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Truss Promises Immediate Tax Cuts; Sunak Vows to ‘Go Further’ With Support Package

The two candidates vying to become the UK’s next prime minister continued to clash on economic policies on Saturday. Liz Truss promised an emergency budget to immediately cut taxes, while Rishi Sunak said he will “go further” with payments to help households with increasing energy bills. It comes after energy consultancy Auxilione released a forecast on…


Liz Truss Vows to Crack Down on ‘Unfair Protests’ After Climate Activists Disrupt Hustings

UK Conservative Party leadership contender Liz Truss has vowed to clamp down on “unfair protests” after she was heckled by a group of climate activists during a meeting with party members. Truss’ speech at a party leadership hustings in Eastbourne, East Sussex, was disrupted when five protesters shouted “shame on you” and called for a…


Liz Truss Gets Another Major Boost in Leadership Bid From Sajid Javid

Liz Truss on Thursday got another major boost to her campaign to become the UK’s next prime minister after Sajid Javid declared his support. It’s a significant blow to Truss’s opponent Rishi Sunak, who was the chief secretary to the Treasury when Javid was the chancellor. Sunak succeeded Javid when he resigned as the chancellor in…


UK Minister Scraps Civil Service Diversity Training ‘Riddled With Left-Wing Views’

UK Attorney General Suella Braverman said she has scrapped the diversity training programme in her department, as it is “riddled with left-wing views.” Writing in the Daily Mail, Braverman compared the “diversity, equality, and inclusion” (DEI) sector to the “witch-finders of the Middle Ages.” She said she was “horrified” to discover that hundreds of government…


Tory Leadership Contenders Flesh out Policy Pledges in 2nd Hustings

The two candidates vying to become the UK’s next prime minister continued to court voters on Monday in the second of the 12 local hustings as ballots started to drop in the letterboxes of Conservative grassroots members. Liz Truss was backed by Penny Mordaunt, the last of the eight initial candidates to be eliminated from the…


Truss U-Turns on Public Sector Pay 24 Hours After Promising to Save £8.8 Billion

Conservative Party leadership contender Liz Truss has dumped a policy to cut public sector pay by £8.8 billion ($10.75 billion) after being accused by the Labour Party’s deputy leader Angela Rayner of producing a “recipe for levelling down.” On Monday night Truss, who is battling former Chancellor Rishi Sunak to become the party’s new leader…


Liz Truss Rules Out 2nd Scottish Independent Referendum If She Becomes UK Prime Minister

Liz Truss has pledged that there will be no second referendum on Scottish independence if she becomes Conservative Party leader and UK prime minister. In the first independence referendum held in 2014, the Scottish electorate voted 55–45 percent to reject independence and remain part of the UK. But First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who is also…


Thousands of UK Firms Cut Ties With China Amid Rising Tensions: Industry Group

Thousands of British businesses are cutting their economic ties with China as they anticipate faster decoupling between China and the West, a major UK business group has said. Confederation of British Industry (CBI) Director-General Tony Danker said thousands of companies in the UK are currently rethinking their supply chains in anticipation of hardening anti-China political…


Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak Woo Rural Conservatives Before Crucial Weekend

The UK’s Conservative leadership contenders Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak both sought to win the support of rural party members on Friday as they race to replace Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Next week, ballots will arrive at the doorsteps of grassroots Conservative Party members, who are widely expected to cast their ballots early instead of…


Liz Truss Vows to Be Ukraine’s ‘Greatest Friend’ If She Becomes UK Prime Minister

UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has promised to follow Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s footsteps and become Ukraine’s “greatest friend” if she succeeds in her bid to become Conservative Party leader and prime minister. Truss, who is one of the last two contenders in the race to replace Johnson as prime minister, vowed to double down…