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Outgoing UK PM Liz Truss says her govt acted ‘urgently and decisively’ to help

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 15:24:25 +0000

Britain’s outgoing Prime Minister Liz Truss said on Tuesday that her government had acted “urgently and decisively” to help hard-working families and provided assistance to thousands of businesses to avoid bankruptcy. Truss was speaking after chairing her final Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street before heading towards Buckingham Palace to formally tender her resignation to [...]

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Sunak declares candidacy to be new UK PM, says he wants to fix economy

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Sun, 23 Oct 2022 21:00:01 +0000

Indian-origin former chancellor Rishi Sunak on Sunday formally declared his candidacy to contest the Conservative Party leadership election to replace Liz Truss as British Prime Minister and fix the economy. The 42-year-old is the clear frontrunner as he raced ahead with the backing of at least 128 Tory members of Parliament, even as loyalists of [...]

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Rishi Sunak holds firm as bookies’ favourite to replace Liz Truss as UK PM

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 11:00:48 +0000

A clear frontrunner to take over from Liz Truss as Conservative Party leader and British Prime Minister remains uncertain on Friday due to deep divisions among the Tories, but the bookies’ odds have rocketed in favour of British Indian former chancellor Rishi Sunak. As the runner up of the leadership election which concluded last month, [...]

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How the UK’s Conservative Party planning to replace outgoing Liz Truss

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 21:00:24 +0000

Britain’s governing Conservative Party is electing a new leader for the second time this year. The winner will replace Liz Truss, who stepped down Thursday after 45 days in office, as party leader and will automatically become prime minister. Unlike the two-month contest held over the summer to replace Boris Johnson, party officials have designed [...]

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UK’s third female PM Liz Truss leaves office without India trade deal prize

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 18:28:37 +0000

Britain’s third female Prime Minister, Liz Truss, is out of office on Thursday after one of the shortest tenures at 10 Downing Street in London and without a cherished India-UK free trade agreement (FTA) under her belt as a Brexit prize. Truss, who until Wednesday insisted in Parliament that she was a “fighter and not [...]

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Rebels plot to replace PM Liz Truss with Rishi Sunak amid UK crisis

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Fri, 14 Oct 2022 15:41:07 +0000

Rebels on the backbenches of the UK’s governing Conservative Party are on Friday said to be plotting to replace Liz Truss as party leader and prime minister with a so-called unity joint ticket team involving former leadership rival Rishi Sunak. It comes as a YouGov poll for the The Times’ found that almost half [...]

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British PM Liz Truss says queen’s death is difficult moment for UK

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 21:07:41 +0000

British Prime Minister Liz Truss says the death of Queen Elizabeth II is a very difficult moment for the country, and acknowledged that dealing with it has been a challenge for her untested new government. Truss took office just two days before the queen died on Sept 8, and the first days of her [...]

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UK PM Liz Truss has told staff she expects them to wear ties and smarten up

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Sat, 10 Sep 2022 21:00:36 +0000

Newly elected UK Prime Minister Liz Truss has warned scruffy dressers will need to smarten up, as she looks to distance her image from her predecessor, Daily Mail reported. Ties will be required as part of a new dress code Truss will introduce, in an effort to establish a sharper image the public won’t associate [...]

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Priti Patel resigns as UK Home Secretary hours after Liz Truss wins PM race

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Mon, 05 Sep 2022 21:00:39 +0000

UK Home Secretary Priti Patel on Monday resigned from the Cabinet in a letter to the outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson and said she plans to support his successor Liz Truss from the backbenches of Parliament. The Indian-origin senior minister, a close ally of Johnson, was widely expected not to be included in the top [...]

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UK PM contender Truss promises to address energy bill problems if elected

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Sun, 04 Sep 2022 21:00:21 +0000

UK PM contender Liz Truss on Saturday (local time) promised to address energy bill problems right away if elected. “If elected, I plan within the first week of my new administration to set out our immediate action on energy bills and energy supply… We need to take difficult decisions to ensure we are not in [...]

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UK PM Hopeful Rishi Sunak Signals He Wouldn’t Serve In Liz Truss’ Govt

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Sun, 21 Aug 2022 21:00:29 +0000

UK leadership contender Rishi Sunak indicated he would not serve in a government run by his Conservative rival Liz Truss if she becomes prime minister next month. “One thing I have reflected on quite a bit being in government, in cabinet the last few years — you really need to agree with the big things,” [...]

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UK PM Race: Rivals Truss, Sunak Grilled By Tory Members In First Clash

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 15:50:12 +0000

In a bid to succeed Boris Johnson as UK’s next Prime Minister, British Foreign Secretary Liz Trus said that she would prefer not to impose further windfall taxes on oil and gas companies while former Chancellor Sunak backtracked by putting forward the idea of scrapping VAT on energy bills to revive the country’s economy and [...]

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UK PM Election 2022: Voting, Result Date, Top Contenders, And Other Details

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 16:46:43 +0000

On July 7, Boris Johnson resigned as the leader of the Conservative Party and the prime minister of the United Kingdom. His exit came after his cabinet faced a flurry of resignations over alleged scandals, including allegations of sexual misconduct against a lawmaker and parties held during the Covid-19 lockdown. The UK is now [...]

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UK’s Sunak And Truss Go Through To Final Stage Of Leadership Contest

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 21:00:25 +0000

Former finance minister Rishi Sunak and foreign secretary Liz Truss will battle it out to become Britain’s next prime minister after they won the final lawmaker vote, setting up the last stage of the contest to replace Boris Johnson. Sunak has led in all rounds of the voting among Conservative lawmakers, but it is [...]

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