The Latest Breaking News from Britain

New prime minister sticks to guns on tax cuts despite fears they will fuel inflation

Britain’s new prime minister is fourth in six years, and takes over after resignation of Boris Johnson

Truss became prime minister on Tuesday and immediately confronted the enormous task ahead of her amid increasing pressure to curb soaring prices, ease labor unrest and fix the health care system.

Many constituents and politicians have reached out to Britain's new prime minister on Twitter — or so they thought. Many actually tagged the account of Liz Trussell, who's been having fun with it.

Liz Truss on Tuesday officially became Britain's new prime minister, at an audience with head of state Queen Elizabeth II.

Former foreign secretary Liz Truss took over from Boris Johnson as UK prime minister on Tuesday after winning the Conservative leadership contest. A political shape-shifter, she has gone from being a radical who called for the abolition of the monarchy to a staunch economic liberal and Brexiteer.

One of British politics' firmest critics of China became prime minister on Tuesday as Liz Truss, a self-styled defender of the post-war western world order, replaced Boris Johnson whose policy towards Beijing failed to harden fast enough for many in his party.

The strong stance on Russia and China, along with promises of increased defence spending, may lead to a more forward international role for Britain on Truss’s watch, writes Kim Sengupta

Following on from a record hot summer, Britain has been battered by torrential rain and storms over the last few days, with the wet conditions set to continue thanks to the remnants of Hurricane Danielle

A woman named Liz Trussell has been sending witty replies to a flurry of tweets accidentially sent to her instead of Britain’s new prime minister Liz Truss.

A YouGov UK poll taken after Meghan's podcasts and magazine cover, has revealed 65 per cent of Britons have no sympathy for the couple as they visit UK.