The Latest Breaking News from Liz Truss

UK Labour leader accuses government of trashing economy

The leader of Britain’s main opposition Labour Party has accused the governing Conservatives of losing control of the economy

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2022

Brexit is Tories’ ‘biggest failure’ with ‘no plan for future’, Keir Starmer says

’With Liz Truss, the Tories are changing the meaning of Brexit before your eyes”, Labour leader warns

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2022

Doncaster Sheffield airport worker 'devastated' by closure - 'I don't know what I'll do'

John Brown, from Retford, is one of 800 members of staff who face losing their job when Doncaster Sheffield Airport closes its doors following the closure decision by the Peel Group

Daily Mirror · Sep 27, 2022

Kwasi Kwarteng vows to stick with tax cut plan despite calls to ‘reverse course’

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

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2022

Day Today ‘Pound stolen’ sketch goes viral after sterling tanks

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

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2022

Critics of UK tax cut plans 'don't believe in Britain' says Tory party chairman

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

The National (Scotland) · Sep 27, 2022

Truss-favoured thinktank attacks ‘massive transfer of wealth’ to landowners

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

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2022

Keir Starmer is pulling off a drama-free Labour conference – this is the time to get radical

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

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2022

Keir Starmer must learn to box smart against this dangerous new Tory gang

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…

Evening Standard · Sep 27, 2022

After high profile sacking, UK civil servants fear for jobs under Truss

"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.

Reuters · Sep 27, 2022