Who will be the next Prime Minister - odds on who will win leadership election Boris Johnson is 13/1 to make a sensational comeback at No.10 Wales Online · Oct 20, 2022
Who may replace Liz Truss as Prime Minister quits after 44 days in Downing Street Liz Truss announced on Thursday, October 20 that she was standing down as Prime Minister. Daily Record · Oct 20, 2022
Crunch Commons vote on fracking descends into farce More than 40 Tories fail to back Liz Truss’s government amid allegations MPs were manhandled The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2022
Tory MPs briefed to 'unite or wither' as Truss premiership hangs in balance TORY MPs are being briefed to “unite” and “deliver stability” as members are being warned that no governing party has changed leader twice… The National (Scotland) · Oct 19, 2022
Liz Truss faces election suicide if she scraps pension triple lock for millions Liz Truss, who has abandoned her disastrous mini-budget, faces a crucial Prime Minister's Questions today as she seems poised to break her triple lock pension pledge Daily Mirror · Oct 18, 2022
Who could replace Liz Truss as Prime Minister - from Boris Johnson to Rishi Sunak The embattled PM has resigned in a brief 90 second statement outside Number 10 after just 44 days in office - her replacement in Downing Street will be announced in a week's time Daily Mirror · Oct 18, 2022
In office but not in charge: How is Truss still prime minister? On the face of it, Liz Truss’s days as U.K. prime minister look numbered and her demise imminent. She’s been forced to throw out her entire economic policy program, fire her friend and finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng, and has seen her poll numbers plummet to record depths. Tribune News Service · Oct 18, 2022
Liz Truss odds to leave this year cut as pressure grows on PM The future of Ms Truss’s leadership appears precarious - and the bookies agree The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2022
Position of UK's PM, Liz Truss, in doubt after new Treasury chief axes 'Trussonomics' The UK’s new Treasury chief has ripped up the government’s economic plan, dramatically reversing most of the tax cuts and spending plans that new Prime Minister Liz Truss announced less than a month ago. Radio France Internationale · Oct 18, 2022
Seven reasons to be fearful of your softly-spoken new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt Jeremy Hunt is an emollient, centre-right Tory - but it doesn't make the message he's delivering any sweeter. We look at why you should brace for austerity, high energy bills, and uncertainty over benefit and state pension rates Daily Mirror · Oct 18, 2022
Liz Truss’s history of U-turns as PM steps down after just 45 days in power Britain’s short-lived PM was no stranger to about-turns even before she entered Downing Street The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2022
Liz Truss almost as unpopular as Prince Andrew as 80% hold ‘unfavourable’ view of PM Net approval of –70 worse than either Boris Johnson or Jeremy Corbyn at peaks of unpopularity The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2022
Austerity cuts could be as deep as 2010, experts warn as energy bills set to hit £5,000 Chancellor Jeremy Hunt leading push for ‘austerity season two’, says Labour The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2022
Who might replace Liz Truss if she is ousted as PM? - OLD Some MPs hoping PM can be replaced ‘within days’ – as talks on ‘coronation’ replacement continue The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2022
The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2022 Who is Penny Mordaunt? The navy reservist who could yet sail into Downing Street The ‘gallant lady’ with a sailor’s humour is hoping to replace Liz Truss but faces a tough ask in overcoming a wave of support for Rishi Sunak
Daily Mirror · Oct 18, 2022 Liz Truss's poll rating at MINUS 70 as even loyal Tory admits she's in last chance saloon James Heappey - who attends Cabinet and was sent out by Downing Street to defend the lame duck PM - admitted 'I don’t think there’s the opportunity to make any more mistakes'
ABC News · Oct 18, 2022 British prime minister Liz Truss's disastrous month in power may cause her exit within days Some British media are now gambling on embattled Prime Minister Liz Truss having a shorter shelf life than a fresh lettuce — just five days — after the utter failure of her mini-budget.
Axios · Oct 17, 2022 U.K. Prime Minister Truss abandons her agenda to stem market meltdown Truss is still officially in charge, but hardly seems to be in control.
Tribune News Service · Oct 17, 2022 Truss sees UK vision dismantled as rivals fight for her job LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss was clinging to power on Monday after suffering the abject humiliation of being forced to U-Turn on much of the economic program she announced only last month.
Daily Mirror · Oct 17, 2022 Humiliated Liz Truss sits in silence amid U-turn meltdown as Tories tell her to go In one of the biggest U-turns in political history, the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt scrapped almost all of the mini-Budget, which has plunged the economy into crisis
Evening Standard · Oct 17, 2022 Liz Truss holds crunch No10 meeting with Cabinet as she faces calls to resign from five Tory MPs Mss Truss swerved a House of Commons grilling on her decision to sack Kwasi Kwarteng
The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2022 ‘Hunt’s running the show’: the day power drained away from Liz Truss Truss’s decline from shiny new prime minister to leader in name only continues, the last 24 hours underlining just how weak she is
France 24 · Oct 17, 2022 ‘A case of when, not if’ Tories oust Truss amid plotting British Prime Minister Liz Truss is trying to rescue her premiership after the tax cut debacle caused a fiscal crisis and gave Labour a gargantuan polling lead over her Conservatives. But after that calamitous start, analysts doubt the Tory Party will keep Truss in power for long, even if it…
The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2022 Jeremy Hunt shreds Truss’s economic plans in astounding U-turn on tax New chancellor tells Commons there will be tax rises and spending cuts, as PM dodges urgent question
The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2022 Up was down, night was day. And was the prime minister OK? Librium Liz appeared for a brief, silent cameo in the Commons as her captors, Jeremy Hunt and Penny Mordaunt, held court