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’s government has axed the top civil servant at the Treasury as part of sweeping changes in economy policy. Sir Tom Scholar announced his exit as permanent secretary at […] 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 Government departments previously run by the new prime minister and chancellor have been reprimanded by a watchdog after “consistently failing” to comply with transparency laws. The Department for Business, Energy […] 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 single biggest donation to Liz Truss’s successful campaign for the Conservative leadership came from the wife of a former BP executive. It emerged that Fitriani Hay, the wife of […] 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 Liz Truss’s energy price freeze will not be enough to save as many as 2.2m families from being forced into fuel poverty this winter, charities have warned. A £2,500 limit […] More
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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 A typical household in Britain will pay no more than £2,500 a year for energy bills until October 2024 under a new government guarantee, prime minister Liz Truss has announced. […] 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 Liz Truss said the nation will be “deeply concerned” by the news that Queen Elizabeth II is under close medical supervision. The Conservative prime minister said “my thoughts and the […] More
Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Liz Truss’s new government has denied that it is abandoning its net zero target climate commitments despite bringing forward plans to legalise fracking. Levelling-Up Secretary Simon Clarke on Thursday morning confirmed that the government would […] More
