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 has signalled that she will not appoint an ethics adviser if she replaces Boris Johnson, suggesting it was unnecessary because she knew “the difference between right and wrong”. […] 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 has been reported to the Cabinet secretary amid claims she is using her grace-and-favour mansion to help with her leadership bid. On Sunday it was reported that 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 Boris Johnson’s own “personality and behaviour” led to his eventual downfall as prime minister, said BBC broadcaster Laura Kuenssberg. The corporation’s former political editor said she was “shocked” at 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 Leading her first election campaign rally, Italian far-right leader Giorgia Meloni on Tuesday slammed the European Union energy’s strategy, saying families and businesses are being “brought to their knees” by […] 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 Police in Wales are investigating a councillor over a social media post which showed him brandishing a gun and saying he wanted to make sure “there wasn’t any English people […] 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 Priti Patel has said her record as home secretary “speaks volumes” as the senior Tory figure made clear that she wants to stay on in the role when Boris Johnson’s […] More
Business secretary and key Liz Truss ally Kwasi Kwarteng is “seriously considering” a £100bn plan for a crisis fund to keep energy bills under control, according to the head of Scottish Power.Chief executive Keith Anderson said he had suggested that a state-backed fund could provide loans to energy firms so they can freeze prices for two years – with costs then repaid over the next 15 to 20 years.Mr Anderson told BBC’s Good Morning Scotland that he had discussed the proposals with Mr Kwarteng last week, and he understood they were now being “seriously considered” by the government. 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 A former Conservative Lord Chancellor has questioned Liz Truss’ understanding of legal aid when she served as Justice Secretary. The attack on her competence, from a senior member of her […] More
