The Latest Breaking News from Liz Truss

Home secretary drawing attention to Tory ‘achilles heel’ on immigration

Sir John Hayes described Suella Braverman as a ‘close friend’ and said she was someone who ‘understands the asylum system needs fixing’.

With former British Prime Minister Liz Truss’ free-market reforms having severely wounded the British economy, a chorus of pundits have claimed that the end of free-market thought is upon us. Who could at this point be so foolhardy as to claim that simply cutting taxes for the rich — and…

The new prime minister’s main redeeming quality is that he is not his predecessors. What a sorry waste of 12 years in power

Policy to be redrawn after just 18 months but critics point to ministers’ own failures to take their security seriously

Meanwhile, good guy Tom Tug emerges as one of few sane Tories liked by not just his own party but Labour too

The Cabinet minister says he would like to see defence spending go up ‘by significant amounts’ – but acknowledged he lives ‘in the real world’.

Regional leaders had hoped to set up two sprawling low-tax zones covering sites in Newcastle, North Tyneside, and Northumberland, claiming the scheme would generate thousands of jobs

The announcement follows reports that former prime minister Liz Truss had her phone hacked by Russia while she was foreign secretary.

The chancellor’s autumn statement is expected to include both tax increases and public spending cuts

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