The Latest Breaking News from Liz Truss

Keir Starmer accused her of making working people 'foot the bill'

Prime Minister Liz Truss will on Thursday set out a plan to save households and businesses from financial ruin as a result of soaring energy bills.At her first Prime Minister’s Questions, Ms Truss confirmed her plan, expected to freeze household bills at around £2,500, will be set out in Parliament.

After three years of Boris Johnson, anything short of her rocking up late, looking like she’d been dragged backwards through an electric fence, accidentally declaring nuclear war and insulting a world leader in Latin was bound to be seen as a triumph of statesmanship

Liz Truss's cabinet includes many figures who have been caught up in controversies over their opinions

Dividing lines are back. Amid the usual jokes, grandstanding and planted questions, Liz Truss and Keir Starmer engaged in a ding-dong tussle over economic policy. Namely: who should pay for the things we want?

A tone-deaf segment on ‘This Morning’ failed to read the temperature of the room when it comes to the impending energy crisis – but the problem is bigger than just one programme. Louis Chilton asks why British morning television is so flimsy when it comes to discussing the big issues

RUSSIAN president Vladimir Putin has said that the process which led to Liz Truss becoming Prime Minister was “far from democratic”.

Finance secretary John Swinney warned MSPs that further cuts to public spending would be required if inflation continues to rise.

Hunting down Brexit boons will be ‘taken across departments’ in Truss government