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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Michael Savage Policy Editor

‘Disconnected from reality’: Tory MPs plan rebellion over Liz Truss’s economic agenda

Some Conservatives are in talks with Labour over how to block elements of the PM’s sweeping plans.
Some Conservatives are in talks with Labour over how to block elements of the PM’s sweeping plans. Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images

Liz Truss is already facing the possibility of crippling parliamentary rebellions over welfare, planning and a new wave of austerity, as MPs warn that No 10 has become “disconnected from reality”.

With some Conservatives in talks with Labour over how to block elements of the prime minister’s sweeping plans, senior Tories believe that Truss is now heading into the bruising parliamentary warfare that characterised Theresa May’s beleaguered premiership.

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