The PM’s in tray looks ever more challenging with warnings of winter blackouts, NHS winter crisis and nuclear threat from Russia

Liz Truss is hoping her conference speech on “growth, growth, growth” will have set a new agenda for her party, drawing a line under the disastrous week of her U-turn over the 45p tax rate and 10 days of market turmoil after the mini-budget.

However, she is facing a perilous few weeks and months ahead, with multiple potential crises on the horizon and warnings of a winter of discontent. Here are some of the most difficult and intractable problems.

Continue reading…

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You May Also Like

Briton captured in Ukraine by Russians appeals against death sentence

Aiden Aslin, a marine in Ukrainian army, sentenced with UK citizen Shaun…

No one saw this coming, Raab says of Taliban’s rapid Afghan takeover

UK foreign secretary claims swift collapse was impossible to predict, as he…

‘A breath of fresh air’: readers on women who changed the world in 2020

We asked you to tell us about women who have made a…

Anger in Germany over Rhine firework display taking place despite drought

Opponents furious about fire risk and water waste as river risks becoming…