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    Liz Truss among MPs swearing allegiance to King Charles

    Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Prime minister Liz Truss today joined other senior parliamentarians in swearing the oath of allegiance to new monarch King Charles III. The MPs swore “that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance […] More

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    Charles III formally proclaimed King

    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 Charles III has been proclaimed King in a formal ceremony at St James’s Palace in London. The King himself was not present for the proclamation at the accession council, attended […] More

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    British Gas owner wants to cap profits in government deal over energy bills

    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 Centrica is planning to voluntarily cap its profits in a deal with Liz Truss’s government to help cut Britons’ energy bills during the cost of living crisis. The British Gas […] More

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    Queen’s childhood friend reveals how she sparked row at birthday party

    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 One of Elizabeth II’s oldest friends has told how his first encounter with the future Queen earned him a telling-off as a small boy. Born just a month after Elizabeth […] More

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    Queen’s death won’t affect energy bills freeze, No 10 insists

    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 No 10 has said it does not believe the mourning period for Queen Elizabeth II’s death will have any impact on Liz Truss’s new policy to stop annual household energy bills soaring […] More

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    Theresa May pays tribute to Queen with anecdote about eating cheese

    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 Theresa May has paid tribute to the Queen with an anecdote about how she once dropped some cheese in the Monarch’s presence. The former prime minister recounted how she attended […] More