‘She’s totally lost it’: inside story of the unravelling of Liz Truss’s premiership Approaching one year on from the start of her tenure, a look back on how it all fell apart within 49 days The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2023
Lobbyist and ex-Liz Truss aide Mark Fullbrook has parliamentary pass Exclusive: Pass would give access to MPs and peers and was sponsored by wife, who is a life peer The Guardian - UK · Nov 21, 2022
Tory-linked lobbying firm agreed to help swing DRC election, leak suggests Exclusive: CT Group, co-owned by Lynton Crosby, planned secretive African campaign on behalf of Canadian mining giant The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2022
Liz Truss aide Mark Fullbrook pushed for advisers to get honours Exclusive: chief of staff said to have wanted ex-PM to sign off resignation honours list featuring her advisers The Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2022
Liz Truss’s chief of staff still owns 10% of Lynton Crosby’s lobbying firm Exclusive: Mark Fullbrook’s stake in CT Group while holding Downing Street role creates potential conflict of interest The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2022
No 10 chief of staff accompanied Libyan militiaman to Foreign Office meeting Exclusive: Mark Fullbrook said to have acted as Fathi Bashagha’s PR adviser, as officials were lobbied on foreign policy The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2022
All Liz Truss's U-turns so far in her chaotic 41-day term as Prime Minister From fracking, windfall taxes and tax cuts to Britain's relationship with Emmanuel Macron, Liz Truss is no stranger to a change of heart - and there's plenty more to come from the flip-flopping PM Daily Mirror · Oct 17, 2022
No 10 chief of staff’s position untenable amid lobbying claims, says Labour Mark Fullbrook accused of trying to change UK policy by arranging for ministers to meet Libyan politician The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2022
All Liz Truss's biggest U-turns exposed - and the ones that are yet to come From fracking, windfall taxes and tax cuts to Britain's relationship with Emmanuel Macron, Liz Truss is no stranger to a change of heart - and there's plenty more to come from the flip-flopping PM Daily Mirror · Oct 12, 2022
Labour MP calls for Paul Dacre peerage to be delayed Chris Bryant questions timing while Daily Mail publisher faces legal action over alleged privacy breaches The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2022
Liz Truss's chief of staff flees across hotel after being asked about FBI probe Footage shows Mark Fullbrook refusing to answer whether he had been interviewed by investigators in the US, following reports he spoke to the FBI as a witness in connection with an alleged blackmail plot Daily Mirror · Oct 7, 2022
Angela Rayner demands inquiries into string of ethics issues from Liz Truss’s first month in No 10 Exclusive: Prime minister allowing sleaze to ‘fester’ at heart of government, Labour claims The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2022
Tory party drops strategist behind Boris Johnson’s 2019 election sweep Senior Tories aghast at removal of Isaac Levido in apparent deal with Liz Truss’s chief of staff Mark Fullbrook The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2022
Two of prime minister’s senior advisers being paid through lobbying company Aides Alice Robinson and Mac Chapwell paid by company run by Liz Truss’s new chief of staff The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2022
Evening Standard · Sep 28, 2022 Meet Team Truss, the new No 10 inner circle entering Downing Street The PM has surrounded herself with a like-minded group of field experts and political power brokers who’ve proven their loyalty to her in the past — but who are they? Anne McElvoy looks at the Tories’ fresh new team
Daily Mirror · Sep 27, 2022 Liz Truss's chief of staff will no longer be paid through his lobbying firm after outrage No 10 confirmed on Tuesday that senior aide Mark Fullbrook will now be put on a special adviser contract and paid directly by the government to avoid 'speculation'
The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2022 Plan to pay Liz Truss’s chief of staff through firm is dropped after criticism Arrangement to pay Mark Fullbrook through his lobbying company could have helped him avoid paying tax
The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2022 Liz Truss’s chief of staff to be directly employed by No 10 after being paid by own firm Downing Street says Mark Fullbrook will go on special advisor contract to end ‘ongoing speculation’
The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2022 Top Truss aide to be directly employed by No 10 after being paid by own firm The previous arrangement drew accusations of renewed ‘Tory sleaze’ from opposition parties.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2022 Liz Truss ‘promised chief of staff next Tory election campaign in exchange for No 10 job’ Exclusive: Senior Conservatives warn ‘quid pro quo’ arrangement with Mark Fullbrook spells ‘electoral doom’
Daily Mirror · Sep 25, 2022 Liz Truss's top aide 'has salary paid to his lobbying firm' amid Tory tax shakeup The PM's chief of staff Mark Fullbrook is now helping to shape government strategy even though he is not being directly paid by the government - instead receiving his salary via Fullbrook Solutions, in an arrangement No 10 says is "not unusual"
The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2022 No 10 defends top Truss aide who is paid through his lobbying firm The Prime Minister’s chief of staff Mark Fullbrook has joined Government ‘on secondment’ and gets his salary through a private company.
The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2022 ‘Shocking’: Labour condemns Liz Truss paying chief of staff through lobbying firm Mark Fullbrook was already in spotlight over FBI interview in connection with alleged corruption in Puerto Rico
The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2022 Liz Truss’s chief of staff paid via lobbying firm in potential tax-saving move Revelation about Mark Fullbrook follows last week’s repeal of rules to stop people paying themselves through companies to minimise tax
The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2022 Labour demands answers on what Liz Truss knew about No 10 aide’s link to FBI probe Angela Rayner urges cabinet secretary to reveal when PM told of allegations