The Latest Breaking News from Liz Truss

Johnny Mercer, who served as veterans minister under Boris Johnson , said Ms Truss has lost authority over the Tory Party as calls mount for her to step aside

One MP said he was awaiting a parliamentary statement from the Chancellor

A FIFTH Tory MP has called for Liz Truss to go after she failed to stand up to scrutiny in the House of Commons for binning her entire economic…

Liz Truss is battling to save her premiership as Chancellor Jeremy Hunt warned “eye-wateringly difficult” decisions were needed as he tore up her economic strategy. Mr Hunt scaled back the energy support package and ditched “almost all” the tax cuts announced by his predecessor Kwasi Kwarteng less than a month…

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The lame duck Prime Minister has been missing in action since she sacked her long-time ally Kwasi Kwarteng on Friday as Chancellor and U-turned on her tax-cutting agenda

Pollsters said it is the largest lead for any party since October 1997 - just months after former Labour Prime Minister's Sir Tony Blair's landslide election victory

He said the move was a "gut punch" that sent him into depression

Chancellor says decisions of ‘eye-watering difficulty’ are ahead and admits government partly to blame for market turmoil