The Latest Breaking News from Liz Truss

Ex-Tory leader entitled to £115,000 a year in public funding for office

Households in Scotland claiming Universal Credit could be almost £300 worse off in real terms next year if the UK Government does not commit to increasing the benefit in line with inflation

Duncan Weldon’s excellent book, Two Hundred Years of Muddling Through, an economic history of Britain from the Industrial Revolution up to the pandemic, almost had a different title: “I wouldn’t start from here”, based on the old joke about the tourist asking for directions.

Liz Truss' government has been accused of 'betraying' renters after it was revealed there could be a U-turn on the ban of no-fault evictions during the cost of living crisis

The PM is pursued by Sir Keir Starmer, Michael Gove and others in In Liz We Trust?

Liz Truss is still weighing up whether to raise benefits by earnings instead of inflation - which would be a real-terms cut. We've crunched the latest numbers on how it could affect you in April 2022

The Prime Minister also remained ‘committed’ to the growth measures set out in the Chancellor’s mini-budget, her official spokesman said

Review could cut by 20 per cent number of cheaper homes developers must build

It costs just £4.54 a year to keep a potential life-saving alarm unit plugged in.

Several members of the Radical Independence Campaign travelled south to protest outside the Supreme Court in London.

The UK Supreme Court was on Tuesday urged to rule on the legality of Scottish moves to hold a new referendum on independence next year without the consent of the government in London.