Politics

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

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

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...

The chancellor has admitted it has been a tough day after he was forced to U-turn on cutting income tax for the rich. Kwasi...

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

A law allowing the deportation of illegal migrants and effectively banning them from claiming asylum could be introduced by the home secretary as she...

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has confirmed that the government is axing plans to give the wealthiest 1% a tax cut following a bitter backlash from...

Liz Truss has said the UK must have “the courage of its convictions to put our nation on the path to success”, a day...

It took 10 days for the most eye-catching and controversial element of Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget to unravel. The abolition of the top 45p rate...

A Conservative minister has said “in the short run” the UK cannot afford net zero. Speaking at an event run by the Institute of...

The first rule of U-turns, as a veteran former cabinet minister told me last week, is to do them quickly. Liz Truss and Kwasi...

Former culture secretary Nadine Dorries has suggested Liz Truss should call a general election to obtain a mandate for her policies.  Ms Dorries, a Boris...

A little under four weeks as prime minister and it couldn’t really have gone worse for Liz Truss. A mini-budget that precipitated a run...

Liz Truss is facing a fresh battle with Conservative MPs over a potential benefits squeeze and cuts to public spending, after already being forced...

The chancellor has admitted it has been a tough day after he was forced to U-turn on cutting income tax for the rich. Kwasi...

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has confirmed that the government is axing plans to give the wealthiest 1% a tax cut following a bitter backlash from...

A little under four weeks as prime minister and it couldn’t really have gone worse for Liz Truss. A mini-budget that precipitated a run...

Liz Truss has admitted that she “should have laid the ground better” for the government’s tax-cutting mini-budget after the pound slumped to a record...

Liz Truss has doubled down on her controversial tax-cutting agenda, telling Conservative rebels that she is “going to do things differently” and that “there...