Is Keir Starmer ready to take on Liz Truss?
The legalistic debating style of the Labour leader had currency against Boris Johnson, but a new opponent calls for new…
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Elizabeth Truss was prime minister from 6 September 2022 to 25 October 2022. Her tenure in the job, marked by unrest in financial markets, was the shortest in British history. She studied philosophy, politics and economics at Merton College, Oxford. She is married and has two children, and was elected as Conservative MP for South West Norfolk in 2010. In 2014 David Cameron appointed her as Environment Secretary, and, at 38, she was the youngest female member of his cabinet. After that she became the first female Lord Chancellor and the first female Conservative foreign secretary.
Can Liz Truss resist becoming Boris 2.0?
Truss looks set to continue with the same toxic, dishonest, scorched-earth brand of politics practised by her predecessor.
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From the NS archive: Iron Lady 2.0
18 July 2012: Liz Truss, a back-bench MP, is emerging as the ideological torch-bearer for a new generation of Tories.
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Of course what Joe Lycett said wasn’t funny – that’s literally the point
What was he supposed to do – joke about how people will freeze to death?
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What could Liz Truss’s cabinet look like?
Her administration will be defined by who is chosen to lead the economy, health service, education and defence.
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Why Liz Truss will damage the Conservatives’ record on the economy
For the first time in nearly 15 years, Labour are leading in the polls on the public finances.
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Liz Truss has no moral right to be prime minister
The UK’s new leader represents only a tiny, secretive group of highly unrepresentative voters.
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As the Tory leadership race ends, Liz Truss prepares to enter No 10
Around 12.30pm Truss is set to be announced as the new PM, what will her government look like?
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Liz Truss’s National Insurance cut would fail to help Britain’s poorest
The Tory front-runner’s proposal would save the poorest tenth of households just 76p per month.
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Of course Rishi Sunak still thinks he will win
His sustained confidence is baffling – until you remember that this is a man who has won at everything he…
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Trussonomics explained: Can Liz Truss save the economy?
There is no reason to believe that Liz Truss's tax policy would pay for itself or reduce inflation.
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Britain at the mercy of the Tory party faithful
Once again, a UK prime minister has been chosen by a cartel of Conservative members. How did the “selectorate” end…
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Can the Tories kick their addiction to delusional thinking?
Just like with Boris Johnson in 2019, Conservative members are looking for someone who will tell them it’s all going…
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The next PM should radically rethink levelling-up funding – here’s how
Exclusive analysis of the Shared Prosperity Fund shows it is not allocated according to need.
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Can Liz Truss blame the looming economic crisis on Rishi Sunak?
Already, the former chancellor is being turned into a scapegoat.
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Liz Truss is ready for Prime Minister’s Questions – as long as they’re from Vogue
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Why Liz Truss will fail
The office of prime minister has become impossible.
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Leader: A state of emergency
If Liz Truss enters No 10 next week, she is expected to bring the Brexit ultras with her and establish…
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A Liz Truss government means the return of the radical right
As a brutal winter beckons, the Conservative leadership front-runner and her band of free-market ideologues threaten to drag Britain further…
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A lesson for Liz Truss: you can run from the media, but you can’t hide
Boris Johnson should have learnt that trying to avoid scrutiny only makes journalists more suspicious.
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