The Latest Breaking News from Liz Truss

Boris Johnson is ‘pound-shop Nigel Farage’ for opposing Sunak Brexit deal, says Steve Baker

Northern Ireland minister Steve Baker said to have been booted out of ERG WhatsApp group after insult

The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2023

Johnson warned he risks looking like ‘pound shop Farage’ with Brexit opposition

The former prime minister has said he plans to vote against the Stormont brake element of Rishi Sunak’s Windsor Framework.

The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2023

Muted opposition: UK's Sunak wins Northern Ireland trade vote in parliament

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak won the backing of parliament on Wednesday for a key element of a reworked post-Brexit deal on Northern Ireland despite opposition from the province's biggest unionist party and some of his lawmakers.

Reuters · Mar 22, 2023

Joe Lycett says viral stunts put ‘pressure’ on his mental health to stop doing them

‘It’s much easier for me, actually, if I’m not trending... I live a much happier, quieter life,’ said the comedian

The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2023

‘An opportunist in search of an opportunity’: what next for Boris Johnson?

The Partygate and pandemic inquiries could end his political career. But his band of dedicated supporters hope he can still return as leader to save the Tories

The Guardian - UK · Mar 19, 2023

The Observer view on Jeremy Hunt’s failure to tackle the scars left by austerity

The chancellor’s spring budget is stymied by arbitrary debt targets

The Guardian - UK · Mar 19, 2023

Sunak and Hunt have the Tory blind spot: they can’t see how greedy they look to everyone else

Even in a budget that sought to rehabilitate the party in the eyes of ordinary people, they couldn’t resist making the rich richer, says the Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2023

Labour says Hunt budget unravelling amid criticism on pensions

Shadow chancellor says pension changes are ‘wrong priority, at the wrong time, for the wrong people’

The Guardian - UK · Mar 16, 2023

Lib Dems to target Labour voters in ‘blue wall’ swing seats, says Ed Davey

Party leader hopes letter campaign in commuter belt areas can tempt voters to switch in order to beat Tories

The Guardian - UK · Mar 16, 2023

Time and again the Tories’ ship of fools takes us for … fools

From Liz and Kamikwazi to Rish! on NHS pay, it’s more Britannia unhinged than unchained

The Guardian - UK · Mar 16, 2023