The Latest Breaking News from Liz Truss

Alun Cairns has become the third Tory MP to switch allegiance

Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak will fight it out to win the keys to number 10 in front of Tory members at a hustings in Perth on Tuesday evening.

The frontrunner to replace lame duck Boris Johnson in No10 had promised action on 'day one' - but a key supporter clarified it'll take longer to get cost-of-living help across the line

The Tory leadership contenders have not produced any “credible proposals” to tackle the energy crisis, Sir Keir Starmer has said. Asked by reporters for his opinion on proposals from Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak to tackle the rising cost of living, the Labour leader said: “We haven’t seen any credible…

Immigration is an ideological headache for the UK’s Conservative party, caught between its neoliberal new right that champions free markets, and its social conservatism, which immigration is said to threaten. But a restrictive immigration stance has been a winning ticket for the Conservatives since David Cameron’s 2010 pledge to reduce…

UK inflation, already at 40-year highs, could pass 13% in October, according to Bank of England forecasts. While wages have not kept pace with inflation, much of the expected squeeze on households and businesses is down to rising energy costs.

A committee heard that the extra money could be crucial in improving health outcomes in Northumberland

Analysis: Kwasi Kwarteng and Thérèse Coffey could be among the big winners if Truss becomes PM

In her vote-chasing message to the Jewish community, the foreign secretary has reinforced age-old stereotypes, says Simon Hattenstone