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The Latest Breaking News from Liz Truss

Strikes could run for 'months' if hundreds of thousands of workers back walkouts

PCS General Secretary Mark Serwotka warned that disputes over pay and working conditions could run into the Spring and said people were fed up of the Government's 'callous, brutal dismissal' of workers' concerns

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss in line for £18,000 ‘golden goodbye’ after resignation

Prime minister entitled to quarter of her salary as severance pay with no minimum time limit

The Independent UK

Embattled Truss makes last-minute cancellation of trip away from Westminster

A growing number of Conservatives have demanded she quits ahead of a motion being seen as a ‘confidence’ vote in the PM.

The Independent UK

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The weirdest PMQs since last Wednesday

Prime Minister’s Questions isn’t really about scrutiny. The thankless but important task of holding the government to account takes place in dusty committee rooms and low-key debates. Instead, PMQs is about theatre, boosting the morale of your backbenchers, testing out attack lines and ensuring the prime minister is on top…

Evening Standard

Liz Truss's team 'used to lie that relatives had died so she wouldn't have to go on TV'

Kirsty Buchanan, who worked for Ms Truss when she was Justice Secretary, claimed advisors would "spend quite a lot of time killing off minor members of her family"

Daily Mirror

'Fighter' Truss mocked in parliament as UK PM defends her record

British Prime Minister Liz Truss's insistence that she would not quit after sparking a financial crisis was met with howls of laughter, incredulity and shouts of "resign, resign" as she spoke in the House of Commons on Wednesday.

Reuters

Keir Starmer's brutal first question to Liz Truss met with uproarious laughter in PMQs

The Labour leader fired questions at the PM

Nottingham Post

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'We won't take advice from unelected Lord': SNP reject calls to slash tax below UK level

THE SNP have rejected calls by Malcolm Offord to cut taxes saying “won’t be taking advice from an unelected Tory Lord”.

The National (Scotland)

What is the triple lock and what impact does it have on pensions?

PRIME Minister Liz Truss has said she and her Chancellor remain “completely committed” to the triple lock on pensions.

The National (Scotland)

Jeremy Hunt ignored call from Liz Truss begging for help because he thought it was prank

The top Tory was on holiday with his wife and children in Belgium - and is thought to have laughed out loud when he got a text saying ‘Jeremy, it’s Liz Truss , please call urgently’

Daily Mirror

Shambolic Liz Truss pulls out of visit as sixth Tory MP calls on her to quit

No10 said the Prime Minister was engaged with "government business" but did not give a specific reason for the cancellation of the visit to a defence and aerospace manufacturer Hertfordshire

Daily Mirror

Vice chairman of influential 1922 committee submits letter of no confidence in Liz Truss

William Wragg told MPs he would like to vote with Labour to ban fracking because he is opposed to it

The Independent UK

Hazel Grove MP William Wragg submits letter of no confidence in Liz Truss

"I am personally ashamed because I cannot go and face my constituents, look them in the eye and say that they should support our great party."

Manchester Evening News

Humber freeport looks to anchor investment zone status across all sites

ABP's Humber head of policy and economic development addresses The Waterline Summit

Birmingham Post

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Nottingham Post

Senior advisor to Prime Minister Liz Truss suspended pending investigation

He worked on the Prime Minister's leadership campaign

The Independent UK

Liz Truss aides ‘pretended her relatives had died’ to get her out of going on TV

Staffer claims only ‘minor people like aunts and cousins’ were killed off

The National (Scotland)

Liz Truss pulls out of visit with journalists without explanation

LIZ Truss has pulled out of a planned visit today where she was due to face questions from journalists.

The National (Scotland)

Senior Tory MP submits letter of no confidence in Liz Truss as pressure on PM builds

A SENIOR Tory MP has confirmed he has “lodged” a letter of no confidence in the Prime Minister with Sir Graham Brady.

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Truss says she is a fighter, not a quitter as she faces MPs

Embattled U.K. premier Liz Truss said she is “a fighter, not a quitter,” as she faced lawmakers for the first time since firing her finance minister and junking most of her economic program just weeks after announcing it.

Liverpool Echo

First picture of gun, Parliament laughs at Liz Truss and gang warning

The latest ECHO headlines at lunchtime on Wednesday, October 19

Liverpool Echo

Amount your State Pension could be cut by in April by Liz Truss despite triple lock rise

The pressure is on for Prime Minister Liz Truss to ensure that pensioners are not worse off

Evening Standard

Upcoming Liz Truss biography gets a name change to reflect her woes

The title of a new biography on Prime Minister Liz Truss referred to by Keir Starmer in the House of Commons today has been changed to refer to her difficult first few weeks in office, we can reveal.

The Independent UK

No 10 warns staff against ‘unacceptable’ briefings as Liz Truss aide ‘suspended’

Jason Stein, a special adviser to the Prime Minister, is reportedly facing an investigation by the Cabinet Office’s Propriety and Ethics Team.

The Guardian - UK

Welcome to the doom loop of Tory Britain: an austerity that kills, a democracy routed

It was cuts that gave us Brexit and the chaos that followed, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Independent UK

PM says she is ‘completely committed’ to Northern Ireland Protocol Bill

The Bill would allow the UK Government to effectively tear up parts of the protocol.

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