The Latest Breaking News from Liz Truss

Benefits could be cut in real terms, while the average family may be just £90 better off a year

Nexus has announced that the 24-strong team has been retained for an extra three years, having been brought in to help deal with a spate of crime and disorder

The Prime Minister said she will not 'speculate' on issue - leading to claims she is 'preparing to force millions to tear up their retirement plans'

U-turns are an inelegant but necessary manoeuvre on the erratic journey of politics. Tony Blair executed one on his pledge to hold a referendum on the EU constitution, deepening integration in the early 2000s, while George Osborne engaged his reverse gear as chancellor over benefit cuts to diffuse an internal…

With deteriorating global economic conditions and no prospect of remission inflation, the Treasurer promised a “sustainable” budget.

The Chancellor has now said his medium-term fiscal plan will come “shortly” rather than at the end of November, as was previously planned

Former housing secretary condemns ‘opaque trusts’ used to snap up property ‘for speculative reasons’ – thwarting regeneration

With other Tory big beasts away, Michael Gove has been a star of the conference this year.

Speaking to broadcasters as she attends a fractious Conservative Party conference, the PM said the Government would do ‘what we can to help people’.

More than 500,000 people have signed a petition calling for a general election after Liz Truss' chaotic first weeks as prime minister. The next vote is years away, but one could be called earlier under the right circumstances

Key figures at rightwing thinktank have close links to Liz Truss and several alumni are now on her staff