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Truss is continuing Johnson's legacy by dodging media scrutiny but it won't win over the public

The Truss campaign said the Foreign Secretary could 'no longer spare the time' for the one-on-one this evening

about 2 years ago

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Liz Truss policy vacuum could spell electoral disaster for Tory party as country needs clarity

Conservative MPs and supporters of the Foreign Secretary have privately expressed concern at her mixed messaging on t...

about 2 years ago

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Liz Truss completes U-turn by pledging billions of pounds-worth of energy bill help

Frontrunner to be next prime minister will help low income and pensioner households despite previous insistence on "n...

about 2 years ago

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Energy firms’ £100bn plan to freeze bills 'likely to be rejected by new PM'

Rishi Sunak said he was "nervous and sceptical" about the deficit funding plan although Liz Truss's campaign refused ...

about 2 years ago

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Police need to be more focused on crimes that matter to voters, say Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss

Following the fatal shooting of a nine-year-old girl in Liverpool, both Conservative leadership candidates said the c...

about 2 years ago

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Liz Truss u-turn on cost of living Budget amid warnings new forecast will derail tax cut vows

Plans for an emergency budget have now been downgraded to a 'fiscal event' – removing the need for updated economic f...

about 2 years ago

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Liz Truss won't have time to call a honeymoon snap election - no matter what polling suggests

Knowing what lies ahead for the country, Truss may be tempted to capitalise on any supposed poll boost by calling a s...

about 2 years ago

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'No 10 have completely checked out. It’s really bad': Inside Boris Johnson’s zombie Government

The PM's gone on holiday, key legislation is in limbo, Whitehall offices are half empty and No 10 staff have 'downed ...

about 2 years ago

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Sunak suggests he is losing No 10 race because he won't tell Tories what they want to hear

The former Chancellor accused Liz Truss of failing to link migration policy with trade at a hustings event in Manchester

about 2 years ago

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If Liz Truss does make it to No 10, she can't expect a very long political honeymoon

The Foreign Secretary has focused entirely on winning over Tory activists but she will need to reach out to the count...

about 2 years ago

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Truss cost of living plan opposed by voters, who believe ministers need to do more to help

The front runner for No 10 wants to rely more on tax cuts than 'handouts' to deal with the impact of inflation on hou...

about 2 years ago

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Clash over whether to meet Putin at G20 as Truss vows to confront him but Sunak will boycott

The Foreign Secretary says she will confront the Russian leader directly if she is prime minister at the time of the ...

about 2 years ago

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Liz Truss warned of 'black hole' in tax plan as watchdog set to issue new spending forecasts

The Office for Budget Responsibility is ready to compile a revised forecast on the UK's economy and public finances w...

about 2 years ago

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David Parsley

Foreign Office staff opt to work from home as boss Liz Truss is absent on leadership campaign

Liberal Democrats accuse the Foreign Secretary of neglecting her duties as war continues to rage in Ukraine and Taiwa...

about 2 years ago

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Liz Truss’s tax cuts plan risks ‘fuelling the fire’ of soaring inflation, Tory grandees warn

Former chancellor Lord Hammond and Asda boss Lord Rose tell i the next prime minister should offer immediate financia...

about 2 years ago

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Truss and Sunak attack SNP record and dismiss 'barmy' calls for Scottish independence vote

The event was picketed by a few hundred supporters Scottish independence who shouted 'Tory scum' at attendees and thr...

about 2 years ago

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Liz Truss edges Conservative leadership hustings in Scotland

The questioning from the Scottish audience was noticeably more polite than when Boris Johnson appeared at a similar e...

about 2 years ago

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Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak are making the same mistakes on Scotland as Boris Johnson

The so-called Conservative and Unionist Party still has a problem living up to the second part of its name

about 2 years ago

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Poll boost for Scottish independence as Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak head to Scotland

Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak will appear at campaign events around the country before answering questions from Tory memb...

about 2 years ago

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Truss and Sunak must go on TV together to promise help for cost of living, says Malcolm Rifkind

The two candidates have so far refused to collaborate on plans to help with energy bills and Boris Johnson says he wi...

about 2 years ago

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Boris Johnson promises 'extra cash' for cost of living as ministers draw up plans to fix energy

The outgoing Prime Minister admits existing support will prove insufficient, while his likely successor Liz Truss ind...

about 2 years ago

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It would be a 'moral failure' not to do more to help the most vulnerable, says Rishi Sunak

The former chancellor clashed with Conservative leadership rival Liz Truss on economic proposals yet again as they we...

about 2 years ago

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Truss in cost of living 'U-turn' as frontrunner for No 10 opens door to more direct payments

The Foreign Secretary said she would 'do all I can to help households across Britain' after previously suggesting she...

about 2 years ago

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Truss badgered me about how she could get into Vogue when we met at COP26, Sturgeon says

Speaking at the Edinburgh Fringe festival, Ms Sturgeon hit back after Ms Truss labelled her an 'attention-seeker' at ...

about 2 years ago

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Jane Merrick

I did not 'wield the dagger' to bring down Boris Johnson, says Sunak

'It wasn’t just me who felt enough was enough. The Government was on the wrong side of yet another ethical decision,'...

about 2 years ago

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Boris Johnson's late U-turns were the worst of all worlds - now Truss is in the same position

The frontrunner for No 10 may well find that her current position on how to tackle the cost of living proves impossib...

about 2 years ago

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Truss still won't promise cost of living 'handouts' as Sunak vows to give people 'hundreds'

Frontrunner in race for No 10 refuses to back down even as energy price cap is forecast to hit an average £4,200 a year

about 2 years ago

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Rishi Sunak never tried to make the most of leaving the EU as Chancellor, Liz Truss allies say

Supporters of the former Chancellor point out that Liz Truss backed Remain in the 2016 referendum campaign

about 2 years ago

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Truss 'preparing to govern' as she opens talks with officials on taking over as PM

The Cabinet Office is understood to have contacted both the Foreign Secretary and Rishi Sunak and offered 'access tal...

about 2 years ago

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Liz Truss faces tensions from supporters over plan to tackle cost of living without 'handouts'

The Tory leadership frontrunner insists she is focused on cutting taxes rather than extending payments but some MPs b...

about 2 years ago

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Sunak and Truss finally focus on big issues as cost of living becomes the battleground

Now there is a clear dividing line between the two over the economy, and the public can gauge their plans

about 2 years ago

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Why a cost of living U-turn is politically difficult for Liz Truss, but she may have no choice

The Foreign Secretary insists that 'handouts' are not the best way to bring down living costs - but many of the Conse...

about 2 years ago

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Truss may have better plan for growth than Sunak but it won't satisfy voters needing help now

The two contenders are divided over whether short-term emergency help should be the priority ahead of reforms to boos...

over 2 years ago

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Sunak insists towns need to be levelled up after saying he diverted money from deprived cities

Former Chancellor's remarks divided Tory MPs, with some accusing him of going back on his party’s promise to level up...

over 2 years ago

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Recession fears might work in Sunak’s favour as he attempts to turn leadership race around

Mr Sunak’s cautious approach has not been popular but these fresh forecasts may help Tory members to see him in a new...

over 2 years ago

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Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak answer questions from Tory members in live TV grilling

As ballot papers were sent out to Conservative Party members, both candidates battling it out to reach No10 will gril...

over 2 years ago

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Jane Merrick

Liz Truss hints at fresh cost of living support as Treasury works up plans for both PM hopefuls

Leadership candidates condemn each other's plans with Rishi Sunak’s allies describing Ms Truss’s plan for immediate w...

over 2 years ago

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Jane Merrick

Rishi Sunak's campaign in turmoil amid disastrous polls and talk of a defection

ConservativeHome survey gives Ms Truss a 32-point lead as a Tory insider says 'there is talk of a defector already'

over 2 years ago

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David Parsley

'Real danger' for Truss after policy blunder turns off grassroots and gives boost to Sunak

Meanwhile, Conservative local association chairs tell i the former chancellor is gaining momentum among members in th...