The Latest Breaking News from Liz Truss

Tory MPs threaten rebellion against Liz Truss over mini-budget

Party conference overshadowed by fears that refusing to do a U-turn on tax and spending cuts will kill off election chances

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2022

Truss’s mini-budget looks likely to cost the Tories the next election

Tory MPs fear voters see them as the nasty party again after the prime minister refused to rethink tax cuts for the rich

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2022

Alan Kohler: Past budgets and tax cuts are a foreign country

When LP Hartley wrote “the past is a foreign country: they do things differently there”, as the first line of his novel The Go-Between, he was on about

The New Daily · Oct 2, 2022

Woman recalls pain of losing brother in M1 smart motorway crash as protestors call for their end

Campaigners are calling on Liz Truss to stick to her word and scrap smart motorways

Nottingham Post · Oct 2, 2022

Tory MP Steve Baker apologises to Ireland and EU for behaviour during Brexit

Northern Ireland minister says he and colleagues had not always respected others’ ‘legitimate interests’

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2022

Tory MPs hit back after threats issued to those opposing 45p tax rate abolition

Party chair Jake Berry’s ‘very provocative and very silly’ warning risks ‘breaking the dam’, say backbenchers

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2022

Radon Liz hits the Tory conference with all smirks blazing

Upbeat yet catatonic, the prime minister gives party members the impression she positively enjoys being unpopular

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2022

Tory minister Steve Baker apologises to EU for his behaviour during Brexit

Brexiteer shows contrition over ‘ferocious’ stance

The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2022

The Guardian view on the Tory conference: a carnival of shame

Editorial: The Conservative party will regret inflicting a prime minister on Britain who has packed so much failure into such a short time

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2022

Mini-budget debacle likely to create tension between Truss and Kwarteng

The turmoil in financial markets has led to reports of friction between the prime minister and her closest political ally, the chancellor

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2022