Liz Truss

The new UK prime minister drew blanks from Channel 9's Peter Overton and Tracy Grimshaw.

“They look like they could well be local dignitaries, it is hard to see, we are looking at the back of their heads mostly.” The mix-up happened on Australia’s Channel 9 as it was covering the funeral, attended by prime ministers and presidents from around the world – including Australian premier Anthony Albanese. An Australian TV channel failed to recognise Prime Minister Liz Truss, as she arrived at Westminster Abbey for the funeral of the Queen.

They will meet against the backdrop of Brexit tensions over Northern Ireland and the PM failing to say whether the French leader is 'friend or…

Labour urged the Prime Minister to use the trip to start “rebuilding our country’s diplomatic influence”. “The Prime Minister must use the UN General Assembly to bring the UK back in from the cold and begin rebuilding our country’s diplomatic influence.” It comes as political action resumes after the period of national mourning for the Queen. “In the short term that means increasing the supply of gas and other sources of energy and in the long term it means democracies tapping into our shared resources, natural, technological and entrepreneurial to develop alternative sources of energy.” Ahead of the visit the Prime Minister’s spokesman described France as a “longstanding ally” and insisted relations between London and Paris, as well as with the EU, are “good”. Ms Truss sparked a diplomatic row during the Tory leadership contest when she declined to give a clear answer when asked if the president of the allied nation was a “friend or foe”.

Liz Truss will tonight fly to New York to attend her first United Nations General Assembly session as UK Prime Minister.

Truss will deliver a speech at the UN meeting on Wednesday, which will allow her to outline her foreign policy objectives for the first time as Prime Minister. Liz Truss will tonight fly to New York to attend her first United Nations General Assembly session as Prime Minister, just hours after attending the Queen’s committal service at Windsor Castle. Liz Truss to jet off to New York for her first UN General Assembly

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson had championed a US trade deal as a big Brexit bonus, but was later forced to admit that Washington 'had a lot of fish ...

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Before departing for the US, the prime minister said: “By turning off the taps of the Nord Stream gas pipeline, Putin has consigned millions of people in Europe ...

He said: “Quite the opposite, she will be very clear that UK support to Ukraine will not falter. Because this isn’t just Ukraine’s fight, the whole world suffers when a regime like Putin’s is allowed to bully and blackmail its neighbours.” My message to the people of Ukraine is this: the UK will continue to be right behind you every step of the way, your security is our security.” In 2022, Britain was second only to the US in terms of military aid sent to Ukraine. The Prime Minister pledged the UK will match or exceed the record support given to Volodymyr Zelensky’s “inspirational” troops. We need to work together to end this once and for all.”

The arrival of the new Prime Minister and her husband Hugh O'Leary at Westminster Abbey this morning left commentators for Channel 9 baffled as to who they ...

As the cameras then zoomed in on Ms Truss’s face, Mr Overton said: “We’re now getting to the pointy end as they say of the [royal family]”, meaning the lower leagues. "We’re looking at the backs of their heads mostly.” The arrival of the new Prime Minister and her husband Hugh O’Leary at Westminster Abbey this morning left commentators for Channel 9 baffled as to who they could be.

Grimshaw says on live television: “Who's this” to which Overton replies “No, hard to identify maybe minor royals I can't identify them at this point.” Grimshaw ...

its hard to see we are looking at the back of their heads mostly.” A wreath from Number 10, signed by Prime Minister Liz Truss, sits close to the door at st George’s Chapel in Windsor where the Queen’s Committal service was being held, and says: “For a lifetime of devotion and duty we offer our deep and sincere gratitude.” [Australian](/topic/australian) news readers failed to recognise prime minister [Liz Truss](/topic/liz-truss) as she arrived for the [Queen’s state funeral ](/comment/queen-funeral-elizabeth-ii-magnificence-longest-reigning-monarch-b1026608.html)and dismissed her as likely to be ‘a local dignitary’.

Some international broadcasters failed to recognise Ms Truss as she arrived at Westminster Abbey, with Australian TV presenters speculating that she was a “ ...

Ms Truss has had to spend much of her first fortnight in 10 Downing Street working on the plans for the state funeral, which was led by Buckingham Palace but involved significant input from the Government, for example on security arrangements. As she walked in to the Abbey with her husband, Hugh O’Leary, a presenter on Australia’s 9News said the couple were “hard to identify, maybe minor royals… [in memory of the Queen](https://inews.co.uk/news/william-royal-duties-step-up-prince-of-wales-heir-to-throne-explained-1857929?ico=in-line_link); she also did so at a service in St Paul’s, the day after Elizabeth II died. Author [Caitlin Moran](https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/caitlin-moran-television-abandoned-comedy-working-class-characters-31353?ico=in-line_link) joked: “Well Liz Truss’s reading is a welcome respite from all the emotion, drama and beauty.” He said: “Those who serve will be loved and remembered longer than those who cling to power and privilege are long forgotten.” Ms Truss is substantially less well-known around the world than her predecessor, Boris Johnson.

They will meet against the backdrop of Brexit tensions over Northern Ireland and the PM failing to say whether the French leader is 'friend or…

Labour urged the Prime Minister to use the trip to start “rebuilding our country’s diplomatic influence”. “The Prime Minister must use the UN General Assembly to bring the UK back in from the cold and begin rebuilding our country’s diplomatic influence.” It comes as political action resumes after the period of national mourning for the Queen. “In the short term that means increasing the supply of gas and other sources of energy and in the long term it means democracies tapping into our shared resources, natural, technological and entrepreneurial to develop alternative sources of energy.” Ahead of the visit the Prime Minister’s spokesman described France as a “longstanding ally” and insisted relations between London and Paris, as well as with the EU, are “good”. Ms Truss sparked a diplomatic row during the Tory leadership contest when she declined to give a clear answer when asked if the president of the allied nation was a “friend or foe”.

Liz Truss has announced that the UK will meet or exceed the amount of military aid spent on Ukraine in 2022 next year, as she flies to the US for meetings ...

"Of course that means working together on the issue of migration. Your security is our security." That's the priority." Ms Truss will also deliver a speech to the UN General Assembly, where she will say the UK under her leadership will be "an active defender of our democratic values" and will work to counter authoritarianism with allies. Ahead of the trip, Ms Truss confirmed the UK will meet or exceed the amount of military aid spent on the war-torn nation in 2022 next year. Liz Truss has announced that the UK will meet or exceed the amount of military aid spent on Ukraine in 2022 next year, as she flies to the US for meetings with world leaders.

On Friday, the Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, will outline a mini-Budget to deliver promises made by Ms Truss during her Tory leadership campaign to cut taxes. The ...

The value of the pound has recently fallen to its lowest level against the dollar in almost four decades. It claims that many rules imposed in the wake of the financial crisis worked to increase confidence in Britain's financial sector. Analysts at Oxford Economics, using a model that mimics that of the Treasury, say that they would add just 0.1% to the level of output of GDP by 2025. But she may yet face pressure to pump more money into the state. Markets, already nervous about the UK's prospects, reckon her approach is a gamble. Brexit allows the UK to diverge from the rules it had for financial services whilst in the European Union. A cut in the basic rate of income tax may, it's reported, be on the cards. As it is, higher inflation already risks the interest payments on that debt exceeding £100bn next year. Cut red tape, and they have the freedom and incentive to do even more - what's termed supply-side reforms. That scale of growth has eluded many chancellors, whatever they've wished for, particularly since the financial crisis. This package doesn't mean Liz Truss has abandoned her smaller state vision. Cutting taxes marks a definitive break from the Conservative's austerity era.

She's only been in the job for 13 days, but Liz Truss' tenure as Prime Minister has already involved dealing with something no head of government has had to ...

It's hard to see, we're looking at the backs of their heads." The presenters added: "I'm just told that was Liz Truss, the new Prime Minister in the distance that we could see." To which someone must have whispered in their ears that it was indeed the Prime Minister Liz Truss.

With official mourning over, the new prime minister will start to lay out her wilfully unpopular policies, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee.

Truss’s aim for growth is partly dashed by a phenomenal workforce loss of an extra [352,000 long-term sick](https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peoplenotinwork/economicinactivity/timeseries/lf69/lms) since the start of the pandemic: that’s what NHS waiting does. [lift the ban on new grammar schools](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/09/17/liz-truss-could-lift-ban-new-grammar-schools-months/?utm_source=POLITICO.EU&utm_campaign=d664b318b6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_09_18_11_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_10959edeb5-d664b318b6-190618240) will get government backing. Refusing to impose a windfall tax on profiteering energy companies is greeted with indignation, while the EU [targets windfalls of €140bn](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/sep/14/eu-windfall-tax-energy-fossil-fuel-firms) (£121bn). [6.9 million waiting list for elective care](https://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/referrals/nhs-waiting-lists-might-not-reduce-until-2024-government-admits/) is the wrong sort of British queue, due to keep rising with [13,500 beds already blocked](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/winter-could-force-nhs-onto-pandemic-footing-d83flf8x9) with patients awaiting social care. This is pure dogma, denying evidence that they cause [social segregation with zero good education effect](https://epi.org.uk/publications-and-research/grammar-schools-8-conclusions-data/#:~:text=1.,similar%20pupils%20in%20comprehensive%20schools%5C). A plan for new tax-free “investment zones” ignores [extensive evidence that they don’t work](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-48856440). [A majority of voters](https://www.ukonward.com/reports/what-do-voters-think-of-grammar-schools/) would either abolish these schools or leave the status quo. [upcoming corporation tax rise](https://www.ft.com/content/cd7e7110-7507-4047-8513-f51ff1f8ace6). [animal welfare and trophy import bills](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/17/liz-truss-animal-welfare-trade-deals-george-eustice) look set for the chop: that’s no winner in this animal-loving country, and it will anger farmers undermined by trade deals not matching UK animal standards. In no particular order, here is the rest of the likely unpopular policy flotilla. It’s more of a symbolic gesture.” But it is not a symbol to please the public. The royal order was “no politics”, and yet

The Prime Minister is travelling to the UN General Assembly on her first overseas trip since entering Downing Street two weeks ago - as politics gets back ...

We need to work together to end this once and for all.” [Joe Biden](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/joe-biden) in the Big Apple tomorrow, but is not expected to visit the White House. [Volodymyr Zelensky](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/volodymyr-zelensky) that, like her predecessor [Boris Johnson](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/boris-johnson), Ms Truss will continue to back Ukraine’s resistance. [Vladimir Putin](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/vladimir-putin) of trying to blackmail European nations but strangling supplies. “My message to the people of Ukraine is this - the UK will continue to be right behind you every step of the way. [Ukraine](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/ukraine).

Mr Macron has long been a critic of Brexit and has been firm in pressing the UK to keep to commitments on Northern Ireland and fishing rights. Ms Truss sparked ...

[London](https://www.thenationalnews.com/tags/london/) and [Paris](https://www.thenationalnews.com/tags/paris/), and with the [EU](https://www.thenationalnews.com/tags/european-union/), are “good”. [Foreign Secretary James Cleverly](https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/2022/09/06/james-cleverly-ex-middle-east-minister-becomes-liz-trusss-foreign-secretary/) in the US, will then return before Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget on Friday. “The prime minister must use the UN General Assembly to bring the UK back in from the cold and begin rebuilding our country’s diplomatic influence.” [Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan](https://www.thenationalnews.com/tags/recep-tayyip-erdogan/), [Spain’s Pedro Sanchez](https://www.thenationalnews.com/tags/pedro-sanchez) and [Israel’s Yair Lapid](https://www.thenationalnews.com/tags/yair-lapid) are also scheduled. Ms Truss will try to use the visit to “spur further international action to end energy dependence on Russia, making sure the world is never in this position again”. [Vladimir Putin’s](https://www.thenationalnews.com/tags/vladimir-putin/) invasion of Ukraine. [Brexit](https://www.thenationalnews.com/tags/brexit/) and has been firm in pressing the UK to keep to commitments on Northern Ireland and fishing rights. [Tory leadership contest](https://www.thenationalnews.com/tags/conservative-leadership/) when she declined to give a clear answer as to whether Mr Macron was a “friend or foe”. [Ursula von der Leyen](https://www.thenationalnews.com/tags/ursula-von-der-leyen), and deliver a speech to world leaders, as political action resumes after the period of national mourning for [Queen Elizabeth II](https://www.thenationalnews.com/tags/queen-elizabeth-ii/). [Russia](https://www.thenationalnews.com/tags/russia/), but clashes over the Northern Ireland Protocol are bound to feature. [UK Prime Minister Liz Truss](https://www.thenationalnews.com/tags/liz-truss) is visiting New York to meet international leaders during the [UN General Assembly](https://www.thenationalnews.com/tags/unga/), including US President [Joe Biden](https://www.thenationalnews.com/tags/joe-biden) and French leader [Emmanuel Macron](https://www.thenationalnews.com/tags/emmanuel-macron/). [questions over whether she regards the French leader as a “friend or foe”](https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/2022/08/26/macron-cautions-liz-truss-after-she-says-jury-is-out-on-france-as-enemy/).

Britain is to spend billions more arming Ukraine next year, Liz Truss will tell the United Nations in New York on her first overseas trip as prime minister.

Liz Truss promises billions more in military help for Ukraine Britain is to spend billions more arming Ukraine next year, Liz Truss will tell the United Nations in New York on her first overseas trip as prime minister. WAR IN UKRAINE

A pair of senior Australian broadcasters today mistook Liz Truss as a "minor royal" at the Queen's funeral instead of the UK's Prime Minister.

“I think we are now getting to the pointy end, as they say of the– I’m just told that was Liz Truss, the new Prime Minister, in the distance that we could see.” A pair of senior Australian broadcasters today mistook Liz Truss as a “minor royal” at the Queen’s funeral instead of the UK’s Prime Minister in an embarrassing gaffe. When the pair got out of their car, Grimshaw asked: “Who’s this?”

Billions promised in military aid as the PM restarts her agenda, following mourning for the Queen.

"Ukraine's victories in recent weeks have been inspirational," Ms Truss said. Ms Truss has promised to use the mini Budget to undo a rise in National Insurance and cancel a planned hike in corporation tax. In her speech, Ms Truss will point to the recent success of Ukraine's counter-offensives as examples of what the country can achieve with Western backing. As politics resumes in the UK, Ms Truss will travel to the United States for her first foreign trip as prime minister. Ms Truss's speech to the assembly will focus on renewing the UK's long-term commitment to Ukraine and ending international energy dependence on Russia. A hectic week of diplomacy and policy announcements lies ahead for Ms Truss and her government after a period of national mourning for the late Queen ended.

New PM must win over Joe Biden after threats to rip up Northern Ireland protocol, but will find common ground on Ukraine.

When she lands back on British soil on Thursday, Truss will be putting the finishing touches to her mini-budget, which is expected to confirm national insurance cuts. Ahead of the trip, Truss said: “Ukraine’s victories in recent weeks have been inspirational. We need to work together to end this once and for all.” Your security is our security.” Truss will use her visit to the UN general assembly in New York to underline Britain’s long-term commitment to Ukraine and its people with a pledge of at least £2.3bn in military aide next year. Biden has expressed concerns that peace in the province should not be undermined by the Brexit row, and has been reluctant to strike a free trade deal with the UK as a result.

PM to hold meetings with Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron during New York trip, where she will tell leaders to end energy dependence on Russia.

We need to work together to end this once and for all.” Before leaving the States on Wednesday evening, Ms Truss will use her summit speech to say the UK under her leadership will be “an active defender of our democratic values” and will work to counter authoritarianism with allies. [end energy dependence on Russia](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/03/14/cannot-go-like-west-must-end-dependence-vladimir-putin/) making sure the world is never in this position again”. It comes as political action resumes after the Your security is our security.” She will seek to use the visit to “spur further international action to [ has raised concerns about Brexit’s threat to the peace process](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/09/07/joe-biden-liz-truss-first-phone-call/) and has downplayed the chances of striking a free-trade deal. Meetings with the leaders of Turkey, Spain and Israel are also expected, and Ms Truss will warn that now is not the time to “take our foot off the gas” in opposing Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. His French counterpart, Mr Macron, has long been a critic of Brexit and has been firm in pressing the UK to keep to commitments on Northern Ireland and fishing rights. [period of national mourning for the late Queen](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2022/09/08/uk-will-remain-mourning-queen-state-funeral/). “My message to the people of Ukraine is this: the UK will continue to be right behind you every step of the way. She will use her trip to New York to announce the UK will meet or exceed the amount of money sent to Kyiv in 2022.

The Prime Minister stressed her trade priority is striking agreements with India and the Gulf states.

She had been set to talk to the US President in Britain over the weekend as he visited for the Queen’s funeral, but the meeting was postponed. But she heavily downplayed the chances of talks even resuming to get the comprehensive deal with the States that was billed by Brexit backers as a major benefit of leaving the EU during the referendum. When Boris Johnson last visited the US as prime minister, Mr Biden downplayed the chances of a deal with the UK as he warned against tampering with the “Irish accords” amid a row over the post-Brexit protocol.

Prime Minister says she wants to “work together on the issue of migration” ahead of key talks in New York. French President Emmanuel Macron waves as he and ...

Of course that means working together on the issue of migration.” Pressed on what she wanted to see Mr Macron offer to reduce the numbers of migrant crossings, Ms Truss said: “That is one of the issues that we need to work with France in a constructive way on.” Liz Truss has sought to launch a charm offensive with her French counterpart on the issue of migrant Channel crossings ahead of a crunch meeting in New York on Tuesday.

Brexit supporters insisted that the 2016 Leave vote would open the way for a free trade agreement with the US, which would dwarf trade deals with countries such ...

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Prime Minister casts doubt on deal as she flies to UN summit in New York for talks with Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron.

At a Tory leadership event last month, when she was still Foreign Secretary, Ms Truss said she would judge President Macron by his “deeds not words”. “Of course that means working together on the issue of migration. “Those are our trade priorities. [said the “jury is out” on whether President Macron is “friend or foe”](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/08/25/rishi-sunak-u-turns-liz-trusss-tax-plans-vowing-vote/). Asked again on Channel migrants, the Prime Minister said: “That is one of the issues that we need to work with France in a constructive way on.” The Prime Minister said she wanted to work “constructively” with France on the issue of migration ahead of a meeting with Emmanuel Macron later on Tuesday. “In terms of trade: I mentioned earlier getting CPTPP accession, getting a trade deal with India, getting a trade deal with the GCC,” she said. [will not countenance a trade deal](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/05/20/uk-refuses-cave-us-pressure-northern-ireland-protocol/) with the UK if Britain [tears up the Northern Ireland Protocol](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/09/07/joe-biden-liz-truss-first-phone-call/), part of the Brexit agreement. [he travelled to the UK](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2022/09/19/queen-funeral-seating-plan-guests-joe-biden/) for [the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2022/09/19/queen-elizabeth-ii-laid-rest-amid-outpouring-love/). “That is a huge priority for European security as well as ensuring that we are working together with other members of the G7 to make sure we are not strategically dependent on authoritarian regimes.” Ms Truss will also hold talks with Emmanuel Macron, their first since she sparked a row when she said the “jury is out” on whether President Macron is “friend or foe”. In a surprising admission, the Prime Minister said there was no prospect of talks on a free trade agreement with Washington in the “short or medium term”.