The Latest Breaking News from Liz Truss

In trying to define what constituted “hardcore pornography”, Justice Potter Stewart delivered the most iconic line in US Supreme Court history: “I know it when I see it”. The maxim stuck, not only because it was inadvertently comedic (at least as far as jurisprudence goes), but because everyone knew what…

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is expected to announce tax hikes and massive cuts to public spending in an attempt to wrestle the economy back under control after Liz Truss's chaotic stint in No10

The royal family needn’t worry about its contents – ‘self-examination and the power of love over grief’

Northern Powerhouse Rail looks set to be ditched by the new Prime Minister

Households will start receiving money off their energy bills from October

‘There wasn’t really much point in going and blasting new tunnels through the Pennines,’ says Grant Shapps

A former Treasury minister has repeatedly refused to apologise for his role in Liz Truss’s disastrous “mini-budget” which nearly crashed the economy.

Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris had been expected to announce a date for a poll this week.

Sir Graham Brady says ex-PM hit threshold of nominations to secure place on final ballot in Tory leadership race

Statement comes after reports Suffolk reactor project could be delayed or axed amid spending cuts

Mr Johnson dropped out of the Tory leadership race while claiming he had the nominations needed to make it on to the ballot paper.