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    James Cleverly: Who is the new foreign secretary?

    Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email An old ally of Boris Johnson and staunch backer of Liz Truss, James Cleverly was widely considered a shoo-in for a top role at the new prime minister’s side. It […] More

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    How the Liz Truss leadership crisis could end in a general election

    Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email The Independent on Wednesday launched a petition calling for a new UK general election to be held instead of allowing the Conservative Party to oust its new prime minister Liz […] More

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    Great British Railways plan ‘delayed’ as Liz Truss pulls transport bill

    Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email The government’s plan to create a new body to run Britain’s railways has been delayed, the transport secretary has announced. Anne-Marie Trevelyan said a planned transport bill that would legislate […] More

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    UK leader Liz Truss faces test in Parliament, seeks lifeline

    Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email British Prime Minister Liz Truss faces a House of Commons grilling Wednesday from a hostile opposition — and her own furious Conservative Party — as she tries to fend off […] More

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    Liz Truss faces pivotal PMQs after junking economic strategy

    Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Liz Truss faces a potentially humiliating clash with Sir Keir Starmer on Wednesday, having been forced to junk her entire economic strategy and with her leadership in peril. She will […] More

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    Liz Truss faces pivotal PMQs as she fights to save premiership

    Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Liz Truss faces a potentially humiliating clash with Sir Keir Starmer on Wednesday, having been forced to junk her entire economic strategy and with her leadership in peril. She will […] More