The Latest Breaking News from Liz Truss

Tory leadership race 'poses Thatcher threat to Scotland amid lurch to the right'

THE SNP have warned of a growing “Thatcher threat” to Scotland with the Tory leadership race lurching “even further to the right”.

The National (Scotland) · Jul 24, 2022

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss BOTH lurch to right with grim migrant pledges

Rivals Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak vying to be Britain's next Prime Minister showed tonight that whichever way the scandal-hit Tories go, the UK will see further attempts to crack down on illegal migration - including the widely derided Rwanda asylum scheme

Daily Mirror · Jul 23, 2022

Rishi Sunak says as PM he would cap number of refugees UK accepts

Tory leadership candidate’s pledge follows favourite Liz Truss’s claim she would extend Rwanda scheme

The Guardian - UK · Jul 23, 2022

Travel chaos is ‘the new normal’ after Brexit, British tourists are warned

Anger over lack of cash for Dover upgrade as Tory candidates try to blame France for delays

The Guardian - UK · Jul 23, 2022

Rishi Sunak ahead of Liz Truss by only a few percentage points after public asked to rate Prime Minister candidates

The results suggest the public are split on the two Conservative Party leadership candidates

Wales Online · Jul 23, 2022

'Boris Johnson's final PMQs was a flat performance, not the grand exit we expected'

Keir Mudie says everyone expected some sort of grand exit from Boris Johnson, but his last PMQs was an 'oddly flat occasion', mainly remembered for the moment he said: 'Hasta la vista, baby'

Daily Mirror · Jul 23, 2022

Sunak and Truss ramp up leadership campaigns ahead of regional hustings

Rishi Sunak claims he is the underdog and is being targeted by ‘the forces that be’

Evening Standard · Jul 23, 2022

Red wall poll puts PM hopefuls under pressure to fix broken childcare system

Some 66% of voters in ‘red wall’ constituencies either somewhat or strongly support ‘a policy of free universal childcare’, according to polling carried out on behalf of the Common Wealth think tank, and campaigners Women’s Budget Group and Pregnant then Screwed

Daily Mirror · Jul 23, 2022

Thatcher ministers turn on Liz Truss over tax cut plans

Chris Patten, Norman Lamont and Malcolm Rifkind warn former PM would never have approved borrowing to fund £30bn cuts

The Guardian - UK · Jul 23, 2022

Pensioners heading to France for summer holiday brand Dover travel chaos 'a disaster'

Pensioners Paul and Wendy Nicholas, from Brockenhurst, Hants, were heading to Cologne, France, to join a Saga river cruise. They said 150 people were due to join the seven-night cruise

Daily Mirror · Jul 23, 2022