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Liz Truss has defended her record and blamed external forces for her downfall.

Liz Truss blames left-wing establishment in first intervention since she was dumped as PM

The former prime minister has also implicitly rebuked her Conservative Party successor Rishi Sunak.

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Liz Truss announces her resignation as British Prime Minister outside 10 Downing Street in London

Britain urgently needs fresh, competent leadership

Liz Truss was right to quit her job as British prime minister rather than subject the nation to further political flux.

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US President Joe Biden has criticised UK PM Liz Truss.

Joe Biden takes swipe at Truss policy as Bank of England warns of rate rises

Prime Minister Liz Truss is battling to keep her job after shredding her economic growth plan.

  • Rob Harris
Kwasi Kwarteng has been fired as Chancellor of the Exchequer.

‘This is difficult’: British PM Liz Truss fighting for career after sacking her chancellor

British Prime Minister Liz Truss faces the threat of being thrown out of office by her colleagues less than six weeks after becoming Conservative Party leader.

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Britain’s Prime Minister Liz Truss attends the opening day of the annual Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham on Sunday.

British PM forced into U-turn on tax cut for the rich

Finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng announces reversal amid financial turmoil and threat of party revolt.

  • Kate Holton and Kylie MacLellan
Britain’s Prime Minister Liz Truss attends the opening day of the annual Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham on Sunday.

Think things are bad for Truss now? They may well get worse

The new British prime minister was supposed to be enjoying a honeymoon period, but the Tories are already in meltdown.

  • Rob Harris
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Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng and Prime Minister Liz Truss at the annual Conservative Party conference in Birmingham.

MPs warned against tax cut rebellion as Truss concedes ‘communication mistakes’

The new prime minister distanced herself from her government’s controversial tax policy, describing it as a decision made by the chancellor.

  • Latika Bourke
British PM Liz Truss returns to 10 Downing Street after days of financial turmoil set off by her government’s mini-budget.

Global turmoil to test both Reserve Bank and Albanese government

From claims of “moronic” policy in Britain to soaring borrowing costs at home, the RBA and the Albanese government face a testing few weeks.

  • Shane Wright
Prime Minister Liz Truss returning to Downing Street.

Liz Truss’ tax-cut ideology strikes hammer blow to British savings and retirement

The new PM’s determination to place ideology over economics in a desperate pursuit of unorthodox growth strategies comes with great risks.

  • Rob Harris
Shadow culture secretary Lucy Powell, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer (centre) and former England football player Gary Neville on day two of the Labour Party Conference.

Bank of England warns it will lift rates if pound’s fall continues after Truss’ tax cut gamble

Retired international footballer Gary Neville joked that Liz Truss’ interventions had tanked the pound lower than his reputation in the city of Liverpool.

  • Latika Bourke

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