The Latest Breaking News from Liz Truss

Poorer households are expected to be hardest-hit, while eldery people have reported having to choose between heating or eating

Liz Truss resigned as the Conservative party leader just 45 days after being elected to that position. She was forced out by her backbenchers because of a disastrously misjudged mini-budget, concerns about her competency and a catastrophic collapse in the Conservatives’ poll ratings. She is now destined to become the…

Truss will step down as PM when her successor is appointed in the next week

Boris Johnson has been dogged by scandal throughout his career, but his election-winning record could tempt MPs to gamble on him once again.

Paschal Donohoe said he hopes close cooperation between the two countries can resume with a new UK Prime Minister.

Reece Taylor has links to Heywood, Rochdale and Bury

The bond vigilantes are back in force.

A day after declaring she was "a fighter not a quitter", Liz Truss resigned, becoming the shortest-serving British prime minister in history. With the UK now poised to have its fifth leader in six years, we discuss the leadership crisis with political writer, author and leadership specialist Stefan Stern. He…

Britain’s short-lived PM was no stranger to about-turns even before she entered Downing Street