Scott Challinor

Conservative Party chair Jake Berry has criticised recent comments made by former culture secretary Nadine Dorries, which targeted prime minister Liz Truss.

UK prime minister Liz Truss has today travelled to Prague, Czechia, to join leaders from countries across Europe and Western Asia for the first meeting of the new European Political Community [EPC].

Prime minister Liz Truss has used her keynote speech at the Tory Party Conference to emphasise that “everyone will benefit” from her growth-pursuing economic policies and the UK must “stay the course”.

Speaking at the Tory Party Conference, home secretary Suella Braverman has said that ministers need to make the plan to divert asylum seekers to Rwanda “work”.

Former Treasury minister Lord Agnew has suggested that the UK could save £35 billion per year by making cutbacks within the Civil Service to render it more efficient.

Prime minister Liz Truss has cast doubt on whether benefits will increase in line with inflation, as her predecessor Boris Johnson had promised.

Speaking at the Conservative Party Conference, chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has suggested he will publish his fiscal plan “shortly”, having previously indicated that it would not be forthcoming until November 23.

Northern Ireland minister Steve Baker has defended his claims that relations with the Republic of Ireland are “not where they should be, and we all need to work extremely hard to improve them”.

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has said that the government will not be going through with plans to scrap the top income tax bracket of 45 per cent on incomes over £150,000 per annum.

The European Union has this week agreed to impose a windfall tax on energy firms’ surplus profits and excess revenues made from higher electricity bills, akin to the UK’s Energy Profits Levy.

Bedfordshire-based family-owned bus operator Grant Palmer Ltd is using new ticket machine technology to avoid incidents where its buses strike low bridges, thereby improving safety for road users, rail users and bus passengers.

UK prime minister Liz Truss has agreed to convene with other European leaders on Thursday (October 6) at the first meeting of a new “club of nations” in Prague, Czechia.

The pound sterling returned to $1.12 against the US dollar on Friday morning, equalling levels prior to the announcement of the mini-Budget one week ago.

Speaking in a series of interviews with BBC radio stations, prime minister Liz Truss has defended the tax cuts outlined in Friday’s mini-Budget.

Financial secretary to the Treasury, Andrew Griffith, has defended the government’s tax-cutting measures outlined in the mini-Budget, after they were subjected to fierce criticism this week.