The Latest Breaking News from Liz Truss

The Labour leader sought to present himself as a prime minister in waiting in a speech attacking the Tories’ economic record

KEIR Starmer said Labour would establish a publicly owned “Great British Energy” within the first year of power.

Chancellor insists strategy ‘will work’ and promises ‘credible plan’ to address debt next month

Social media users post sardonic British humour after Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget

Meanwhile, a YouGov poll found that seven in 10 Tory voters don't approve of the plans which disproportionately benefit high-earners

UK government criticised for reviewing plan to pay farmers for environmental protection

History shows the party needs a compelling alternative to triumph, says Elliot Chappell of LabourList

When he was first jotting down notes over the summer for his Labour conference speech today in Liverpool, could Sir Keir Starmer have possibly imagined the backdrop against which it would be delivered? That he would be presenting his revived party as a government-in-waiting, while Prime Minister Liz Truss and…

"Speaking truth unto power" has long been the motto of Britain's civil service, but now some government workers charged with offering ministers impartial advice whatever their party are fearful of their political bosses and are keeping quiet.

It's the financial equivalent of a no-confidence vote.

A shipyard in Port Glasgow could have benefited from preferential treatment by the Scottish Government, an investigation has found.