The Latest Breaking News from Liz Truss

The markets has had a tumultuous day today following the appointment of Rishi Sunak

The former chancellor was beaten in this summer's Tory leadership race by Liz Truss but won the second contest of the year unopposed. 

Rishi Sunak has been elected unopposed as leader of the Conservative Party and will be the UK’s next prime minister. Aged 42, he will also be the youngest to assume the office since the 2nd Earl of Liverpool in 1812. and the first from an ethnic minority since Benjamin Disraeli…

The former chancellor has made a number of proposals to tackle the backlog in hospital treatment

Martin Docherty-Hughes has hit out at the Conservatives' fifth Prime Minister in six years, saying it highlights why Scotland needs to be an independent nation.

Here is a timeline of the recent political crises which engulfed the leadership of two prime ministers and ultimately led to their downfall.

The journalist is understood to have been rushed off air after allegedly breaching the British Broadcasting Corporation's strict impartiality rules - making a jibe at the former PM during Sunday night's edition of The Papers.

Former UK Treasury secretary Rishi Sunak has won the race to be leader of the Conservative Party and will become Britain’s next prime minister – the third this year.

The former chancellor becomes the new Tory leader after Penny Mordaunt failed to win the backing of MPs.