DARK SECRETS: 13 - The Real Truth

Tories will never again put economy at risk like Liz Truss did, Mel Stride says

Shadow chancellor accepts Truss’s mini-budget badly damaged party in clearest repudiation yet of ex-PM

The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2025

‘Bold rewiring’ of economy needed as Tories seek to regain trust, Stride says

In a speech on Thursday, Mel Stride is expected to promise the Conservatives will ‘never again’ make offers they cannot afford.

Evening Standard · Jun 4, 2025

Liz Truss lashes out as Tories apologise for her disastrous mini-budget

Shadow chancellor Mel Stride vowed the Tories would ‘never again’ make offers they cannot afford as he warned his party ‘needs to shine the light of truth on what Reform is all about’

The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2025

Liz Truss helps notorious bare-knuckle fighter launch new whiskey in bizarre promo video

Liz Truss shares a drink with a notorious bare-knuckle fighter to launch his new whiskey brand in a bizarre new promotional video.

The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2025

Liz Truss appears with convicted bare-knuckle fighter in bizarre whiskey promotional video

In a bizarre video, posted on Instagram, the former prime minister can be seen at a dinner party with Joyce

Evening Standard · Jun 2, 2025

Starmer says Farage would spook the City and give us Truss 2 – he could be right

It is not the cryptocurrencies message that is raising eyebrows, it is Reform’s broader tax and spending policies

The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2025

Pollster warns of ‘political earthquake in UK’ after polls show Farage could be PM

The latest Electoral Calculus forecast shows Nigel Farage would have a 74-seat majority if an election were held tomorrow

The Independent UK · May 30, 2025

Revealed: How Farage’s £80bn tax cuts would benefit the richest most

Exclusive: Calculations for The Independent reveal the richest tenth of the population would gain almost four times as much as the poorest 10 per cent from Reform’s tax plans

The Independent UK · May 30, 2025

Reeves to plough tens of billions into red wall seats as Labour seeks to fend off Farage

The chancellor is expected to change how the government assesses spending plans to benefit the north and Midlands

The Independent UK · May 30, 2025

Prime Minister Farage? He’s serious about that – it’s time the country was too

His tax-and-spending maths may be bonkers, but while Labour dithers, the Reform leader knows just what his voters want, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2025