Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham calls for an early general election
The Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham has called for an early General Election "to restore some sanity to British politics."
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"This government is a joke": Should there be a general election?
It's been another chaotic week in UK politics, with the latest developments seeing the resignation of Kwasi Kwarteng as Chancellor of the Exchequer and more u-turns over the mini-budget.
Tory MP says Liz Truss's Government 'treating the whole country as laboratory mice' over economic policy
A Tory MP has launched a blistering attack on Prime Minister Liz Truss's economic policies, claiming the Government has 'treated the whole country as kind of laboratory mice on which to carry out ultra free market experiments'.
"We have to be honest": New Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's warning as he promises to get economy back on track
Jeremy Hunt has fired a warning to the country as he looks to get the economy in order after a chaotic three weeks in Parliament. The former Health Secretary and 2019 Conservative leadership hopeful was named Chancellor of the Exchequer by Liz Truss yesterday (October 14).
Jeremy Hunt says taxes will rise as he gets 'clean slate' on disastrous mini-budget
New chancellor Jeremy Hunt has warned that taxes will rise as he gets a 'clean slate' on the disastrous mini-budget that triggered weeks of market turmoil.
Liz Truss live updates and latest news as Prime Minister’s future in question
Liz Truss is facing increasing pressure after another tumultuous couple of days in her role as Prime Minister. Her leadership only began on September 6 but speculation is already rife about her future.
Terminator riffs at the ready – it’s Liverpool v Manchester City!
The football festival of peace, love, understanding and tolerance that is the Human Rights World Cup starts in 37 days, which might seem a fair old while but is just two fewer than Kwasi Kwarteng spent arrogantly tanking the UK economy in his blink-of-an-eye blur as UK chancellor before being chucked under a big red Brexit bus.
What time is Prime Minister Liz Truss' press conference?
Prime Minister Liz Truss is preparing to hold a press conference in Downing Street later today.