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The Latest Breaking News from Downing Street

What happens to Larry the cat as Boris Johnson leaves office?

Chief mouser to Downing Street to remain in place, a steadying presence amid political upheaval

The Independent UK

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

Al Jazeera

What will Boris Johnson do next? Surely not a return to No 10 …

The former prime minister will make a lot of money writing columns and giving speeches, but friends hint at a Churchillian comeback

The Guardian - UK

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Hawkish Truss faces credibility test over Northern Ireland, EU

Liz Truss travels to Scotland on Tuesday to formalise her accession to Downing Street with Queen Elizabeth II. Hawkishness on Russia and China characterises the next British PM’s foreign policy agenda – but so does hawkishness with the EU over the Brexit deal’s Northern Ireland Protocol. Truss now faces a…

France 24

What next for Rishi Sunak as defeated Tory says he won't quit politics

Today's result leaves the former Chancellor at a crossroads, but he today insisted he would fight another General Election despite facing being consigned to the sidelines under Liz Truss

Daily Mirror

Pizza nights and sleepovers? How Liz Truss’s children may cope with life at No 10

Prime ministers have taken very different approaches to blending home and work life at Downing Street

The Guardian - UK

What happens to Larry the cat when Boris Johnson leaves office?

Chief mouser to Downing Street to remain in place, a steadying presence amid political upheaval

The Independent UK

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Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg review – debut nerves? Yes, for Liz Truss

Launching a new live broadcasting show is normally pulse-thumpingly stressful for the host, not her guest

The Guardian - UK

Don't write Boris Johnson off, says UK PM's former aide

People should not write off Boris Johnson, a former close aide to the leader said on Sunday, suggesting the outgoing British prime minister could make a return to high office one day despite being forced from power.

Reuters

Labour guided by ‘common sense’ not ideology to fix country, says Starmer

Sir Keir Starmer warned that the ‘centre is not holding.

The Independent UK

Pack cabinet with Johnson loyalists at your peril, Liz Truss is warned

Senior Tories tell likely leadership winner that she needs to appoint an inclusive team as row looms over Partygate report

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson discussed mystery 'improper conduct' probe with ethics chief before he quit

Downing Street is keeping the identity of the subject of the investigation secret - along with messages between Lord Geidt and the PM in the days before he resigned as ethics advisor

Daily Mirror

No10 spent £130,000 of public money on lawyers to call Boris Johnson probe 'unfair'

A legal opinion commissioned by the government criticised the Commons investigation into the PM's conduct - and cost £130,000 of taxpayers' money

Daily Mirror

Brendan Hughes: Big challenges but low bar of expectations for next Northern Ireland secretary

For a role long seen as a poisoned chalice, it is perhaps refreshing that someone appears to actually want to be appointed as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

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The National (Scotland)

Downing Street spends £130,000 on legal advice for PM in partygate probe

LEGAL opinion commissioned by the Government from a top lawyer criticising the Commons investigation into whether Boris Johnson misled Parliament…

Daily Record

Boris Johnson's 15 worst scandals and gaffes from hiding in a fridge to fighting Marcus Rashford

The Chris Pincher affair was the last straw but there were many scandals before then that added to the frustrations about Johnson within the Conservative Party.

The Independent UK

Lord Pannick advice on ‘unlawful’ probe cost £130,000

Downing Street commissioned the legal advice from the crossbench peer and published it on Friday in a highly unusual move.

Reuters

Factbox-How will Britain's next prime minister be announced?

Britain will get a new prime minister next week, with either Foreign Secretary Liz Truss or former finance minister Rishi Sunak being announced on Monday as the next leader of the governing Conservative Party, and the next prime minister.

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The Independent UK

Truss and Sunak urged to end ‘toxic culture’ at Westminster with new process for sexual misconduct claims

Next PM must ‘clean up’ system, says Prospect union amid fresh allegations

The Independent UK

The Queen and Boris Johnson: Constitutional problems, parties and apologies

Mr Johnson, who will tender his resignation to the head of state next week, had a controversial time as PM.

The Independent UK

Just Stop Oil protesters ‘wreaking havoc’ and costing millions, says No 10

Downing Street said Boris Johnson backed Home Secretary Priti Patel in condemning the protest group.

Evening Standard

Watch: Emily Maitlis says BBC ‘sought to pacify’ No10 after Newsnight rebuke

Emily Maitlis said the BBC “sought to pacify” Downing Street by issuing a swift apology for her Newsnight monologue about Dominic Cummings.The journalist added her introduction received “way more attention than in truth it ever deserved”.Maitlis, 51, who left the BBC this year for rival media group Global, used the…

Evening Standard

BBC ‘sought to pacify’ No10 after Newsnight rebuke, says Emily Maitlis

Emily Maitlis said the BBC “sought to pacify” Downing Street by issuing a swift apology for her Newsnight monologue about Dominic Cummings.

The Guardian - UK

Emily Maitlis says ‘active Tory party agent’ shaping BBC news output

Former Newsnight presenter says former No 10 communications chief Sir Robbie Gibb on board acting as ‘arbiter of impartiality’

The National (Scotland)

Downing Street responsible for energy bills and inflation, say Greens

Decisions made in Downing Street are responsible for rising prices, energy bills and the highest rate of inflation in the G7, the Scottish Greens…

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