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Liz Truss has finally taken over as Prime Minister. Will she be able to reclaim the support for the Conservative Party squandered by Boris Johnson, asks Political editor-at-large Martin Shipton

The Welsh journalist, who spent seven months as Mr Johnson's director of communications, said the former PM 'put in a massive shift'

The UK’s new prime minister, Liz Truss, has pledged to suspend green levies on energy bills and look for “better ways to deliver our net zero targets”. Despite a record-breaking heatwave plus wildfires, droughts and floods worldwide, neither contender for the Conservative Party leadership felt the urge, as David Cameron…

Conservative Party leader Liz Truss has been appointed Prime Minister after meeting the Queen, and later appeared in Downing Street to greet the waiting media.

Truss became prime minister on Tuesday and immediately confronted the enormous task ahead of her amid increasing pressure to curb soaring prices, ease labor unrest and fix the health care system.

Stirling’s MP has cast doubt over whether new Prime Minister Liz Truss can “rise to the challenge” of dealing with the ongoing energy cost crisis following her election victory this week. Ms Truss won the approval of Conservative party members and w

One of the first things the new UK prime minister Liz Truss did upon winning the Conservative party leadership race was to reiterate her desire to turn the UK into a low-tax economy.

Liz Trussell, who has the Twitter handle @LizTruss, has been mistakenly sent congratulatory messages intended for the new Prime Minister.

The Home Secretary is the latest to step down from her role