Liz Truss

  • Vladimir Putin was so close to launching a nuclear weapon in Ukraine in October 2022 that the government held emergency meetings over how the fallout could affect the UK, according to an updated biography of ex-prime minister Liz Truss. Truss reportedly spent some of her last days in office studying weather maps and preparing for…

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  • British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned on Thursday after just six weeks in office. Truss’s resignation came after 44 days, making her the shortest-serving prime minister in U.K. history. Her successor will be the third prime minister to lead Britain this year. Speaking outside her official residence at No. 10 Downing St., Truss said that…

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  • It’s been an eventful few weeks for Liz Truss. Our new Prime Minister has faced a baptism of fire not seen since by an incoming premier since Churchill and the fall of France in 1940. War, inflation, a-cost-of-living crisis and the death of the Queen: so much for a honeymoon. Still, Her Majesty’s passing has…

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  • Prime Minister Liz Truss has arrived at Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff ahead of the arrival of King Charles III and the Queen Consort. King Charles III has begun his first visit to Wales as monarch and will start his tour by attending a service of prayer and reflection for the life of the Queen at the cathedral.…

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  • Britain’s new Prime Minister Liz Truss on Wednesday readied the final details of a plan to tackle soaring energy bills, which looks likely to cool inflation but add more than 100 billion pounds ($115 billion) to the country’s borrowing. On her first full day as Britain’s leader after replacing Boris Johnson, Truss told parliament she…

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