Forgot about Dre: New health sec Thérèse Coffey’s alarm goes off on LBC September 7, 2022 Health secretary Thérèse Coffey treated early morning LBC listeners to Dr. Dre as her 8am phone alarm went off on air. The newly-minted secretary of state, who is also deputy prime minister, was speaking on the radio about ambulance waiting times and how to fix the NHS when her bag started making a noise. Host [...]
New transport sec Anne-Marie Trevelyan needs to be ‘plucky 13th’ since turn of century, AA says September 7, 2022 The AA hope the 13th transport secretary since the turn of the century will be “plucky” in transforming the roads. Anne-Marie Trevelyan, formerly the Secretary of State for International Trade, was appointed to the role last night by Prime Minister Liz Truss. Succeeding Grant Shapps, the AA published a list of 10 priorities on their [...]
Cabinet reshuffle: Kwasi Kwarteng named chancellor as Truss picks top team September 7, 2022 Liz Truss has made close ally Kwasi Kwarteng her new chancellor as the Prime Minister picks her top team. Therese Coffey has also been appointed health secretary and deputy Prime Minister, while James Cleverly is now foreign secretary and Suella Braverman is home secretary. Jacob Rees-Mogg has also been given a large promotion to business [...]
Liz Truss could be the gear shift Britain needs September 6, 2022 Should you be in need of a slightly bitter laugh during your lunch break, we recommend you pop down an internet wormhole and find the video of Britain’s former business secretary and now Net Zero czar Alok Sharma proudly pressing the red button on the demolition of SSE’s Ferrybridge coal plant. It is just over [...]
Liz Truss says UK can ‘ride out the storm’ in first speech outside Number 10 September 6, 2022 Liz Truss has vowed that Britain can “ride out the storm” it is facing during her first speech outside Number 10 Downing Street. The former foreign secretary was greeted by warm applause as she arrived at Number 10 for the first time as Prime Minister, and said she would outline her energy support package later [...]
London’s FTSE 100 jumps as Liz Truss mulls cost of living support package September 6, 2022 London’s FTSE 100 jumped today driven by investors being reassured by new prime minister Liz Truss preparing to ramp up support for households and businesses this week. The capital’s premier index added 0.18 per cent to reach 7,300.44 points, while the mid-cap domestically-focused FTSE 250 index, which is more aligned with the health of the [...]
EXCLUSIVE: New PM Liz Truss will protect ‘crown jewel’ City of London September 6, 2022 Liz Truss will “empower the City to drive economic growth” through tax cuts and regulatory reform as Prime Minister, she exclusively told City A.M.. The newly-appointed Conservative leader said, who will be appointed formally by Her Majesty the Queen at Balmoral today, she wanted to maintain the Square Mile’s competitive edge and “supercharge growth and [...]
If Liz Truss thought winning was hard, governing will be a formidable task September 6, 2022 It will not feel like it to Liz Truss, but that was the easy bit. Political campaigns are always brutal, exhausting and emotional affairs; none more so than this summer’s long and fractious Conservative leadership contest. But the challenges of the last few months pale into insignificance against the enormity of what the new prime [...]
Liz Truss is new PM: Johnson loyalists Patel, Dories and Tory co-chair quit September 5, 2022 Three senior Conservative and Boris Johnson loyalists quit their roles ahead of Liz Truss being sworn in as prime minister. Priti Patel, the Home Secretary, Nadine Dorries, the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and Ben Elliott, the Johnson-appointed co-chair of the Party, announced they quit their roles. Patel took to Twitter [...]
Liz Truss: New PM can be radical – but she’ll need to keep sceptical markets onside September 5, 2022 As she gets used to the new letterhead on her stationery over the next couple of days, Liz Truss will also be introduced to the art of the balancing act. The job of Prime Minister requires different skills from that of a successful Cabinet minister, on whom it is beholden to drive forward their own [...]