The Latest Breaking News from Liz Truss

Shadow cabinet talk with Whitehall officials after Keir Starmer meets head of civil service

Unlock Democracy report notes that path to gender equality in Lords has slowed in recent years

Economists say making the policy an election pledge could cost £40bn, which is badly needed for health, education and elsewhere

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

PM says ‘people trust me on these things’ and refuses to be drawn on whether government would forgo entire £46bn raised from measure

The Tories can see the writing on the wall – so they are intent on wrecking things for an incoming Labour government, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

Will the chancellor offer tax cuts in a bid to win votes or steer clear of any bold moves with potential to backfire?

On the heels of the departure of King Charles' “hot equerry” for a more private role at the Palace, this is news we can firmly get behind.

His editor got a laugh at the ceremony for a jibe at Michael Gove

The Treasury watchdog is seen by some Tories as a block to tax cuts – and could be ignored by Jeremy Hunt

Worse than John Major amid sleaze, Boris Johnson following partygate and Liz Truss in the immediate aftermath of the calamitous “mini-Budget”. The Conservatives under Rishi Sunak have fallen to a record low of 20 per cent, according to an exclusive Ipsos poll. This is their weakest result since 1978, when…