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11 crisis issues in Liz Truss's bulging in-tray now she will be Prime Minister

The new Prime Minister inherits an economy that is juddering towards recession, a hike in energy bills and businesses on the brink of bankruptcy, writes Assistant Editor Jason Beattie

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson's pandemic legacy – where he went wrong managing COVID (and some things he got right)

The UK sees a change of leadership on September 6 2022, with Liz Truss selected by Conservative Party members to replace Boris Johnson as the UK prime minister. Johnson’s term of course coincided with the emergence of the COVID pandemic, a global crisis that required skilled national leadership. Did Johnson…

The Conversation

Nadine Dorries To Return To Backbenches As Liz Truss Takes Helm At No 10

Nadine Dorries has announced she is standing down as Culture Secretary following Boris Johnson’s departure from No 10.Sources close to the Tory MP – who was a prominent supporter of Liz Truss during the leadership election – said she believed it was the right time to go.It is understood she…

Evening Standard

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Boris Johnson farewell speech: Who was the Roman statesman Cincinnatus?

‘I am returning to my plough and I will be offering this government nothing but the most fervent support,’ says outgoing prime minister as he makes way for Liz Truss

The Independent UK

‘Thanks babe’: Even Sweden’s PM has been tweeting the wrong Liz Truss

Liz Trussell has responded to tweets accidentally sent to her account following Liz Truss’s victory

Evening Standard

Tory MP who blocked upskirting bill put forward for Partygate inquiry

‘Why would anyone think he was appropriate?’ says Labour’s Jess Phillips

The Independent UK

World leaders react to Liz Truss’s appointment as Prime Minister of the UK

Keir Starmer and Nicola Sturgeon congratulated Truss but urged the new Tory leader to address the cost-of-living crisis

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Boris Johnson speech factchecked: How do the former PM’s claims about his legacy stack up?

Claims studded with half-truths, partial accounts and economies with the truth

The Independent UK

Nadine Dorries confirms resignation from Cabinet amid peerage speculation

NADINE Dorries, one of Boris Johnson’s fiercest defenders, is to stand down as Culture Secretary following his departure from No 10.

The National (Scotland)

Liz Truss statement today: What time is the new PM’s speech today?

Liz Truss heading to Balmoral for audience with Queen

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson calls for party to get behind Liz Truss as he says goodbye to No10

Cheered on and applauded by a group of loyal MPs and ministers, Mr Johnson also attempted to scotch rumours of a comeback

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson declares the UK will 'never, ever' break up as he gives farewell speech

The outgoing Prime Minister dropped some familiar soundbites in as he said goodbye to No 10

Wales Online

What is the 1922 Committee? William Wragg steps down as vice chairman after 'honeytrap' scandal

The 1922 Committee got its nickname from the year its first members were elected

Evening Standard

Booster rocket or Roman dictator? Boris Johnson says farewell, for now

Comparing himself to a booster rocket that had fulfilled its mission, Boris Johnson said farewell to his Downing Street residence and office on Tuesday and described his future plans as a return to a quieter life.

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Liverpool Echo

ITV Good Morning Britain viewers 'sickened' by Susanna Reid's Boris Johnson comments

Mr Johnson delivered his final speech as Prime Minister today

Liverpool Echo

Thousands of firefighters to ballot for strike action over pay

The Fire Brigades Union said 32,500 of its members across the UK will vote in the next few weeks

The Independent UK

Where does Boris Johnson stand in the pantheon of modern British prime ministers?

He’s clearly not in the Churchill or Thatcher first class, and his personal flaws and precipitate fall from power means he’s demoted below the likes of Blair and Wilson in the second division. However, Brexit and his election success put him above May and Cameron, writes Sean O’Grady

The Independent UK

Kwasi Kwarteng: The chancellor with a tough task ahead

The former business secretary’s delicate political manoeuvring has served him well, including backing Liz Truss. But, asks Tom Peck, is ideological fantasy about to hit reality?

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Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson's claims unpicked as departing Prime Minister gives rambling final speech

Before heading to Balmoral to tender his resignation to the Queen, the departing PM compared himself to a "booster rocket" and a Roman statesman.

Daily Record

Nicola Sturgeon brands Boris Johnson 'the worst Prime Minister in her lifetime'

During his farewell speech on the steps of Downing Street Boris Johnson took a thinly veiled swipe at the First Minister.

Al Jazeera

Queen appoints Liz Truss as UK’s prime minister

Truss is asked by the British monarch to form a new government a day after the Conservative Party picked her as a leader

The Guardian - UK

Patrick Minford: maverick economist who inspired Truss and Thatcher

Brexiter tells Guardian that new PM understands need for tax cuts and orthodoxy must be challenged to revitalise economy

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson likens himself to Roman who returned as dictator

Departing PM references Cincinnatus, who turned to farming after leaving Rome – but then returned to power

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson: Read his final speech in full

‘The baton will handed over in what has unexpectedly turned out to be a relay race’

Daily Mirror

What Boris Johnson could do next - £115k allowance, Shakespeare book and memoir

Boris Johnson won't slip away quietly as the first real celebrity politician, says one British politics specialist

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