After a day of political upheaval and chaotic scenes in Parliament, Liz Truss has been left clinging on to power. Home Secretary Suella Braverman became the second holder of a great office of state to depart in seven weeks. Wendy Morton, the Chief Whip in charge of party discipline, then also left government, with some reports saying the Prime Minister had sacked her during mass confusion about a crunch vote on fracking. But Number 10 late last night confirmed Ms Morton remained in post. There were also allegations of Cabinet ministers manhandling wavering Tory MPs into voting with the Government and expletives uttered in heated scenes. Camilla Turner and Nick Gutteridge have our full report on the day a vote descended into farce. In a stinging resignation letter, which is in full here, Ms Braverman accused the Government of "breaking key pledges" that were "promised to our voters". And read how the fuse for her departure was lit on Tuesday night when she had a "fiery" face-to-face row with Ms Truss and Jeremy Hunt over their demands to soften her stance on immigration.
In a bid to stabilise her position, Ms Truss drafted Grant Shapps, one of her arch-critics, into the Home Office. But her authority was ebbing away after a day of bruising political blows culminated in 40 Tory MPs skipping the fracking vote. As political editor Ben Riley-Smith reports, some Tory plotters believe Ms Truss will now be toppled within days – possibly by the weekend. Associate editor Camilla Tominey explains how Ms Truss is now cornered by moderates. And, in his latest column, ex-Cabinet minister David Frost argues why Ms Truss just cannot stay in office. In other developments on a chaotic day in Westminster: |
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