intended as an insult but as a serious question. The British prime minister won …
UK PM Truss names Hunt as chancellor market turmoil
Liz Truss, UK prime minister, has appointed Jeremy Hunt to replace Kwasi Kwarteng as chancellor as she prepares to scrap tax cuts set out in …
Liz Truss in crisis talks on new tax cut U-turn
Liz Truss was on Thursday locked in discussions on a major U-turn on the government’s “mini” budget, prompting a market rally amid expectations that a …