The Latest Breaking News from Liz Truss

Liz Truss ‘will scrap parts of Northern Ireland Protocol as soon as next week’

The protocol effectively creates checks on goods flowing from Great Britain to Northern Ireland to allow an open border with Ireland.

The Independent UK · May 10, 2022

Vladimir Putin branded a Nazi and should be ended the same way, UK defence secretary says

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has been speaking out on the Russia's VE Day

Manchester Evening News · May 9, 2022

Putin’s regime ‘mirroring fascism and tyranny’ of Nazis and should share same fate, Ben Wallace says on Russia’s ‘Victory Day’

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace’s speech comes on the same day Vladimir Putin stages a military parade to mark the victory over Nazi Germany

Evening Standard · May 9, 2022

Truss condemns ‘war crime’ after Russian bomb hits Ukrainian school

The Foreign Secretary said she was ‘horrified’ by the incident which is feared to have left dozens dead.

The Independent UK · May 8, 2022

'Local elections left country confused as Boris Johnson's future remains unclear'

The local elections have left the UK's political future unclear and difficult to forecast, with Boris Johnson's future uncertain and no party having a clear path to power, Keir Mudie says

Daily Mirror · May 7, 2022

Ukraine subject ‘to barbarism’ as Russia ‘murdering innocent civilians’, says Liz Truss

She also lamented that ‘evidence continues to mount of Russian forces murdering innocent civilians’

Evening Standard · May 7, 2022

Who should be the next Prime Minister after Boris Johnson?

With Prime Minister Boris Johnson's reputation on the line, who is most likely to succeed him?

Manchester Evening News · May 6, 2022

Ukraine: boosting European defence spending now won't make up for decades of underinvestment

The west has to dramatically “reboot” its approach to dealing with aggressors in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to UK foreign secretary Liz Truss. “Geopolitics is back”, she told an audience at the Mansion House in London recently in what has been reported as a major foreign…

The Conversation · May 6, 2022

EU countries are ‘almost there’ in agreeing to bloc’s proposed new package of sanctions against Russia – as it happened

This blog has now closed. You can find our latest coverage of the Russia-Ukraine war in our new live blog

The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2022

UK provides more aid to help most vulnerable in Ukraine

Liz Truss announced that £45 million will go to UN agencies and charities delivering lifesaving aid in Ukraine and at its borders.

The Independent UK · May 4, 2022