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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Liz Truss was paid more than £90,000 for five-day visit to Taiwan

TAIWAN'S PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE/AFP

Former British prime minister Liz Truss was paid more than £90,000 for her five-day trip to Taiwan in May, a visit that was severely criticised by China.

Ms Truss, the shortest-serving prime minister of the UK for just 44 days, was the first British leader to visit Taiwan since Margaret Thatcher in 1996.

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