Politics
Liz Truss elected Prime Minister after securing 0.17% of the British vote
Boris Johnson will depart No 10 on Tuesday and Ms Truss will fly to Balmoral to meet the Queen for the formal handover of power.
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She defeated rival Rishi Sunak with 81,326 votes to 60,399 and will take over as prime minister on Tuesday, from Boris Johnson.
Sir Keir Starmer has won an unlikely backer in the shape of… Nigel Farage
"You might not find reasons to vote for Keir Starmer, but there aren't actually the really powerful reasons to vote against him," he said.
More crony contracts: Minister’s husband under fire over multi-million defence spending
Gillian Keegan’s partner, Michael, holds a government role for relationships with suppliers as well as a board role with Centerprise International.
Truss set to unveil energy support package ‘on the scale of the furlough scheme’
It begs the question, on the back of large scale tax cuts, how she envisages paying for such drastic measures.
Germany announces £56 billion package of measures to ease cost-of-living crisis
Among the measures is an extra one-off payment for more consumers to help cover energy costs and an extension of the “9-euro ticket” for nationwide public transport.
Support for Truss plunges among 2019 Tories
Some worrying polling data for the Tory leadership favourite.
Labour wants early election so Tories can be ‘swept away’
Nick Thomas-Symonds said his party is on an ‘election footing’.
Billboards announcing Larry the cat’s bid for PM spotted
Hundreds of users backed the 15-year-old tabby as he announced his campaign for prime minister on #Larry4Leader billboards.