Politics Mini-budget, party conferences and NHS changes: What awaits MPs when they return from mourning After the death of the Queen was announced last Thursday, MPs and peers stepped away from Parliament to observe a period of mourning for... by admin September 15, 2022
Politics Mini-budget expected next Friday to reveal details of new PM’s fiscal plans The government will deliver a mini-budget on 23 September, Sky News understands. It is expected that details of Prime Minister Liz Truss’s plans to... by admin September 15, 2022
Politics Union urges King’s top aide to halt planned job cuts at Clarence House A leading trade union has written to the head of staff at King Charles’s former household calling for him to halt planned job cuts... by admin September 15, 2022
Politics MPs skip queue to see Queen lying in state – as general public wait for hours Members of the public are queuing for hours to see the Queen lying in state – but MPs can skip the long wait. A... by admin September 15, 2022
Politics Businesses to learn next week how the government will help with energy bills Businesses will learn next week about how the government will help them to navigate the energy crisis. A spokesman for Prime Minister Liz Truss... by admin September 14, 2022
Politics MP who broke COVID rules sentenced to 270 hours of community service An MP who travelled between London and Scotland in 2020 in breach of COVID rules has been told by a court to undertake a... by admin September 13, 2022
Politics King Charles quotes Shakespeare in tribute to Queen in first address to parliament as monarch King Charles III paid tribute to the Queen and said he feels the “weight of history which surrounds us” as he addressed parliament for... by admin September 12, 2022
Politics Liz Truss to join King at ‘services of reflection’ during national mourning Liz Truss will visit the devolved nations with King Charles this week as the monarch leads the UK through a period of national mourning.... by admin September 11, 2022
Politics How the Queen adapted to Scotland’s shifting politics – and put herself at the heart of change In a “hot-mic moment” captured by Sky News in 2014, then prime minister David Cameron revealed that the Queen “purred down the line” when... by admin September 10, 2022
Politics MPs pledge allegiance to King Charles III in rare Saturday Commons sitting Senior MPs have pledged their allegiance to King Charles III in a rare Saturday Commons sitting. Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle was the first... by admin September 10, 2022
Politics Liz Truss came to power pledging action – but it’s her words that matter most This week will be remembered as one of the most significant in our nation’s history. Never before has a country lost a monarch and... by admin September 9, 2022
Politics The weight of her new responsibility was written across the face of Liz Truss Liz Truss has faced constant tests in the infancy of her premiership. Forty-eight hours after being appointed by the Queen, the PM had to... by admin September 9, 2022
Politics MPs pay tribute to Queen as Johnson says monarch ‘as radiant and as knowledgeable as ever’ in final days MPs have paid tribute to the Queen in the House of Commons, with Boris Johnson making his first appearance since stepping down as prime... by admin September 9, 2022
Politics King Charles tells PM he had ‘been dreading’ death of Queen The King told Liz Truss the death of the Queen was a moment he had “been dreading”, as he held his first audience with... by admin September 9, 2022
Politics Cabinet meets in Downing Street to pay tribute to the Queen Liz Truss’s cabinet has met in Downing Street to pay tribute to the Queen. A number of senior ministers, many of whom were only... by admin September 9, 2022
Politics ‘God save the King’: PM Truss says Queen was ‘the rock on which modern Britain was built’ Prime Minister Liz Truss has led tributes to the Queen following her death, saying she was “the rock on which modern Britain was built”.... by admin September 8, 2022
Politics The energy crisis is forcing Truss to gamble with her political future and the country’s economic future Liz Truss’s energy statement later today – barely 48 hours into the job – will probably be the most expensive commitment she ever makes... by admin September 7, 2022
Politics Truss and Starmer clash over energy bills – as new PM confirms announcement tomorrow Prime Minister Liz Truss says she will take “immediate action” to deal with soaring energy bills – and will make an announcement tomorrow. However... by admin September 7, 2022
Politics Truss holds first cabinet before taking on Starmer at PMQs Prime Minister Liz Truss has held her first cabinet with her newly assembled top team this morning – before going head-to-head with Sir Keir... by admin September 6, 2022
Politics Truss appoints top team – see who is in and out Liz Truss has begun appointing her cabinet after being officially asked by the Queen to form a new government. Shortly after making her first... by admin September 6, 2022