Tag: Liz Truss

Tory ministers spent most of last summer telling footballers to stick to football after they staged anti-racism protests. Has the party changed its mind?

“Commercial travel options were not possible for this trip due to the foreign secretary’s busy schedule, and would have been more expensive," the government's foreign office said in defence of the Tory secretary.

"I don't often praise BBC Breakfast but this was superb", Peter Stefanovic said after Dan Walker's blistering interview.

Truss warned that a Russian invasion of Ukraine would be a “very dangerous moment” for the entire world.

“It’s like they’re listening to us but not hearing,” Russia's foreign secretary has complained.

China and Argentina this week issued a statement supporting each other’s territorial claims over Taiwan and the Falklands respectively.

"We have a government plane to conduct government business in the way that all major nations do and I think that’s right and appropriate," top Treasury official Simon Clarke has said in defence of Truss.

The Foreign Secretary insisted that the reason for the national insurance hike is the government’s spending on the Covid crisis.

"He’s doing an excellent job on the things that matter," the foreign secretary insisted.