UK’s shortest-serving PM Liz Truss blames economic ‘orthodoxy’ for downfall
LONDON (Reuters) – Former British prime minister Liz Truss blamed on Sunday the economic “orthodoxy” in the country’s finance ministry, other nations and in parts of the governing Conservative Party for derailing…
Taking on ‘orthodoxy’, Britain’s new PM Truss wants to act fast
By Elizabeth Piper and Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s Liz Truss comes to power on a promise to challenge the so-called “orthodoxy”, demanding faster, radical action to tackle a cost of living…
Explainer-Liz Truss inherits UK economy heading for recession as new PM
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s next prime minister Liz Truss will face an economy that is forecast to go into a long recession later this year, with inflation at a 40-year high and…
UK’s business minister says Truss will aim to get to 2.5% trend growth- FT
(Reuters) – Britain’s business minister Kwasi Kwarteng believes Liz Truss will make it her aim to get to 2.5% trend growth, if appointed as the prime minister, he wrote in Financial Times…
Macron tells Truss: Britain and France will always be friends
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Britain and its people will always be allies of France, President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday, after the frontrunner to be Britain’s next prime minister said she had yet…
UK’s Liz Truss maintains big lead in leadership contest – poll
LONDON (Reuters) – Foreign Secretary Liz Truss remains far ahead of leadership rival Rishi Sunak in the race to become Britain’s next prime minister, a YouGov poll for Sky News showed on…
UK’s Liz Truss ready to speed up tax cut plan, newspaper says
LONDON – Liz Truss, the front-runner to become Britain’s next prime minister, plans to rush through tax cuts earlier than planned in an attempt to boost the country’s flagging economy, the Sunday…
UK PM hopefuls Sunak and Truss clash over recession warning in debate
By Andrew MacAskill LONDON – British foreign minister Liz Truss clashed over the future of the economy with former finance minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday as the two contenders to be Britain’s…
Factbox-What will Liz Truss do if she becomes UK prime minister?
LONDON – Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is leading the race to become Britain’s next prime minister, with two opinion polls putting her well ahead of former finance minister Rishi Sunak. Below are…
UK leadership candidate Truss pledges to ditch all EU laws by 2023
LONDON – Liz Truss, the leading candidate to succeed Boris Johnson as British prime minister, promised to scrap all remaining European Union laws that still apply in Britain by 2023 if she…
UK’s Truss vows to ‘raise the cost’ if Russia takes further action
LONDON – British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said on Sunday that Russia’s claims it has no plans to invade Ukraine were false and the UK and allies were resolved to “raise the…
UK plans to broaden scope of sanctions it could apply to Russia -Truss
By Kylie MacLellan LONDON – The British government will introduce new legislation this week to broaden the scope of sanctions it can apply to Russia in an effort to deter aggression towards…
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