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Rishi Sunak’s Tory conference speech goes up in smoke as David Cameron and Liz Truss attack key plans
Former PMs lead open revolt against Sunak over plans to scrap HS2 northern leg and ban smoking for next generation
- NewsThe Guardian
The astounding return of Liz Truss: why do so many Tories still love the failed leader?
She left Downing Street with rock-bottom ratings after tanking the economy. But at Tory party conference this week she was impossible to ignore
- EntertainmentThe Telegraph
Liz Truss's 49 days in power to be subject of new drama series
Liz Truss’s short-lived premiership is to be turned into a television drama by the writer of A Very English Scandal.
- NewsThe Telegraph
Rishi Sunak rejects Liz Truss’s call to slash corporation tax
Rishi Sunak has rejected Liz Truss’s call for corporation tax to be slashed, arguing it is not the “right priority”.
- NewsThe Independent
Rishi Sunak’s majority at risk as 60 Tory MPs join Liz Truss group
Former PM told Tory members to ‘unleash their inner conservative’ at packed rally
- NewsThe Guardian
In the Tory leadership battle, only the deranged are welcome. Arise, Liz Truss
The quest for Pure Conservatism is afoot, and the former PM is not short of ideas. The problem is that they’re all really terrible
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Rishi Sunak’s Commons majority in peril as 60 Tories join Liz Truss group
Growth Group now same size as government’s majority, as it urges PM to cut taxes and resume fracking
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Nigel Farage Heaps Praise On Liz Truss Amid 'Battle' For Tory Leadership
Former Ukip leader says he admires ex-prime minister's desire to "fight for radical change".
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Liz Truss: 'Make Britain grow again' - ex-PM echoes Donald Trump as grassroots Tories welcome her to conference
Liz Truss has echoed the language of former US president Donald Trump as she called on her party to "make Britain grow again". The ex-prime minister, who was ousted from Number 10 after just 44 days following her disastrous mini-budget, made the remark when appearing at a packed out fringe event at the Conservative Party conference. Queues snaked around the Midland Hotel in Manchester to get into the event, with key figures of the right in attendance - from Tory former ministers like Dame Prit
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Tax cuts will give people freedom to thrive, says Liz Truss
Liz Truss will call on the Tory leadership to cut taxes to give people the “freedom to thrive”, after Rishi Sunak again vowed to bring down inflation first.