MPs plot bid to block Boris Johnson from ever becoming prime minister again THE Liberal Democrats have launched a bid to block Boris Johnson from becoming prime minister again. The National (Scotland) · Oct 21, 2022
Churchill, Gladstone, Johnson? The prime ministers who made comebacks after leaving Downing Street Winston Churchill returned to No 10 in 1951 after a period in opposition The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2022
Liz Truss can claim £115,000 every year from taxpayer after resigning as Prime Minister Liz Truss announced that she would be stepping down from her role as Prime Minister on Thursday (October 20) after she said she was unable to deliver the mandate she was elected to do. Edinburgh Live · Oct 21, 2022
How will the race for the UK’s next prime minister unfold? The ruling Conservative Party is expected to select the new prime minister by October 28 following Truss’s resignation. Al Jazeera · Oct 21, 2022
Why the energy price cap isn’t what it seems Liz Truss initially moved to rein in runaway household bills caused by rising global gas prices, only for new chancellor Jeremy Hunt to cut short government aid The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2022
Nadine Dorries to stand in for Piers Morgan on TalkTV show Piers Morgan will be taking a week off from presenting Uncensored Manchester Evening News · Oct 21, 2022
Return to power would allow Boris Johnson to emulate his hero It would also make sense of an obscure reference in his resignation speech Wales Online · Oct 21, 2022
When is the £400 winter fuel payment due? Households will start receiving money off their energy bills from October The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2022
All the cost of living help available and how to get the payment Poorer households are expected to be hardest-hit, while eldery people have reported having to choose between heating or eating The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2022
Liz Truss resigns: so why isn't the UK having an election? Liz Truss resigned as the Conservative party leader just 45 days after being elected to that position. She was forced out by her backbenchers because of a disastrously misjudged mini-budget, concerns about her competency and a catastrophic collapse in the Conservatives’ poll ratings. She is now destined to become the… The Conversation · Oct 21, 2022
First Thing: Boris Johnson urged to make comeback after Liz Truss resigns Former PM dominates debate as contest to replace Liz Truss begins, only six weeks after he left office. Plus, the lettuce that outlasted Truss The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2022
ITV Good Morning Britain viewers slam show for giving Boris Johnson's dad 'air time' with Kate Garraway and Adil Ray His appearance came as supporters of Boris Johnson are backing the former PM to make an extraordinary political comeback Manchester Evening News · Oct 21, 2022
Timeline: Key moments in Liz Truss’s 45 days as prime minister PM has resigned as Tory leader after shortest ever reign in Downing Street The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2022
Keir Starmer demands 44-day PM Liz Truss turns down her £115,000-a-year fund for life Labour's leader demanded the Prime Minister, who is 47, refuse the Public Duty Cost Allowance, which she is able to claim at £115,000 a year until the day she dies. John Major is claiming the full amount 25 years after he left office Daily Mirror · Oct 21, 2022
Evening Standard · Oct 21, 2022 Odds on who is going to replace Liz Truss as Prime Minister Truss will step down as PM when her successor is appointed in the next week
The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2022 Boris Johnson: The ex-PM who could copy his hero with second stint in Number 10 Boris Johnson has been dogged by scandal throughout his career, but his election-winning record could tempt MPs to gamble on him once again.
The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2022 Stability of UK economy in Ireland’s interest, country’s finance minister says Paschal Donohoe said he hopes close cooperation between the two countries can resume with a new UK Prime Minister.
Manchester Evening News · Oct 21, 2022 Police appeal for public's help to find suspected burglar Reece Taylor has links to Heywood, Rochdale and Bury
Axios · Oct 21, 2022 Lessons from the ouster of UK's Truss: "The bill has come due" The bond vigilantes are back in force.
France 24 · Oct 21, 2022 Britain's leadership crisis: 'We need to drop the ego' A day after declaring she was "a fighter not a quitter", Liz Truss resigned, becoming the shortest-serving British prime minister in history. With the UK now poised to have its fifth leader in six years, we discuss the leadership crisis with political writer, author and leadership specialist Stefan Stern. He…
The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2022 Liz Truss’s history of U-turns as PM steps down after just 45 days in power Britain’s short-lived PM was no stranger to about-turns even before she entered Downing Street
Daily Record · Oct 21, 2022 Boris Johnson returning as Prime Minister would fill Scots with 'revulsion' SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford hit out at reports the former PM is eyeing a return after the humiliating exit of Liz Truss
Evening Standard · Oct 21, 2022 Petition calling for a general election passes 300k signatures The new Prime Minister will be elected via an online vote next Friday
The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2022 The Tory leadership race is not just a political battle – it’s religious warfare The party has reached a stage where purity of faith is valued over sound judgment or evidence, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
Edinburgh Live · Oct 21, 2022 Edinburgh police arrest teen wanted on suspicion of murder in London The 17-year-old male was arrested in the Capital on Wednesday and he has since been transferred to a police station in London.