Liz Truss travel bill in last months as foreign secretary hit nearly £2m

Overseas trips made by Liz Truss during the six months included a £454,000 visit to Australia and another, costing £229,000, to Washington DC. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Liz Truss racked up a bill of almost £2m on overseas visits during her final months as foreign secretary, according to new analysis that the Liberal Democrats said showed she had “quite literally been taking the taxpayer for a ride”.

In 20 trips during the first six months of the year, a total of £1.8m was spent, despite the now prime minister’s call for prudence with public money and government departments being told to find “efficiency savings”.