The Latest Breaking News from Liz Truss

The Defence Secretary said it is important to think about ‘who could win the next election’ for the Conservatives.

LIZ Truss announced on Thursday she would be departing Number 10 in just a week’s time after just 45 days in office.

Romaine calm

Could Liz Truss carry out another U-turn and return to the Lib Dems? Or pick up a role as a cheesemonger after her impassioned speech on the addictive dairy product? We take a look at the job offers suggested for the shortest-serving Prime Minister

Editors explain tabloid stunt that ‘really captured the mood of the nation’

Short-lived governments are routine in some democracies, with uncertainty the norm and predictability ever elusive. Yet never in London, where hundreds of years of steady parliamentary rule set a standard for the world going back to the first prime minister, Robert Walpole, three centuries ago. His two decades were a…

Christian Matheson was facing a four-week suspension from the Labour party

The departure of British Prime Minister Liz Truss, after six chaotic weeks marked by policy U-turns and growing discontent within her own Conservative Party, spells more uncertainty for the United Kingdom, financial markets and foreign policy. As the contest to succeed Britain's shortest-serving premier begins, the country is seeking a…

Speculation is mounting that Boris Johnson could make an attempt to return as Prime Minister, but he may have been hinting at his comeback since before he'd even left

The true crime drama is based on shocking events

Events in the House of Commons on October 19 made it clear that the prime minister had lost control