"From May to August this year, there have been 36 council by-elections across England in seats held by the Conservatives: 15 urban, 21 rural. Looking just at wins, the results are similar: the C… (View Post)

From GOV.UK: "From 1st October, a new ‘Energy Price Guarantee’ will mean a typical UK household will now pay up to an average £2,500 a year on their energy bill for the next two years. This is a… (View Post)

Truss said she had 3 priorities. Energy Costs, Infrastructure and the NHS. She has also promised to increase defence expenditure. Her problem is that sorting these out will cost lots of money. By sim… (View Post)

And in the Times Geraldine Scott, Oliver Wright and Henry Zeffman report the same. They say: "Senior Tories lined up for appointments in Truss’s cabinet have been told “in no uncertain terms” no… (View Post)

Expectation management? If Truss manages to produce half a policy on energy the Daily Mail, for one, will hail her as the Messiah. (View Post)