Politics

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...

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...

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...

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...

Liz Truss is set to face a wretched week at the Tory Party conference after the disastrous reaction to Kwasi Kwarteng’s tax-cutting mini-budget. The...

Liz Truss and the Tories’ approval ratings have again plummeted in a fresh poll – as Labour jumped to a 19-point lead. The Opinium...

The devolved governments of the UK want an urgent meeting with Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng to discuss immediate action to reverse the damaging effects of...

Liz Truss has for the first time acknowledged that “there has been disruption” to the UK economy following last week’s mini budget. Since the...