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Failing to raise benefits in line with inflation would be 'a scar on the soul of our country', the former PM said

In the run-up to the 1983 general election, John Golding, Labour MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme, recalled telling Michael Foot how bad the polls were. Foot couldn’t believe it.

The stakes could not have been higher as Liz Truss delivered her first party conference speech as prime minister. Against a backdrop of economic chaos, open party warfare and polling that shows she’s on course for a spectacular election loss, Truss insisted she was “determined to get us through the…

The recent U-turn on cutting the top rate of income tax has shown that even a government willing to “do unpopular things” to grow the UK economy is constrained by the need for public support.

A number of audience members were seen shaking their heads

The PM is plugging on while the Tory party implodes around her. Unfortunately, we’re about to feel the aftershocks, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

Here is what lies ahead for the under-fire Prime Minister over the next few weeks.

Band founder tweeted in anger after PM walked on conference stage to hit 1993 single Moving On Up

The Prime Minister pledged to "realise on the promise of Brexit" but made no specific mention of the Northern Ireland Protocol

‘Anti-growth coalition’? PM certainly brought culture war energy to her short address to party faithful

M People star Mike Pickering has hit out at prime minister Liz Truss for using Movin' On Up at the Conservative conference