Politics

On Thursday, the day after the end of the conference season, YouGov hosted a focus group with seven Blue Wall voters from around the...

Liz Truss has sacked trade minister Conor Burns from her government “with immediate effect” following an allegation of serious misconduct. The Tory MP for...

A government minister has failed to rule out energy rationing across the UK this winter after warnings three-hour power blackouts could be imposed. Asked...

The plane flying Liz Truss to meet the Queen at Balmoral for her appointment as prime minister a month ago was hit by turbulence...

Labour has called for an investigation into the appointment of Liz Truss’s chief of staff, after it was revealed he was questioned as a...

Jacob Rees-Mogg has insisted a new licensing round for oil and gas exploration will boost the UK’s economy and energy security. Speaking as the...

Liz Truss has ruled out launching an energy-saving public information campaign amid warnings planned three-hour power blackouts could be imposed in some areas. Business...

Labour has called for an investigation into the appointment of Liz Truss’s chief of staff, after it was revealed he was questioned as a...

The plane flying Liz Truss to meet the Queen at Balmoral for her appointment as prime minister a month ago was hit by turbulence...

M People founder Mike Pickering has said the band is “livid” that their song was used by Liz Truss on stage at the Tory party conference....

A word cloud has revealed the most commonly used words in Liz Truss’ speech to the Conservative party faithful in Birmingham. “Growth”, “country” and...

Liz Truss vowed to “get Britain through the tempest” and insisted “everyone will benefit” from the result of her economic policies in her keynote...

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has urged his ministerial colleagues to keep their views on government policy “around the Cabinet table” as Liz Truss faces...

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has attacked Tory MPs who she claims “staged a coup” against the prime minister over her plan to scrap the...

The government’s economic policies could be causing “many more deaths” than the COVID-19 pandemic, an academic has warned. In the space of eight years,...

In power for just 28 days – and for 10 of them politics was paused following the death of the Queen – it has...

The new home secretary has vowed to stop small boats crossing the Channel and to find a way to “make the Rwanda scheme work”....

Liz Truss says she had “absolutely no shame” in performing a dramatic U-turn on the government’s plan to scrap the 45p higher rate of...

Liz Truss has refused to commit to raising benefits in line with inflation, despite growing pressure from a cabinet minister and senior Tory MPs....