Liz Truss

Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss attends the 'Popular Conservatives' conference on 6 February 2024 in London (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Liz Truss makes legal threat to the PM - what you need to know

New UK Conservative leader will present challenge for Scottish Tories Ian Swanson

'There were little vari-coloured cuties and majestic green giants with spectacular flowers,' said Susan

Quirky plant fiasco shows colossal horticultural incompetence - Susan Morrison

Liz Truss during the Conservative Party Conference at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham. Picture: Jacob King/PA Wire

Race to the bottom in the Tory party - Alex Cole-Hamilton

The Bank of England must decide whether to cut interest rates

Financial black holes don’t get much darker - Ian Murray

Larry the cat sits outside 10 Downing Street, London. Picture date: Tuesday April 27, 2021. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Cummings. Photo credit should read: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

So who’s going to be top cat in Downing Street? - Vladimir McTavish

Ian Murray with Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar, right, during a visit to the Harland & Wolff construction yard in Methil. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

An opportunity we can’t afford to miss - Ian Murray

Labour's cautious campaign is sign of its seriousness about power

Rishi Sunak launched the election in the pouring rain

Labour's cautious campaign is sign of its seriousness about power

The betting scandal is a particularly apt ending to fourteen years of rule by a party who regard government as a trip to the casino

You’d better believe Sunak’s spin on 14 years of Tory rule isn’t working - Vladi...

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If only Taylor Swift had that winning Finn Russell touch - Vladimir McTavish

John Swinney, Anas Sarwar, Douglas Ross,and Alex Cole-Hamilton with STV's Colin Mackay

Picking the bones out of the TV leaders’ debate - Alex Cole-Hamilton

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Heard the one about the city that doesn’t own its bus station? - Vladimir McTavi...

Liz Truss addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference, an annual political conference attended by conservative activists and elected officials from across the United States

Truss takes a page out of the Trump right wing playbook - Steve Cardownie

Truss shows no remorse and blames 'economic establishment'

Rishi Sunak visits an apprentice training centre at the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) on March 18 in Coventry

End the agony Rishi, call an election - Alex Cole-Hamilton
The end of this week marks the last moment at which Rishi Sunak can feasibly call a general election and have it coincide with the English local elections in May. He’s stated that he won’t do that, but there is still a chance he might.
Alex Cole-Hamilton

Liz Truss was ‘PM for less time than the shelf life of an iceberg lettuce’, says Vladimir McTavish

What’s the point of a pantomime if you don’t have a villain? - Vladimir McTavish

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, with Lee Anderson MP for Ashfield during a visit to Woodland View Primary School in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. Mr Anderson has had the Conservative whip suspended after making a widely criticised claim that London Mayor Sadiq Khan was controlled by "Islamists"

It’s time to kick out far right Tory party racists and conspiracists - Angus Rob...

Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference at National Harbor, in Maryland

Trust Truss to join the far right American crazies of CPAC - Vladimir McTavish

Watch moment Wilko boss tells MP she 'let down' staff and shoppers

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Yes, Prime Minister, it is time for a change – a change of government - Ian Murr...

Liz Truss has not lost her talent for verbal slapstick, says Vladimir McTavish

Hopefully Suella will soon join Liz in dustbin of history - Vladimir McTavish

Liz Truss

Liz Truss defends her record as prime minister in think tank speech

Boris Johnson earns over £21k an hour for his roles outside of politics

Boris Johnson rakes in over £21k as second job earnings revealed

Liz Truss resigned as Prime Minister on October 20 last year after just 44 days in office (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Labour can't beat Tories outright despite three disastrous PMs – Angus Robertson

Gary Neville mocks former PM Liz Truss on Twitter

Liz Truss to blame ‘woke culture’ for high taxes in fierce comeback speech

Liz Truss turns her attention to ‘woke culture’ in comeback speech
Liz Truss is expected to slam ‘woke culture’ in her latest speech
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Late Night Lycett: How to watch Joe Lycett’s new Channel 4 show - and he’s invited Liz Truss to be a guest

Late Night Lycett: How to watch Joe Lycett’s new Channel 4 show

Are Edinburgh house prices rising or falling? Latest data from the ONS (Photos: Getty Images)

Check if Edinburgh house prices rising or falling with our interactive tool

An appearance on Strictly Come Dancing may help Nicola Sturgeon's image (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Sturgeon to be reborn as National Treasure with Strictly tango? – Susan Morrison

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Lis Truss defends economic plan - your views online

Liz Truss made no apology to families who saw their mortgages soar after the mini-budget and blamed 'a powerful economic establishment' (Picture: Daniel Leal/PA Wire)

Truss's reappearance is nightmare for Sunak – Ian Swanson

The podium was only used by Liz Truss on a handful of occasions

Liz Truss: former PM says she wasn’t ‘given a realistic chance’

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How Johnson’s toxic legacy set tone for Tory scandals – Ian Swanson

Nicola Sturgeon says she hasn't kept a detailed diary of her time in politics but will 'almost certainly' write a memoir.

Sturgeon planning to write memoir

The podium was only used by Liz Truss on a handful of occasions

Liz Truss’ Jenga-style podium cost taxpayers over £4,000

Rishi Sunak and Nicola Sturgeon talked over a private dinner at an Inverness hotel (Picture: Downing Street)

Sunak may smile but he's no friend of Scottish Government

There doesn't need to be a strike before ambulances fail to arrive within their target time.

Sunak's Thatcher imitation game is out of date – Ian Swanson

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrives to deliver his first major domestic speech of the year at Plexal, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on January 4

Rishi Sunak’s cunning plan to cure the economy of all the problems he has caused...

The Tory party's version of the Grim Reaper appears to have stopped putting an end to Prime Ministers' political careers for now (Picture: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)

Boris and Poor Liz both fell to Tories' PM-slayer. When do voters get to choose?

Jonathan, a Seychelles giant tortoise (photo: Getty Images)

First News: Memorable moments of 2022

Liz Truss arrives at Conservative headquarters in London after winning the party leadership election (Picture: Carl Court/Getty Images)

Was 2022 the worst year in recent times? There's plenty of compelling evidence

The UK's favourite news moments of 2022 – including the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee...

In Love Actually, Hugh Grant is a young Prime Minister who falls in love with a Downing Street tea lady, played by Martine McCutcheon (Picture: Alessandro Abbonizio/AFP via Getty Images)

Johnson and Truss won’t inspire Love Actually 2, but better times will return

Sue Webber MSP - Conservative

Rejecting indy vote will save endless chaos - Sue Webber

Autumn Statement 2022: What time is Jeremy Hunt’s budget and how to watch it live online and TV

How to watch Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement

Jeremy Hunt will reveal the budget around lunchtime.

Autumn statement 2022: Jeremy Hunt set to reveal autumn budget

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Readers' letters: Britain’s stock has fallen post-Brexit

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will deliver his autumn budget in the House of Commons on Thursday. Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images.

Autumn budget will reveal much about the Tories' priorities – Ian Swanson

A Number 21 bus due at the Great Junction Street stop in Leith turned out to be a ghostly apparition (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Ghost bus wreaks havoc in Leith! – Susan Morrison

Kwasi Kwarteng refused to apologise for the impact of the mini-budget on the people.

Kwasi Kwarteng says he warned Liz Truss of her downfall

Keir Starmer is a democracy denier over Scottish independence (Picture: Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

Starmer's position on Indyref2 is the same the Tories’ – Angus Robertson

The PM is under fire for taking Sir Gavin Williamson back into the fold.

Picture: Habibur Rahman

Sunak under fire over Williamson appointment amid bullying claims

House prices in the UK have fallen for the first time in over a year.

UK house prices fall in October for first time in 15 months

Prime minister Rishi Sunak and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt have said “tough decisions” are needed on upcoming tax rises.

Treasury warns of inevitable tax rises in upcoming financial statement