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Liz Truss will bring back the mandatory wearing of ties for staff in No 10 as she seeks to stamp her authority in office and distance herself from the Boris Johnson era, it has been reported.Dominic Cummings, one of the former prime minister’s top aides, was often pictured in Downing Street wearing casual clothes, shunning shirts and suits, opting for a more laid-back style.But the new prime minister is said to be keen to move away from what critics described as her predecessor’s “chaotic” No 10 operation, which was embroiled in a slew of scandals. More

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 Liberal Democrats have cancelled their upcoming autumn conference and postponed major debates until spring following the Queen’s death. Sir Ed Davey’s party conference – set to run from 17 to 20 […] More

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

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

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 MPs should hold a vote on whether to end the Partygate investigation into whether Boris Johnson mislead parliament, said the Tory MP who quit the inquiry. Laura Farris said the […] More

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

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

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 King Charles III told Liz Truss his mother’s death was “the moment I have been dreading,” as he held his first audience with prime minister at Buckingham Palace. Ms Truss […] More