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’s fashion journey to Downing Street: From fluorescent suits to Thatcher bows September 6, 2022 Liz Truss’s journey from Liberal Democrat speech-maker to Conservative Prime Minister has involved a number of eye-catching moments, not least the colourful outfits she has worn. Whether standing on a podium, striding to and from 10 Downing Street, or hitting the campaign trail, the latest UK leader has made a name for herself with a [...]
Energy firms welcome price cap freeze as Truss leans towards £100bn package September 6, 2022 Energy bosses have welcomed reports that Liz Truss is edging towards a price cap freeze to stave off spikes in the price cap this winter.
Liz Truss is the UK’s new Prime Minister after meeting with the Queen September 6, 2022 Liz Truss is the UK’s new Prime Minister after being asked to form government by the Queen in Balmoral this afternoon. Truss is now on her way back to London to deliver her maiden speech as Prime Minister outside Number 10. A Buckingham Palace spokesperson said: “The Queen received in audience The Right Honourable Elizabeth [...]
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 [...]
Letters: A new dawn, same problems September 6, 2022 [Re: Liz Truss will be the next UK Prime Minister, yesterday] We’ve spent the summer listening to Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak fight it out over who will be the next prime minister. Now, we finally have a new prime minister but we have all the same problems we had before the leadership election was announced. [...]
Truss urged by City to keep bank tax cut to boost competitiveness September 5, 2022 Liz Truss has been urged by City figures to slash taxes on banks amid speculation the incoming Prime Minister could lighten the tax burden for UK firms. Ex-chancellor Rishi Sunak last year announced a cut in the UK bank surcharge on profits from 8 to 3 per cent to offset the effect of a planned [...]
Liz Truss to become Britain’s next Prime Minister after winning Tory leadership race September 5, 2022 Liz Truss will be crowned as the UK’s new Prime Minister tomorrow, after winning the Conservative party leadership contest. Truss today beat out rival Rishi Sunak at the end of the two-month contest and will be appointed as Prime Minister by the Queen tomorrow in Balmoral. Truss won just over 57 per cent of the [...]
Utilita boss: Energy sector will support price cap freeze September 5, 2022 The energy sector would support a price cap freeze to ease record household bills this winter, argued Utilita Energy chair Derek Lickorish.
Liz Truss weighs up £100bn plan to freeze record energy bills September 5, 2022 Liz Truss is expected to unveil a vast support package to deal with surging energy costs, as first reported in The Times.