Britain’s fourth Tory prime minister in six years begins race against time to deal with cost of living emergency on Tuesday Liz Truss will become Britain’s next prime minister on Tuesday and will immediately appoint a cabinet of loyalist MPs as her government begins a race against time to set […]
Month: September 2022
Liz Truss expected to make James Cleverly foreign secretary, Suella Braverman home secretary and Kwasi Kwarteng chancellor For the first time in Britain’s history, there will not be a white man in one of the four great offices of state. Prime minister-in-waiting Liz Truss, who beat Rishi Sunak in the […]
Putin aide says relations could go ‘from bad to worse’ as Ukrainian pundits welcome new ‘iron lady’ Liz Truss’s imminent arrival in Downing Street as British prime minister has been greeted with scorn and scarcely veiled condescension from the Kremlin, but an outpouring of praise in Ukraine. Vladimir Putin’s chief […]
Exclusive: Mark Fullbrook, who co-ran her leadership campaign, also helped win PPE contracts worth £680m for Australian manufacturer The co-director of Liz Truss’s campaign has been lobbying the UK government on behalf of Libya’s controversial parliament and a company that won the biggest PPE deal of the pandemic through the […]
Lake Manchar on verge of causing more flooding, says local official, as third of country already underwater Pakistan’s biggest lake is on the verge of bursting its banks after attempts by authorities to drain it in a controlled way failed, a senior local official has warned. In a last-ditch effort […]
Reports that prospective PM is also considering freezing energy bills this winter at a cost of up to £100bn Liz Truss has said she will press ahead with plans for the UK to be a low-tax economy with less focus on wealth redistribution under her premiership, despite calls for caution […]
Fifteen people are in hospital after attacks in 13 locations in two communities in the province Report: police say 10 killed and 15 hurt in Saskatchewan stabbings In response to the attacks, James Smith Cree Nation declared a state of emergency and various locations increased security. The Mosaic Stadium, host […]
More UK manufacturers are cutting production or making job cuts as result of ‘out of control’ energy bills Analysts are expecting gas prices to surge to record highs this week after Russia shut down a key pipeline to Europe. At the same time, a growing number of UK manufacturers have […]
Visitors in London for birthday trip were in bed when Adam Lockwood waved to them on way to top of 72-floor landmark A couple staying on the 40th floor of the Shard have spoken about spotting a barefoot climber ascending the London skyscraper on Sunday morning. Paul Curphey spotted Adam […]
Party warns of further income squeeze as analysis suggests five-day cost is more than weekly food shop Labour has warned that families with young children face another potential income squeeze this autumn after data suggested the cost of after-school clubs had risen one-and-a-half times faster than consumer inflation since 2010. […]