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    Whitehall fury grows over sacking of top Treasury official

    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 Mounting anger in Whitehall over the abrupt dismissal of the Treasury’s top official burst into the open today as a former head of the civil service accused Liz Truss of […] More

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    Queen’s lying in state queue could stretch to 10 miles

    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 queue to view the Queen’s lying-in-state will be temporarily closed to new entrants if it reaches 10 miles, it has been confirmed. The route for members of the public […] More

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    Liz Truss could scrap plan to restrict junk food adverts to ‘cut red tape’

    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 could scrap the government’s anti-obesity strategy as part of her drive to slash regulations and so-called “red tape”. The prime minister has ordered a review of the plan […] More

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    Keir Starmer tells protesters not to ‘ruin’ mourners’ moment with the Queen

    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 Anti-monarchy protesters should not “ruin” the Queen’s funeral or lying-in-state for mourners, Keir Starmer has said. Speaking on Wednesday the Labour leader said protesters should show “respect” for people who […] More

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    King Charles questions DUP leader over Brexit deal stance

    Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight King Charles spoke to the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party about its stance on the Northern Ireland Brexit deal as he attended a […] More

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    Kwarteng plan to boost growth ‘could take decade to achieve target’

    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 Kwasi Kwarteng’s target of 2.5 per cent annual GDP growth could be knocked off course by his own tax cuts expected in next week’s emergency budget, economists have warned. Delivering […] More