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Four separate polls all show the party notching up a huge lead over the Conservatives

Divisions are emerging in the Conservatives, after the Chancellor’s mini-budget prompted turmoil in the markets and talk of a financial crisis.

Bankers’ bonuses, the NHS and tax cuts that favour the rich are all causing jitters on the benches behind the new prime minister

The Conservatives proposed last week to use £8.3 million of Wirral Council reserves to help residents but Labour say this is "nothing more than a stunt"

Truss’s brand of economic libertarianism, political optimism and hawkishness proved decisive in the leadership contest

Liz Truss will become Britain's next prime minister after winning a leadership race for the governing Conservative Party on Monday, vowing to press ahead with promised tax cuts and action to tackle a deepening energy and cost of living crisis. After weeks of an often bad-tempered and divisive leadership contest,…

Many of Greater Manchester's MPs have quickly taken to social media to react to Liz Truss's appointment.

The United Kingdom’s next prime minister will be Liz Truss. After a two-month contest, Conservative Party members have chosen her as their new leader. All that remains is for Truss to travel to Balmoral in Scotland where she will be formally invited by the Queen to form a government.

The United Kingdom now has its third ever female prime minister. Liz Truss was elected as leader by grassroots members of the Conservatives to lead the party – and hence the nation – on a platform that positioned her as the continuity candidate from Boris Johnson.