Liz Truss admits she didn’t understand ‘tinderbox’ pension problem prior to mini-Budget disaster Former PM says she has no desire to return to No 10 and vows to keep pushing for tax cuts The Independent UK · Feb 6, 2023
Liz Truss: Five key things to watch out for as ex-PM gives first interview Unrepentant former PM continues her comeback bid with online grilling The Independent UK · Feb 6, 2023
Sunak will always listen to former PMs, says No10 after Truss intervention Liz Truss defended her attempts to revive growth in her first detailed comments since she was forced out of No 10. The Independent UK · Feb 6, 2023
If the Tories listen to the siren voice of 49-day Liz Truss they will be sunk When a party falls to pieces, look out for the phase in which it starts to blame the world for its own flaws. In a 4,000-word essay in The Daily Telegraph that would have been funnier but no less absurd if it had been written by Lewis Carroll, the 49-day… Evening Standard · Feb 6, 2023
Matt Hancock baffles followers by ironing a shirt on TikTok ‘The shirts have been a bit creased, so here goes’ Matt said Evening Standard · Feb 6, 2023
Liz Truss’s claim she was not warned about mini-budget risks ‘misleading’ Senior economists and ex-chancellor George Osborne round on former PM after she says Treasury officials raised no concerns The Guardian - UK · Feb 5, 2023
Liz Truss seems keen to make comeback, but is anyone else on board? Former PM not trying to keep a low profile, but former allies have their own ambitions and few would risk a return The Guardian - UK · Feb 5, 2023
Truss was right to argue for tax cuts, says ex-Tory chairman The former prime minister has defended her policies as Rishi Sunak faces demands from some Conservative MPs to reduce the tax burden. The Independent UK · Feb 5, 2023
Liz Truss blames downfall on 'left-wing economic establishment' LIZ Truss has insisted she was never given a “realistic chance” to implement her radical tax-cutting agenda by her party and by a “powerful… The National (Scotland) · Feb 5, 2023
Labour would not have 'got to the point' of keeping Nottinghamshire power stations going this winter Ed Miliband was on a visit to Mansfield and spoke about the Government's step to keep two Nottinghamshire coal-fired power stations available this winter. Nottingham Post · Feb 5, 2023
Liz Truss says tax cut plans were never given a chance and slams 'economic establishment' The former prime minister has made her first detailed comments since the end of her tumultuous 49-day stint in the top job Wales Online · Feb 4, 2023
Liz Truss: I was never given a chance - old Ex-PM has blamed Tory opponents and a ‘powerful economic establishment’ for the failure of her radical tax cutting agenda. The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2023
Britain the only G7 economy forecast to shrink in 2023 IMF says UK economy is likely to contract 0.6% as rising interest rates and higher taxes take toll The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2023
Hunt became chancellor after a Tory tax calamity. History suggests he’s doomed Like Roy Jenkins and Kenneth Clarke before him, he can do little but tackle a crisis bequeathed to him by Conservative folly The Guardian - UK · Jan 28, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2023 Jeremy Hunt to promote low-tax and private sector ‘retooling’ of industry Chancellor also expected to tell markets that government spending will remain within strict limits
The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2023 Government refusal of £1.2bn cross-Channel energy project quashed by High Court Aquind’s proposals for a new electricity link between the UK and France will have to be considered afresh by Business Secretary Grant Shapps.
Daily Mirror · Jan 23, 2023 Desperate man who couldn't get NHS dentist pulls out 5 of his teeth with pliers A man has told how he had to extract five of his teeth as there were no NHS dentists in his area available to take him on thanks to closures during the pandemic
The Guardian - UK · Jan 22, 2023 The Observer view on the free market thinking that failed Britishvolt The government’s hands-off approach meant the odds were against the EV battery startup from the start
Birmingham Post · Jan 22, 2023 How the grand Britishvolt scheme turned sour - and what happens next What went wrong with the Britishvolt plan - and what will happen next on a project that is crucial to the North East’s future?
Evening Standard · Jan 18, 2023 Accents still rule Britain, says Scottish actor Jack Lowden Scottish actor Jack Lowden complains that people with plummy voices get an easier ride, claiming “accent rules” in the UK.
Daily Mirror · Jan 17, 2023 Personalised 'Jenga' lectern used by Liz Truss during 49 days as PM cost taxpayers £4,000 Downing Street has revealed that £4,175 of public money was spent on the higgledy-piggledy lectern that was specially made for Liz Truss, before she was forced to quit
The Guardian - UK · Jan 12, 2023 Bank of England completes sale of £19bn emergency bond purchases after mini-budget Bloomberg estimates Bank made profit of £3.5bn after intervening to prevent run on pension funds
The Guardian - UK · Jan 7, 2023 ‘Labour doesn’t seem to understand how it’s happening’: meet the new Black Tories The Conservatives are keen to boast about the diversity of their top team – but the party has never been seen as a natural home for Black voters. Can a small group of Black Tories change that?
Manchester Evening News · Jan 1, 2023 The year of three prime ministers - how Britain went from Boris to budget bedlam then back to billionaire Rishi A look back at a turbulent year in UK politics
The Guardian - UK · Jan 1, 2023 Crypto collapses, Mone’s masks and golden goodbyes: the 2022 Observer business awards The Conservative peer’s peerless public service work, Sam Bankman-Fried’s strange love life and Elon Musk, as usual, feature highly in this year’s prestigious honours list