Truss

Liz Truss has undergone a political reinvention to become the favorite to succeed Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative party and UK Prime Minister.

The Foreign Secretary defended 'fantastic' Boris Johnson, admitted she has £30bn a year of unfunded tax cuts and drew battle lines with Rishi Sunak as she ...

She’s a bit weird, and that’s going to come out”. A Truss ally told The Times: “The guns are going to be out. They don’t call Liz the human hand grenade for nothing.” Ms Truss got through to the final two last night after ousting Penny Mordaunt by eight MPs’ votes amid dirty tricks claims. In a bid to win over Brexiteer Tories, the ex-Lib Dem Remainer said “I was wrong and I’m prepared to admit I was wrong” on leaving the EU. The Boris Johnson loyalist also admitted she “wanted Boris to carry on as Prime Minister” because he “did a fantastic job” in the 2019 election.

As the final Tory leadership contenders battle for the support of Conservative members, Mr Sunak claimed he is the only one who can beat Labour.

In his final Prime Minister’s Questions, he offered advice to his successor in what appeared to be a swipe at Mr Sunak, his former chancellor. “We have been going in the wrong direction on tax, with the tax burden at its highest in 70 years,” she wrote. “I’m confident that we can do that and we’ve got a really positive message to take out to all our members now – crucially, who is the best person to beat Keir Starmer and the Labour Party at the next election?” he said. A winner will be announced on September 5 and will assume office the following day. Ms Truss made the remarks in a BBC appearance on Thursday morning - her first broadcast interview of the contest - as another six weeks of campaigning gets underway after the first stage concluded on Wednesday. She said the former chancellor's National Insurance was a “mistake” and promised axe it, adding that current tax plans – drawn up by Mr Sunak before he resigned from government – will lead to recession.

The foreign secretary said Mr Sunak had pushed Britain in the “wrong direction” on taxation, and she would swiftly axe his National Insurance rise if she ...

“We have been going in the wrong direction on tax, with the tax burden at its highest in 70 years,” she wrote. Tory polling guru Lord Hayward said he “genuinely” couldn’t call the race. “Who is the best person to beat Keir Starmer and the Labour Party at the next election?” he said. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. “I believe I’m the only candidate who can do that.” Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Mr Sunak insisted he “will govern as a Thatcherite” but tried to dial down the bitter attacks that have dogged the Westminster leg of the contest, saying Ms Truss is someone “I like and respect”.

UK foreign secretary shrugs off accusations of fiscal irresponsibility after entering final round of Tory leadership contest.

Liz Truss says supporting the Remain campaign in the lead-up to Brexit was a 'mistake' while appearing on the BBC's Today programme.

‘I am somebody who have worked my entire life to get things done and that’s what I want to do in the job.’ As a child, she joined her left wing parents at peace rallies and went to the Greenham Common peace camp as a seven-year-old. When questioned on her changing politics, Truss told the Today programme said she ‘developed’ political views and ideas as she grew up. She told the BBC’s Radio 4 programme she was ‘wrong’ to not support Brexit in 2016. ‘I fully embraced the choice that the people of Britain have made,’ she said. Liz Truss says supporting the Remain campaign in the lead-up to Brexit was a ‘mistake.’

Foreign secretary tells BBC her tax cut plans would cost roughly £38bn a year as she lays out campaign against Rishi Sunak.

In her paper, the clerk of the journals adds: “It is for the committee and the house to determine whether a contempt has occurred and the intention of the contemnor is not relevant to making that decision. This ruling is bad for Johnson because he has already admitted that some of the comments he made to MPs about Partygate were misleading. The clerk’s memo explains that while “much of the commentary has focussed on whether Mr Johnson “deliberately” or “knowingly” misled the Committee”, “this wording is not in the motion”. The committee will seek to take evidence from Johnson and others in public in the autumn. Johnson could face a recall petition, which could lead to a byelection in his constituency, if the committee were to recommend a lengthy suspension from parliament as a punishment. What is the gamble is what we’re doing at the moment because, currently, the United Kingdom is projected to head for a recession. What is a gamble is what we’re doing at the moment. This shows that the MPs are being exceptionally thorough – which is not surprising because an inquiry of this kind is unprecedented in modern times. What is the gamble is what we’re doing at the moment because, currently, the United Kingdom is projected to head for a recession. What is a gamble is what we’re doing at the moment. Truss claimed that “economic orthodoxy” followed by governments over the past 20 years has failed to deliver proper economic growth. Truss claimed that “economic orthodoxy” followed by governments over the past 20 years has failed to deliver proper economic growth.

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said she would have liked Boris Johnson to continue in office but promised a clean break from his economic policies.

“I wanted Boris to carry on as Prime Minister. I think he did a fantastic job with the 2019 election, winning us a massive majority. But following a bitter parliamentary battle – and with concerns in the party about the damage a summer of infighting could do – he said Ms Truss is someone “I like and respect”. “I am a Thatcherite, I am running as a Thatcherite and I will govern as a Thatcherite.” But Mr Sunak insisted he was a “Thatcherite” as he sought to address the concerns of Tory members that he backed a high-tax, large state approach. “What is the gamble is what we’re doing at the moment because, currently, the United Kingdom is projected to head for a recession,” she said. She said she would take on the economic “consensus” of the past two decades and allow government borrowing to increase to fund her tax-cutting plan.

The radical economic policies backed by Foreign Secretary Liz Truss would set UK markets on a downward spiral, according to investors at some of the top ...