Anas Sarwar demands early general election from Tory winner Liz Truss

Donelan was announced as the new Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as incoming Prime Minister Liz Truss unveiled her cabinet.In response, the MVT has shared a lengthy post on social media, setting out the issues the sector is facing and what the government needs to do to help. After welcoming Donelan to the role, the organisation gave a detailed list of points, including the current energy crisis’ impact on grassroots music venues and the need to restructure high taxes and low subsidies, and extended an invitation to a Parliamentary event.“We need urgent government action on the energy crisis which threatens to permanently close hundreds of grassroots music venues,” the post reads.

Liz Truss has been accused of leaving it to working people to pick up the tab for the cost of living crisis.

Liz Truss will set out a plan to save households and businesses from financial ruin as a result of soaring energy bills tomorrow.

Scottish Sikh Jagtar Singh Johal has written a heartbreaking note to new Prime Minister Liz Truss, begging her not to trade his freedom for deals with India, where he has been detained for the last five years. The 35-year-old passed on the handwritten letter to his lawyer in court in Delhi this morning, after yet another pre-trial hearing was cancelled.

Prime Minister Liz Truss has seemingly dropped a key pledge to our region less than 24 hours after moving into Downing Street.

Are you feeling the squeeze on your monthly bills? Worried about getting through the next few months as energy prices are yet again set to soar?

Nicola Sturgeon has invited Lorraine Kelly along to her first meeting with the new Prime Minister, joking she can "hold the jackets".

Young parents who run a popular tapas restaurant say they are fighting for their business' survival after being hit with an eye-watering bill increase of more than £6,000 a month. Campo Blanco in Whitefield has seen their bills soar to between £8,000-£10,000 a month - leading them to reduce their opening hours.

Liz Truss has appointed her new Cabinet after taking over from Boris Johnson as Prime Minister - and her pals have secured all the top jobs.

welcomed the 15th prime minister of her 70-year reign. But in others, Her Majesty’s audience with Liz Truss, as she invited the incoming Prime Minister to form a new government, was a sign of changing times. For the first time, the Queen, 96, formally ushered in a new political era within the cosy confines of the green-carpeted drawing room at Balmoral, her Aberdeenshire estate, rather than at Buckingham Palace or Windsor Castle.

Michelle Donelan, a former WWE marketing manager who was Boris Johnson’s Education Secretary for just 48 hours, is to replace Nadine Dorries as Culture Secretary in UK Prime Minister Liz Truss’ first cabinet.

K.J. Yossman New U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss has appointed Michelle Donelan as the new secretary of state for culture. Donelan replaces Nadine Dorries, who resigned from the post on Tuesday morning. Dorries, a former actor and romance novelist who was appointed by former premier Boris Johnson, said Truss had asked her to stay on as culture secretary but declined the offer. She had been in the post less than a year. Donelan, who has previously served as minister for higher education and secretary for education, will now be responsible for the department of digital, culture, media and sports. Among the top items for consideration will be whether to go ahead with privatizing Channel 4, which both Johnson and Dorries had committed to despite industry-wide criticism of the move, as well as reviewing the BBC’s license fee. As well as freezing the license fee, which is a mandatory levy for anyone who watches live television on any network or device, Dorries had indicated she hoped to eventually do away with it altogether.

New Prime Minister Liz Truss has announced her new Cabinet this evening (September 6) after she was appointed as Prime Minister by the Queen at Balmoral earlier on Tuesday. It follows on from her first speech to the nation, in which she said that her government would "transform Britain into an aspiration nation" and that "together we can ride out the storm".

Liz Truss has promised an energy support package, tax cuts and more cash for the NHS in her maiden speech as Prime Minister.

Liz Truss has promised that she will “ride out the storm” and make sure that people will not face unacceptable energy bills.

Liz Truss made her first speech as Prime Minister at Downing Street on Tuesday (September 6). Beneath stormy skies, she waved to the large crowd of journalists poised for the address in the drizzle while dozens of Tory MPs erupted into applause as she approached the lectern.

In pictures that will delight Royal fans, The Queen was pictured smiling broadly on Tuesday as she met new Prime Minister Liz Truss at Balmoral. Wearing a grey cardigan and pleated tartan skirt, the monarch leant on a walking stick for support but was standing as she held an audience with the incoming prime minister and invited her to form a government.

Janey Godley has left her fans in stitches with her latest voiceovers of Boris Johnson and his new successor Liz Truss.

Queen Elizabeth II made history on Tuesday, both accepting the resignation of former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and appointing new Prime Minister Liz Truss at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. Truss is England's third female prime minister and the 15th prime minister to serve during the queen's 70-year reign. Breaking tradition, the 96-year-old reigning monarch chose to relocate the symbolic events due to her ongoing health and mobility issues.

Dan Douglas has added This Morning‘s “dystopian” energy bill competition to Duke Smoochem 3D, a satirical mod for Duke Nukem 3D that parodies British current events.As shared on Twitter yesterday (September 5), the latest update from Douglas adds This Morning‘s Spin To Win competition, which offered one player the chance to win £1000 or four months of their energy bills paid.“Spin to Win your energy bill on This Morning, in Duke Nukem 3D,” said Douglas, revealing a brief clip of Duke Smoochem 3D that shows the Spin To Win wheel turning as This Morning hosts Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby take a selfie with Boris Johnson.Spin to Win your energy bill on This Morning, in Duke Nukem 3D pic.twitter.com/Y3MWKqG0RD— Dan Douglas (@dandouglas) September 5, 2022This Morning‘s Spin To Win competition has been heavily criticised on social media, with one viewer labelling it as “dystopian” and “tone deaf” to Britain’s current cost of living crisis.Today (September 6), Douglas has followed up with a reference to Liz Truss becoming Prime Minister. Under graffiti that reads ‘Tory Scum’, a copy of The Mirror‘s ‘Same Old Tories‘ front page has been placed.that front page is going in obviously pic.twitter.com/lelOb1SXB0— Dan Douglas (@dandouglas) September 6, 2022Duke Smoochem 3D is a popular mod with Twitter users, as Douglas is quick to update the mod with any bizarre British event that captures the site’s attention.

A greengrocer has been forced to ditch his retirement plans in order to keep his business afloat as energy prices soar. Andy Rafter and his wife Tracy have owned fruit and veg shop Rafters in Hull for 25 years.

World leaders are tagging the wrong Liz Truss on Twitter when trying to send congratulations on her appointment as Prime Minister.

Lanarkshire’s politicians have responded to the news that Liz Truss will be the next Prime Minister, with opposition members insisting she must immediately take urgent action on energy prices and the cost of living.

UK Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries is to stand down when Liz Truss formally takes over as Prime Minister today.

A video of a young Liz Truss calling for the monarchy to be abolished has resurfaced on the day she is due to be appointed Prime Minister by the Queen.

Lewis Capaldi has taken to social media after a fan noticed a striking resemblance between him and new Prime Minister Liz Truss.

After a seemingly never-ending Conservative leadership campaign, Liz Truss was today announced as the UK's new Prime Minister. The former foreign secretary became only the third female PM in history as she beat rival Rishi Sunak in the race to succeed Boris Johnson.

Liz Truss has been announced as the new Prime Minister of the UK, beating former Chancellor Rishi Sunak. The election was announced after Boris Johnson announced his resignation just under two months ago.