The Latest Breaking News from Liz Truss

Nicola Sturgeon calls for PM to quit as pressure for general election grows

The First Minister said Tory MPs should back an election if Liz Truss does not resign.

The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2022

Liz Truss ‘hanging by a thread’ as PM, says Lord Hague, after corporation tax U-turn and axing of chancellor

Prime Minister insists she will stay on as leader as she fights for survival of premiership

Evening Standard · Oct 14, 2022

Truss was right to focus on growth. But her rush to get things done was short-sighted

City comment: Rather than hurrying to make announcements, the PM should have spent more time reassuring markets her policies were credible

Evening Standard · Oct 14, 2022

Liz Truss U-turns on corporation tax and admits her plan ‘has to change’

PM concedes radical mini-Budget ‘went further and faster than markets were expecting’

The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2022

Liz Truss rushes out of ultra-short NINE-minute press conference after refusing to resign

The Prime Minister was gone in the blink of an eye after telling the nation she would continue with her mission to grow the economy - despite sacking Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng and U-turning over corporation tax due to market turmoil

Daily Mirror · Oct 14, 2022

Liz Truss challenged on her credibility in very brief press conference

LIZ Truss dodged a question on whether she has any “credibility” to continue as Prime Minister during a very short press conference from Downing…

The National (Scotland) · Oct 14, 2022

Can Liz Truss outlast a lettuce, UK tabloid asks in Twitter post

A British newspaper on Friday pitted Liz Truss in a race against a lettuce, asking readers if they thought the under-fire prime minister would lose her job before the vegetable decayed.

Reuters · Oct 14, 2022

Who is the new chancellor Jeremy Hunt?

Jeremy Hunt was appointed chancellor hours after Kwasi Kwarteng's sacking

Manchester Evening News · Oct 14, 2022

Liz Truss U-turns on corporation tax after Kwasi Kwarteng sacked

Liz Truss tore up the mini budget with an £18 billion corporation tax U-turn after sacking Kwasi Kwarteng as Chancellor on Friday. The reversal came as the prime minister held a press conference after a tumultuous day where she sacked Mr Kwarteng, one of her closest allies, and appointed Jeremy…

Evening Standard · Oct 14, 2022

Liz Truss confirms scrapping of corporation tax rise in latest mini-budget U-turn

It comes after Jeremy Hunt replaced Kwasi Kwarteng as Chancellor

Wales Online · Oct 14, 2022