Liz Truss news – live: 55% of Tories want PM to resign as popularity nosedives Boris Johnson is members’ favoured replacement The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2022
BBC centenary: A history of the TV licence fee A look at the funding model’s past as the BBC marks its 100th anniversary. The Independent UK · 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 Daily Mirror · 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 The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2022
All Liz Truss's U-turns so far in her chaotic 41-day term as Prime Minister From fracking, windfall taxes and tax cuts to Britain's relationship with Emmanuel Macron, Liz Truss is no stranger to a change of heart - and there's plenty more to come from the flip-flopping PM Daily Mirror · Oct 17, 2022
How Tories could replace Liz Truss as MPs call for her to resign The Prime Minister's authority has evaporated among her own MPs after she was forced to sack her Chancellor and ditch her economic plans. Daily Record · Oct 17, 2022
Scotland right not to copy says Sturgeon as Hunt scraps Kwarteng’s tax cuts The First Minister tweeted in response to the new Chancellor’s emergency announcement. The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2022
Scottish Tory panic as Liz Truss has 'days' to turn situation around PRIME Minister Liz Truss has just “days” to turn her situation around if she is to stay in power at Number 10, a senior figure in the party in… The National (Scotland) · Oct 17, 2022
Can Liz Truss be sacked? How Prime Minister could be forced out as Tory vultures circle Liz Truss is technically safe from a vote of no confidence and Conservative leadership election for 11 months. But as we explain, the word 'technically' is doing a lot of work Daily Mirror · Oct 17, 2022
Tory MSP warns Liz Truss she has 'days' to turn situation around amid party 'civil war' Liz Smith, finance and economy spokeswoman for the Scottish Conservatives at Holyrood, said the Prime Minister Truss was "in an extremely difficult position". Daily Record · Oct 17, 2022
Liz Truss has ‘days left to turn this round’, warns senior Scottish Tory Liz Smith, the Scottish Conservative finance spokeswoman, said the Prime Minister is in ‘an extremely difficult position’. The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2022
Liz Truss fights to save job amid Tory unrest as new Chancellor's statement due Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is expected to make his announcement at 11am The National (Scotland) · Oct 17, 2022
How the Conservatives could get rid of Liz Truss Three Tory MPs have already called for the Prime Minister's resignation Wales Online · Oct 17, 2022
How could the Tories get rid of Liz Truss? Her U-turns have seemingly done little to quash growing disquiet within the party. The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2022
Daily Record · Oct 16, 2022 Tories facing humiliation at next General Election as 10 ministers set to lose seats A new opinion poll, conducted by Opinium for the TUC, found that 219 Tory MPs would lose their seats which would include 10 of the current Cabinet.
Daily Mirror · Oct 16, 2022 10 Tory Ministers would LOSE seats as voters reject Liz Truss's 'reckless' plans A mega-poll by Opinium shows the Tories are heading for electoral wipeout, with a whopping 219 of their MPs set to be ousted at the next election
The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2022 Liz Truss fights for survival as even allies say she could have only days left Prime minister to meet mutinous Tory MPs this week in effort to shore up her position after U-turns on tax
The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2022 Truss under fresh pressure as three Tory MPs urge her to quit The calls mark the start of what is likely to be another dramatic week in Westminster.
The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2022 Conservatives ‘deserve better’, Tory MPs tell Truss Rumours abound of plots to remove Liz Truss as Prime Minister after a chaotic start to her premiership.
The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2022 Liz Truss warned ‘the game is up’ as Tory MPs call for her to resign Calls for PM to be replaced come as defence secretary’s allies said to be shoring up support for a takeover
Daily Record · Oct 16, 2022 First Tory MP publicly calls for Liz Truss to quit after admitting the 'game is up' Crispin Blunt, MP for Reigate, said the "game is up" for the Tory party leader after she sacked Kwasi Kwarteng as Chancellor.
Manchester Evening News · Oct 16, 2022 Tory MP says Liz Truss's Government 'treating the whole country as laboratory mice' over economic policy He called for a 'dramatic reset' and urged the Government to apologise to the electorate
Evening Standard · Oct 16, 2022 Tory MP accuses the Government of acting like ‘libertarian jihadists’ Tory MP Robert Halfon launched a bold attack on Liz Truss’s Government as he called for a “dramatic reset” in the coming days.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2022 Liz Truss hasn’t saved her own skin by making a sacrifice of Kwasi Kwarteng Her premiership is finished. Tory MPs now have to decide how to finish her off
The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2022 The unravelling: the full story of how Liz Truss lost her way – and her authority in the Tory party The prime minister ditched her close ally Kwasi Kwarteng to save her own job – but now Conservative MPs are openly plotting to replace her