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PA Media A chaotic day in Parliament has left Liz Truss’s survival even more uncertain after the sudden resignation of her home secretary and angry scenes during a fracking vote in the Commons. Opposition MPs alleged some Tories had been bullied and manhandled into voting with the government on fracking. A minister denied the claim,

PA Media By Paul Seddon Politics reporter Liz Truss has told right-wing Tory MPs her tax U-turns were “painful,” as she continues to try and shore up her support within the party. The PM told Eurosceptic backbenchers she was still committed to boosting growth through economic reforms, No 10 sources said. She has been meeting

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Chris Mason, political editor & Paul Seddon, political reporter BBC News Liz Truss has insisted she will lead the Tories into the next general election, despite U-turns leaving her battling to salvage her authority. The PM

Getty Images By Matt Murphy BBC News The home secretary has unveiled plans for a major crackdown on disruptive protests carried out by environmental groups such as Extinction Rebellion. Suella Braverman says the new Public Order Bill will stop demonstrators holding the public “to ransom”. Ministers will be empowered to block protests causing “serious disruption”

Reuters By Laura Kuenssberg Presenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg Who is in charge? Over the last couple of days you’d be forgiven for wondering if anyone was running the country. The dizzying ups and downs of the mighty financial markets suggest they didn’t really have faith that anyone had a grip on things either. What

It has been a dizzying and dramatic 24 hours in British politics. Kwasi Kwarteng has been sacked as chancellor, less than a day after saying he wasn’t going anywhere. The Prime Minister Liz Truss replaced him with former health and foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt. Meanwhile, Liz Truss has insisted she will stay on as PM

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Becky Morton and Chris Mason BBC Politics Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has insisted he is “not going anywhere”, despite the market turbulence he admitted was caused in part by his policies. Asked if he and PM Liz

Reuters By Ione Wells and Becky Morton BBC Politics The government may have to rethink its tax-cutting plans to reassure financial markets and stabilise the economy, some senior Conservative MPs have said. The warnings came ahead of a bruising appearance for the prime minister at a meeting of Tory backbenchers. One loyal minister told the

Getty Images By Ione Wells Political correspondent Some Conservative MPs are in talks with opposition parties to try to block the government’s fracking plans, the BBC has been told. Currently, MPs are not set to get a vote on the government’s pledge to lift the ban on fracking in England. But Labour want to force

EPA By Chris Mason Political editor, BBC News When a leader lets it be known they are in listening mode, or words to that effect, it usually means there is already a 170 decibel political firework display well under way. There is and it’s volcanic. The breakdown in discipline during the Conservative Party Conference in

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been accused of using divisive rhetoric after she said “I detest the Tories” in a BBC interview. She made the comments to Laura Kuenssberg when asked if she would prefer a

Getty Images Ian Blackford has described Tory economic plans as a “nightmare”. The SNP Westminster leader said Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng had made “the worst first impression in the history of British politics”. And he said the “inequality and incompetence of (the) Budget will go down as one of the worst financial interventions in

Getty Images By Damian Grammaticas Political correspondent The government has decided not to launch a public information campaign on reducing energy use this winter after the prime minister’s office raised objections, the BBC has been told. A source said there was a “reasonably well-developed plan” to encourage household energy-saving. But Climate Minister Graham Stuart denied

Reuters By Jessica Parker BBC Brussels correspondent in Prague The leaders of more than 40 European countries have met in Prague, at a historic first meeting of a new political forum of nations. UK Prime Minister Liz Truss described France’s Emmanuel Macron as a “friend” at the summit, having previously declined to say whether he

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Becky Morton BBC political reporter Liz Truss has promised to get the country through “stormy days”, as she vowed to take on the “anti-growth coalition”. In her speech to the Tory conference, which has been marked

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Liz Truss is coming under pressure from Tory MPs to ensure benefits rise in line with prices, with minister Penny Mordaunt arguing it “makes sense”. Former PM Boris Johnson pledged benefits would rise with inflation. Ms Truss