Liz Truss promises to cut National Insurance immediately if she becomes Prime Minister

People will be “on the streets” and the UK will face face civil unrest this winter unless households are given more help to pay skyrocketing energy bills, a Conservative MP has predicted.

Scotland is more likely to become independent if Liz Truss becomes prime minister, according to a new opinion poll across the UK. The Panelbase poll for the Sunday Times shows that Truss is almost as unpopular in Scotland as Boris Johnson.

Both of the candidates to replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister launched stinging attacks on Andy Burnham during a hustings event in the city tonight (Friday)

Rishi Sunak is narrowly less unpopular than Liz Truss in Scotland, according to a new poll. Three in five Scots have an unfavourable opinion of each of the two candidates to be Prime Minister, with 60 per cent unfavourable towards Liz Truss and 59 per cent unfavourable towards Rishi Sunak.

Liz Truss has vowed to 'consult the people of Leigh ' over proposals for the town to break away from the control of Wigan council. The Tory leadership front-runner was questioned about 'Lexit', as the move's been dubbed, at a hustings in Leigh last night.

Tory leadership candidates Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss will be going head-to-head live on TV tonight to argue why they should replace Boris Johnson.

Geri Horner is said to have told Liz Truss to “go for” the role of Conservative leader amid criticism she faced for hugging MP Nadine Dorries at the Women’s Euro 2022 final.The Spice Girls singer was pictured with the Culture Secretary as the Lionesses led England to victory against Germany on Sunday evening (July 31). “Girl power radiating from Wembley tonight,” Dorries captioned the image on Twitter.Many fans subsequently pointed out Dorries’ history of voting against gay marriage and “only recently demonising the trans community”.A photo has since emerged of Horner with Truss, who is currently going up against Rishi Sunak to become the next UK Prime Minister.Speaking to MailPlus about meeting the Spice Girls star, Truss explained: “[Horner] said ‘go for it’, she was very positive.” See the photo below.How long before Geri Halliwell is the next Culture Secretary pic.twitter.com/5NLGs8kTJ7— dominic dyer (@domdyer70) August 1, 2022While some fans expressed their disappointment with Horner (née Halliwell), others said that they weren’t surprised because the singer had previously described Margaret Thatcher as the “original Spice Girl”.Horner also paid tribute to the late PM following her death in 2013, writing: “Thinking of our 1st Lady of girl power, Margaret Thatcher, a green grocer’s daughter who taught me any thing is possible…x.”The final result of the Tory leadership contest will be announced on September 5.

John Oliver mocked Liz Truss, currently in the running to replace Boris Johnson as the UK’s prime minister, on Sunday night’s episode of HBO Max’s Last Week Tonight due to a tweet mourning sex offender Jimmy Savile.

Liz Truss will perform a major U-Turn on Northern Powerhouse Rail if she wins the Tory leadership race, pledging to deliver the project in full.

cancelation of the live debate.Conservative channel TalkTV, who hosted the debate, announced that the event’s presenter, Kate McCann, was “fine,” but that the debate would not continue following the incident.McCann fainted while candidates and British politicians Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak debated in their competition to fill the open Prime Minister position. What on earth happened then? Hope everyone is ok! #TalkTV #TheSun pic.twitter.com/M9RvqVyCr3The video, caught by TalkTV, captures Truss’ reaction to McCann’s fainting. While responding to a question, the Foreign Secretary witnessed McCann collapse and abruptly stops talking.

Jordan Moreau A live debate between Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, two British politicians vying for the open Prime Minister position, was canceled Tuesday after the debate’s presenter fainted on-air.Truss was in the middle of responding to question when presenter Kate McCann fainted and loudly crashed to the floor off camera. The incident was caught on Talk TV, and Truss was visibly shaken watching McCann faint.“Oh my god,” Truss says as McCann faints, then walked off camera to assist her, which can be seen in the Twitter video below.What on earth happened then? Hope everyone is ok! #TalkTV #TheSun pic.twitter.com/M9RvqVyCr3— Harry Rutter (@harryjohnrutter) July 26, 2022Despite the loud thud, McCann ended up being fine, according to Talk TV, but the debate was canceled.

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss have given a full-throated commitment to "levelling up" the North, amid a tense Tory leadership debate.

The head-to-head TV debate between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss is underway - and viewers are saying the same thing about the BBC show's opening. The debate between the two politicians - one of whom will be the next Tory leader and Prime Minister - began with the camera zooming in to them closely.