By Elizabeth Piper and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) – Comparing himself to a booster rocket that had fulfilled its mission, Boris Johnson said farewell to his Downing Street residence and office on Tuesday and described his future plans as a return to a quieter life. In what was a typically bombastic speech, Britain’s outgoing prime …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Boris Johnson said on Tuesday his successor Liz Truss would do everything to help people cope with sky-rocketing energy prices, using his departure speech to throw his support behind the country’s new prime minister. “And I know that Liz Truss and this compassionate Conservative government will do everything we can to …
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By Molly Darlington MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, delivered her first speech in Britain since she and husband Prince Harry stepped down from their royal duties, telling a summit for young leaders that they were aiding “the positive and necessary” change in the world. The speech came a week after publication …
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(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that Britain’s next prime minister, Liz Truss, was “always on the enlightened side of European politics” and Kyiv looked forward to further cooperation with her. “In Ukraine, we know her well. She was always on the enlightened side of European politics,” Zelenskiy said in his nightly …
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By Elizabeth Piper and Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – If it’s not the pictures of her standing atop a tank in a nod to Conservative leader Margaret Thatcher, it’s the moment when she vented her anger over cheese imports into Britain that made Liz Truss something of a household name. For many, she was a …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Liz Truss, who is set to take over as Britain’s Prime Minister, will not offer former finance minister and her leadership contest rival Rishi Sunak a role in her cabinet, the Guardian reported on Monday. Sunak said earlier in the day that he would not accept a ministerial job from Truss, reiterating …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Priti Patel said on Monday that she will stand down as Britain’s Home Secretary, or interior minister, once Liz Truss formally takes over as the country’s prime minister. Her resignation comes just hours after Truss was named the winner of a Conservative Party leadership contest to become the next prime minister. Truss will …
By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s next prime minister Liz Truss had a smaller margin of victory on Monday than any of her predecessors, suggesting she might have to work hard to heal a governing party deeply divided and lagging in opinion polls. After a bitter contest, Truss won 57% of the votes from …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Only one in seven Britons say that Liz Truss will be a better Prime Minister than Boris Johnson, according to a snap poll by YouGov on Monday, with around a quarter of people feeling she will be worse. Truss, who will formally take over from Johnson on Tuesday, faces a host of …
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By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Liz Truss becomes Britain’s prime minister on Tuesday after a campaign in which she promised to “really unshackle” the City of London by making the most of Brexit in the 164-billion-pound ($192 billion) financial sector. WHAT’S HER PLAN? A stronger post-Brexit de-regulatory agenda than so far. Truss wants a …
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