Parliament to return after mini-budget turmoil, with Kwarteng set to face MPs
MPs will return to Westminster on Tuesday after a chaotic conference season, with the chancellor set to face questions for...
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Nicola Sturgeon attacks ‘utterly failing’ Tories and says economic case for independence will come next week
Nicola Sturgeon says independence isn't a "miracle cure" for Scotland's economy, but claimed the country "can do so much better...
UK sanctions Iran’s morality police following death of Mahsa Amini
UK sanctions have been placed on senior Iranian security and political figures - and the so-called morality police - following...
Chancellor to set out debt plan three weeks earlier than planned
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng's debt-cutting plan will be published on 31 October - three weeks earlier than planned - alongside an...
Decision on whether to raise benefits in line with inflation expected in November, minister says – as Liz Truss remains ‘genuinely undecided’
Liz Truss is expected to make a decision on whether to uprate benefits in line with inflation in November, a...
Truss hands government job to Sunak ally in bid to heal divisions in Tory party
Liz Truss has handed a government job to a Rishi Sunak ally in a move that appears to signal her...
Nadhim Zahawi warns Tories ‘dither or delay will end in defeat’ as he urges party to unite
Cabinet minister Nadhim Zahawi has warned restive Tory MPs that "dither or delay will end in defeat" as he appealed...
‘Abrasive’ Truss turns off floating voters who backed Tories at last general election, YouGov focus group says
On Thursday, the day after the end of the conference season, YouGov hosted a focus group with seven Blue Wall...
Liz Truss ‘symptom of Westminster dysfunction’, SNP conference to hear in opening speech
Liz Truss has "showed the world she is unfit to be prime minister" and is a "symptom of the Westminster...
Hopes for ‘nil-all draw’ in NI protocol negotiations as mood improves to resolve row
Ireland is looking for a "nil-all draw" in negotiations between the UK and the EU, its foreign affairs minister has...
Sacked trade minister Conor Burns denies ever meeting singer Mel B after claims he made remarks to her in lift
Sacked government trade minister Conor Burns has denied ever meeting Mel B after the singer suggested he made an inappropriate...
Labour calls for investigation into Liz Truss’s chief of staff after he was questioned as witness in FBI bribery inquiry
Labour has called for an investigation into the appointment of Liz Truss's chief of staff, after it was revealed he...
Prime Minister Liz Truss heckled during conference speech that warns of ‘stormy days’ ahead amid cabinet split
Liz Truss vowed to "get Britain through the tempest" and insisted "everyone will benefit" from the result of her economic...
Liz Truss conjured enemy alliance to distract from the Tory rebels within
"Moving On Up" was a bullish choice of entrance music.The 90s pop classic blaring from the speakers as Liz Truss...
The main buzzwords used by Truss – including a phrase previously favoured by Keir Starmer
A word cloud has revealed the most commonly used words in Liz Truss' speech to the Conservative party faithful in...
Liz Truss’s month of mayhem: From bumpy rides to Balmoral to bumpier battles in Birmingham
The plane flying Liz Truss to meet the Queen at Balmoral for her appointment as prime minister a month ago...
Liz Truss to hold meetings with EU leaders after tumultuous party conference
Liz Truss will hold meetings with EU leaders on Thursday after a chaotic party conference that left Conservatives divided over...
Nineties band M People ‘livid’ song Moving On Up was used in Liz Truss’s Tory conference speech
M People founder Mike Pickering has said the band is "livid" that their song was used by Liz Truss on stage at...
After only 28 days, Liz Truss has had the worst possible start – can she win back control?
In power for just 28 days - and for 10 of them politics was paused following the death of the...
Liz Truss vows to ‘get Britain through the tempest’ in keynote speech amid cabinet split as she is heckled
Liz Truss vowed to "get Britain through the tempest" and insisted "everyone will benefit" from the result of her economic...
