Liz Truss to face first Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday as she picks top team
The appointments mean that for the first time in history none of the great offices of state are held by white men …
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Appeals to turn in gunman after fatal shooting of girl, 9, in own home
Olivia Pratt-Korbel died in Kingsheath Avenue in the Dovecot area of Liverpool. …
What the papers say – August 10
Revelations from the Ryan Giggs court case feature among the front page stories. …
Travel chaos as thousands of rail workers strike over jobs, pay and conditions
Only around one in five trains will run on Wednesday on around half the network, with some areas having no trains all day. …
Watch PMQs LIVE: Boris Johnson facing MPs for first time since resigning as Tory candidates battle for votes
The eight candidates remaining are scrambling to secure the backing of at least 30 MPs …
Sadiq khan ‘asleep at the wheel’ over failures at Met, says policing minister Kit Malthouse
Sadiq Khan and his deputy mayor should have considered resigning because of the extent of the failures they have overseen in the Metropolitan police, the Government’s policing minister suggested on Wednesday. …
Lord Geidt resigns as Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s independent adviser on ministerial interests
Lord Geidt has resigned as Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s independent adviser on ministerial interests. …
Clare Balding on CBE: ‘I’m so surprised and truly thrilled’
The TV and radio star, 51, is among the people recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours as she is appointed to the rank for her services to sport and charity …
Rishi Sunak warns next months of cost of living crisis ‘will be tough’
Pressure on chancellor to act as inflation hits a 40-year high with soaring energy bills pushing Consumer Prices Index to nine per cent in April …
Voters head to the polls across the UK to elect new local leaders
Thousands of council seats are up for grabs across England, Wales and Scotland while Northern Ireland will elect Assembly members. …