Liz Truss

Boris Johnson is at the centre of a furious spat within the Conservative party.

Boris Johnson drops lawyers as Cabinet Office threatened with legal action

The arrogance of power may have affected both Nicola Sturgeon and Boris Johnson (Picture: Duncan McGlynn/Getty Images)

SNP and Tories may both discover the price of political arrogance is high

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin arrives for the inaugural meeting of the European Political Community (EPC) at Prague Castle. Picture: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

How a wave of Euroscepticism is fuelling a surge in right-wing populism

Scottish Secretary Alister Jack

Scottish Secretary Alister Jack says he will stand down at the next election

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is struggling to ensure party discipline.

Analysis: Rishi Sunak in Japan as MPs jostle for attention

Vulnerable people are in need of social care packages, not more government bureaucracy (Picture: Jonathan Brady/PA)

£2bn should not be wasted on National Care Service nobody wants – Brian Wilson

Ideological fools like Jacob Rees-Mogg should be ignored (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Sunak must focus on economy and ignore hardline Brexiteers – Scotsman comment

King Charles III arrives for his coronation ceremony in Westminster Abbey, London.

19 pictures of coronation guests including Prince Harry, Prince Andrew, and more

Pedestrians cross a street in Tokyo's Shinjuku area. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

Scottish minister to visit Japan in boost for trade links

Nicola Sturgeon did not enjoy a good relationship with Boris Johnson.

How did previous first meetings between First Minister and Prime Minister go?

Dominic Raab has resigned as Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary (Picture: Jordan Pettitt/PA)

Brian Wilson: Raab quitting means 4/5ths of Britannia Unchained fanatics are out

Barry McCaig

Brighter outlook this year allows for cautious optimism - Barry McCaig

The House of Lords is the second biggest legislative chamber in the world after China’s National People’s Congress (Picture: Ben Stansall/WPA pool/Getty Images)

Johnson and Truss's honours lists fuelling public opposition to unelected peers

Gary Neville mocks former PM Liz Truss on Twitter

Liz Truss to blame ‘woke culture’ for high taxes in fierce comeback speech

Liz Truss turns her attention to ‘woke culture’ in comeback speech

It is almost possible to feel sorry for Humza Yousaf over the shocking hand of cards he has been dealt, says Murdo Fraser (Picture: Russell Cheyne/pool/Getty Images)

As SNP crisis continues, party insiders are sensing independence dream has died

Liz Truss arrives at Conservative headquarters on September 5 after being elected party leader (Picture: Carl Court/Getty Images)

I was wrong about American-style TV debates. They're vital – Alastair GJ Stewart

Late Night Lycett: How to watch Joe Lycett’s new Channel 4 show - and he’s invited Liz Truss to be a guest

Late Night Lycett: How to watch Joe Lycett’s new Channel 4 show

Kemi Badenoch has said the UK joining a major Indo-Pacific trade bloc is “about the potential for growth tomorrow” as she downplayed estimates suggesting the deal would boost the economy by just 0.08%.

Badenoch downplays claims UK-Asia trade pact will only boost economy by 0.08%

Joe Lycett has penned a full page advert in a newspaper inviting the former prime minister Liz Truss to appear on his new TV show.

Joe Lycett takes out full page advert inviting Liz Truss on his TV show

Ash Regan, left, Humza Yousaf and Kate Forbes are standing to be the next SNP leader (Picture: Peter Devlin For Sky News via Getty Images)

Will SNP pick the new Sturgeon, new Salmond or possibly their version of Truss?

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who is braced for a possible Tory backbench rebellion as MPs vote on a key plank of his new deal with Brussels on post-Brexit trading arrangements in Northern Ireland.

Boris Johnson and Liz Truss to vote against Sunak’s Brexit deal

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt has avoided a recession, but will need the OBR forecasts to be wrong ahead of the next election.

Jeremy Hunt announces reforms but poll boost unlikely

The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will deliver the Budget on Wednesday with a focus on getting people back to work, and cutting inflation.

Chancellor set to deliver ‘back-to-work’ Budget and promise push for growth

The Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt is being urged to use the Budget to "put money back into people's pockets".

What does the Scottish Government want from the Budget and will it get it?

Stewart Hosie claimed the UK Government managed the economy through ideology, not practicality.

SNP chief says Tory approach to economy is more 'ideological than practical'

Boris Johnson is congratulated by his father Stanley Johnson after delivering a Conservative Party conference speech (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Arise Sir Daddy? Knighthood for Boris Johnson's father is a bit rich

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak are under renewed pressure to spend ahead of the Budget. Picture: PA

Why Brexit pessimism and rash recession forecasts have been wrong

Kate Forbes and Humza Yousaf are the frontrunners for the SNP leadership

Analysis: Speaking to country or party likely to decide SNP leadership contest

FInd out if house prices are falling in your area with our interactive tool.

Are house prices falling in your area? Check with our interactive tool

The A9 alternates between dual and single carriageway, which drivers unfamiliar with the road may find confusing (Picture: John Devlin)

SNP dithering will see more lives lost on Scotland's killer road – Murdo Fraser

Rishi Sunak speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons. Picture: House of Commons/PA Wire

Sunak dodges request from SNP's Flynn to apologise for Truss economic damage

Liz Truss holds her first Cabinet meeting as Prime Minister (Picture: Jeremy Selwyn/pool/Getty Images)

Truss just confirmed how unfit she was to be Prime Minister – Scotsman comment

Prime Minister Liz Truss has insisted she will not return to Downing Street.

Liz Truss insists she 'doesn't regret' becoming Prime Minister

Picture: Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images

Liz Truss's 4,000-word essay 'a tad attention seeking', says Nicola Sturgeon

Former prime minister Liz Truss. Picture: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

Analysis: Truss intervention boosts Sunak, but damages Tory party as a whole

Former prime minister Liz Truss. Picture: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images

Liz Truss claims she was never given 'realistic chance' on tax-cutting agenda

The podium was only used by Liz Truss on a handful of occasions

Liz Truss: former PM says she wasn’t ‘given a realistic chance’

Dickensian levels of inequality are increasingly part of life in modern Britain (Picture: Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Too many politicians in denial about crisis of capitalism – Stewart McDonald

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has endured a difficult start to his premiership.

Analysis: How has Rishi Sunak done in his first 100 days?

The Chancellor said the "best tax cut right now is a cut in inflation".

Analysis: Hunt gives speech light on details, but maybe that's a good thing

The podium was only used by Liz Truss on a handful of occasions

Liz Truss’ Jenga-style podium cost taxpayers over £4,000

The UK Government's decision to scale back the Energy Bill Relief Scheme will be particularly 'catastrophic' for smaller firms (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/pool/AFP via Getty Images)

Tories are abandoning small firms amid energy crisis for ideological reasons

Rishi Sunak and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon met in Inverness

Sunak says he discussed 'joint challenges' with Sturgeon in Inverness meeting

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will meet with the First Minister on Thursday.

Nicola Sturgeon not expected to raise GRR ahead of meeting with Rishi Sunak

Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross

Douglas Ross pledges to re-earn trust after 'difficult' year for Conservatives

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (centre). Photo: Getty Images

Analysis: Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer have spoken, but what are the key issues?

Expect another year of fireworks from our lively letter writers (Picture: Adobe)

Readers Letters: Let’s spend 2023 talking about independence

King Charles III greets members of the public after an official council meeting at the City Chambers in Dunfermline, Fife, to formally mark the conferral of city status on the former town

Scotsman's review of the year part 4: Another new Prime Minister

Former SNP MP Natalie McGarry outside Glasgow Sheriff Court during her trial.

Review of the year part 3: The Queen’s death and Downing Street revolving door

Former prime minister Theresa May called for the GRR bill to be applied in England.

Analysis: UK Tories far from united in opposition to Gender Bill

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaving 10 Downing Street, London, to appear for the first time in front of the Commons Liaison Committee of select committee chairs, in the House of Commons.

Rishi Sunak hires friend James Forsyth as key political aide

Jonathan, a Seychelles giant tortoise (photo: Getty Images)

First News: Memorable moments of 2022

The UK's favourite news moments of 2022 – including the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee...

Liz Truss with Kwasi Kwarteng (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)

Kwasi Kwarteng: Ex-Chancellor says Liz Truss government 'blew it'

WhatsApp may be a convenient means of communication but smartphones can be hacked (Picture: AFP via Getty Images)

Secrecy over ministers' use of WhatsApp raises alarm bells – Scotsman comment

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Scottish Labour are predicting 20,000 Scots will die in 2023 while waiting for NHS Treatment.

More than 18,000 Scots died while waiting on NHS treatment, amid private surge

The fire at Cannich, which broke out several days ago, has been brought under control but firefighters remain on the scene. Picture: FLS

Highland wildfire under control but fire crews will stay until ‘safe to leave’

English rock band Wolf Alice are the subject of Michael Winterbottom's film 'On The Road'.

Five must-watch documentary movies set in the world of popular music