Tag: Liz Truss
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Energy crisis: UK to cap domestic heating and electricity bills at £2,500 a year
The UK’s new prime minister, Liz Truss, says her government will cap domestic energy prices for homes to ease a major cost-of-living crisis. Truss added she will also approve more North Sea oil drilling and lift a ban on fracking in a bid to increase the UK’s domestic energy supply. She told MPs that the…
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Severance payout: Truss and Kwarteng to pocket up to €19,000 for time in office
According to data from the House of Commons Library, 71 ministers and whips who resigned over the past year are likely eligible for severance packages totalling over €800,000, under both Boris Johnson and Liz Truss. In a tumultuous year in UK politics, 79 ministers and whips have resigned from their roles in Westminster, with the…