The Latest Breaking News from Liz Truss

Dissenting voices on royal mourning have been silenced. This is ‘cancel culture’

Fear of being attacked by a rightwing mob is stifling freedom of expression following the Queen’s death, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2022

Anger as Chinese leaders invited to Queen's funeral - despite Ambassador's Parliament ban

A group of MPs and peers said it was 'extraordinary that the architects of genocide' against Uighur Muslims were asked to attend the Queen's funeral

Daily Mirror · Sep 15, 2022

Date set for Kwasi Kwarteng's emergency Budget next week

It is understood that a separate announcement on an energy package is also expected next week, possibly on Wednesday or Thursday

Birmingham Post · Sep 15, 2022

A message to Liz Truss? Macron praises France’s ‘unbreakable tie’ with UK after call with King Charles III

The French president said the two nations will ‘follow the path laid by Queen Elizabeth II’

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2022

Brexit: UK tells EU it will extend grace periods on Northern Ireland border checks

EU expected to hold off on further escalation in row, despite unilateral move by Liz Truss government

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2022

Kwasi Kwarteng to deliver emergency mini-budget on 23 September

Chancellor to bring in winter tax cuts and announce further energy support at end of mourning period

The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2022

UK risks angering EU further with response to post-Brexit legal threats

The Government is understood to have told Brussels it will continue with the grace periods relating to the Northern Ireland Protocol.

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2022

Why Black Wednesday still matters – it was the start of markets telling politicians what to do

I spent Black Wednesday – the day the markets successfully bet against the power of the British government to prop up the pound sterling – on the 28th floor of Dresdner Bank’s headquarters in Frankfurt. I had just been hired as an exchange-student intern in the back office for currency…

The Conversation · Sep 15, 2022

Nicola Sturgeon cancels trip to New York to attend United Nations

The First Minister was expected to fly to the United States next week to attend a series of events on climate change.

Daily Record · Sep 15, 2022

UK to continue suspending Northern Ireland border checks as it responds to EU legal challenge

Despite politics being paused during the mourning period for the Queen, the Government responded to the EU's legal action ahead of Thursday’s…

The National (Scotland) · Sep 15, 2022