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The Latest Breaking News from Liz Truss

Starmer’s denial will not save his Labour leadership but he’ll go down fighting

Keir Starmer is a decent man but that is not enough for a party that wants a good communicator. Step forward Andy …

The Guardian - UK

How bond markets have become one of the most powerful forces in modern politics

To stay in the top job, a British prime minister has to try and keep certain groups happy. MPs, party members and donors do not like to be ignored.

The Conversation

Aberdeen Tory by-election candidate hailed Liz Truss ‘vision’ in resurfaced posts

THE Tories’ Aberdeen South by-election candidate gave a “cringeworthy” endorsement of Liz Truss, resurfaced social media posts have shown.

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As John Healey goes, the political vultures circle Starmer. And so continues our history of PM-icide

A small, eccentric electorate gets to oust the UK’s leaders and then chooses largely inadequate replacements. It’s an absurd process and we’re locked into it again, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Nigel Farage to headline Liz Truss’s UK CPAC event after apparent snub

Reform had previously suggested Farage would be ‘steering clear’ of event, modelled on US conservative gathering

The Guardian - UK

Cautious Keir seeks to cement his legacy as he plods towards the exit

PM is seeking a few quick wins to guarantee he is remembered for at least a short while after he resigns

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson described Theresa May as a ‘giant yucca tree under whose shade everything dies’

Exclusive: Sir Conor Burns, one of Boris Johnson’s closest aides, lays bare the former prime minister’s dim view of his predecessor in new book marking 10 years since the Brexit referendum

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Thursday news quiz: Liz Truss’s reign, origin apples and a bunch of boars

Test yourself on topical news trivia, pop culture and general knowledge every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Guardian - UK

‘He was like a zombie’: Tom Pidcock on racing Pogacar, his Grand Tour hopes and leaving Ineos

The British rider and unvarnished free spirit tells Sean Ingle why he is in a good place heading into the Tour de France next month

The Guardian - UK

'Where we are today is frightening': a Pulitzer-winning historian sees a doomsday scenario involving China and the national debt

Liaquat Ahamed, whose “Lords of Finance” redefined the Great Depression, says America’s debt crisis has a clear historical precedent.

Fortune

Sajid Javid says backing Liz Truss to lead Tories was his ‘biggest political mistake’

Former chancellor also tells Hay festival ‘good riddance’ to Tory MPs defecting to Reform

The Guardian - UK

Energy bills hike has already made Reeves’ cost of living package look meaningless

NEWS ANALYSIS: Political editor David Maddox looks at what Ofgem’s announcement on energy bills means for the chancellor

The Independent UK

Britain’s politicians need to worry less about the bond markets – and more about the Bank of England

A new model of central banking would weaken the power of bond vigilantes – and help progressive politicians pay for transformative change, says academic Daniela Gabor

The Guardian - UK

Monday briefing: Is the bond market making Britain ungovernable?

In today’s newsletter: The fate of Liz Truss is a warning to any PM thinking of implementing radical economic reform. But does the need to appease the market mean real change is always out of reach?

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The ungovernable country? Why Britain keeps losing prime ministers

May, Johnson, Truss, Sunak, and now perhaps Starmer: each one was brought low for a reason. But what if the deeper problem is the office itself?

The Conversation

From landslide to leadership crisis: where did it all go wrong for Keir Starmer?

The failure of many of the UK’s recent prime ministers, who have passed through Downing Street in quick succession, seems easy to explain. Theresa May couldn’t do what she promised and didn’t “get Brexit done”. Boris Johnson broke his own rules, and the law. Liz Truss failed through sheer incompetence.

The Guardian - UK

Politics has tossed friendship out of the window – as Keir Starmer is realising

Britain’s embattled PM is beset by enemies. One reason is that Westminster has ceased to be a club and turned into a shambles, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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‘There’s a risk of another Liz Truss moment’: City raises spectre of bond market meltdown again

As Keir Starmer’s leadership totters, investors warn a Labour leadership contest ignoring public finances and market realpolitik could be disastrous

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Labour MPs channel Tory psychodrama as Starmer keeps hiding in plain sight

While some are working out how to get rid of the prime minister, others are already plotting against his rival

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Desperate to please but pleasing no one, Starmer’s latest reset could be his last

Monday’s ‘make or break’ speech was one of the PM’s best but the signs are that most Labour MPs have already seen enough

Evening Standard

Local elections 2026: What's at stake for Starmer, Labour and London?

The Prime Minister faces a battle for survival as the results of the May elections come in

The Guardian - UK

One of the last true believers, Pat McFadden is sent out to defend kryptonite Keir

Starmer is determined to see his five-year term through, even if it’s not what the country or the party wants

The Guardian - UK

‘There is a good deal of fear’: what would a Labour leadership challenge mean for bond markets?

Rayner and Burnham are trying to gain markets’ confidence amid concerns they could loosen fiscal rules if they replace Starmer

The Guardian - UK

Reform government could cause Truss-style chaos, says renewables industry

Lobbyist Tara Singh says stripping projects of subsidy contracts would undermine investor confidence in UK

Evening Standard

Liz Truss's 'pro-growth' Mayfair private members club gets green light despite protests

The ex-Prime Minister joined forces with property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz to open the Leconfield, an exclusive invitation-only club based in MI5’s former Mayfair headquarters

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