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The Associated Press reports: The British government’s plan for a landmark smoking ban that aims to stop young people from ever smoking cleared its first hurdle in Parliament on Tuesday despite vocal opposition from within Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party. The bill, a key policy announced by Sunak last year, would make it illegal to sell tobacco products to …

Politico reports: On Thursday, an ousted world leader went to a far-right political conference in the United States to rage about how they and the conservative movement were betrayed by enemies within. No, it wasn’t Donald Trump. It was Liz Truss. The former British prime minister who lasted just seven weeks in office spoke in a hotel conference room that …

Politico Europe reports: Liz Truss isn’t laughing at the lettuce that outlasted her premiership. Asked Monday about the Daily Star’s live stream of a lettuce that eventually outlasted Truss’ chaotic, market-crashing period in Downing Street, the former British prime minister did not see the funny side. “I don’t think it was particularly funny, I think it’s puerile,” Truss told Irish …

The BBC reports: The government has been urged to open an investigation into claims former prime minister Liz Truss’s phone was hacked while she was foreign secretary. The Mail on Sunday reported private messages between Ms Truss and foreign officials, including about the Ukraine war, fell into foreign hands. The hack was discovered during the summer Tory leadership campaign but …

The Telegraph reports: Boris Johnson is expected to stand in the Tory leadership contest to replace his successor Liz Truss, The Telegraph understands. Mr Johnson was forced out of No 10 on September 6 this year but he is understood to now be taking soundings about trying to get his old job back. The battle to replace Ms Truss is …

Reuters reports: Britain’s Liz Truss battled to retain her grip on power on Thursday, a day after she lost a second top minister and open arguments and jostling among her lawmakers in parliament highlighted a breakdown of party unity and discipline. In just six weeks as prime minister, Truss has been forced to abandon almost all her policy programme after …

Politico Europe reports: Is it too late now to say sorry? After weeks of market turmoil and countless U-turns, British Prime Minister Liz Truss apologized late Monday for what she called “the mistakes that have been made” during the opening weeks of her already imperiled premiership. “First of all, I do want to accept responsibility and say sorry for the …

The Guardian reports: Senior Conservatives will this week hold talks on a “rescue mission” that would see the swift removal of Liz Truss as leader, after the new chancellor Jeremy Hunt dramatically tore up her economic package and signalled a new era of austerity. A group of senior MPs will meet on Monday to discuss the prime minister’s future, with …

The Associated Press reports: Embattled British Prime Minister Liz Truss sacked her Treasury chief and reversed course on sweeping tax cuts Friday as she tried to hang on to her job after weeks of turmoil on financial markets. At a hastily arranged news conference, she said she was acting to “reassure the markets of our fiscal discipline.” Truss also fired …

The BBC reports: Kwasi Kwarteng has been sacked as chancellor amid intense speculation Prime Minister Liz Truss is about to junk key parts of their economic plan. Mr Kwarteng met Ms Truss for crunch talks in Downing Street after cutting short a US trip. In a letter to the PM, Mr Kwarteng said her vision for economic growth was “right” …

The Independent reports: Conservative MPs are already plotting to replace Liz Truss as party leader on account of her disastrous first month in office, a senior Tory has said. Paul Goodman, the editor of the influential Conservative Home website, said Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt were among MPs being tapped as possible replacements for the prime minister. It comes after …

The Associated Press reports: The British government on Monday dropped plans to cut income tax for top earners, part of a package of unfunded cuts unveiled only days ago that sparked turmoil on financial markets and sent the pound to record lows. In a dramatic about-face, Treasury chief Kwasi Kwarteng abandoned plans to scrap the top 45% rate of income …

Politico Europe reports: U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss will meet U.S. President Joe Biden this weekend as the pair prepare for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in London. The U.S. President is one of numerous heads of state descending on London for the global event who has booked some one-on-one time with the new U.K. PM. The pair will …

The Independent reports: Little more than 48 hours after her arrival at 10 Downing Street, the death of the Queen has thrust Liz Truss into the heart of a momentous national event almost before she has had time to find her feet as prime minister. Ms Truss has the task of representing the nation as it pays its respects to …

The Associated Press reports: Liz Truss took office as British prime minister on Tuesday when she followed outgoing leader Boris Johnson in meeting Queen Elizabeth II for a ceremonial transfer of power showcasing centuries of tradition, but also the uncertainty and gloom presently hanging over the country. Truss, who was announced as leader of the ruling Conservative Party a day …

The Associated Press reports: Britain will get its third prime minister in just over three years this week as the ruling Conservative Party announced Monday it had chosen Liz Truss to be its new leader after an internal party contest. Truss replaces Boris Johnson, a controversial maverick who defied many of Britain’s political traditions. Johnson resigned in July after senior …

Reuters reports: Britain gave France 48 hours on Monday to back down in a fishing row that threatens to spiral into a wider trade dispute between two of Europe’s biggest economies or face tortuous legal action under the Brexit trade deal. Post-Brexit bickering over fish culminated last Wednesday in the French seizure of a British scallop dredger, the Cornelis Gert …