{"id":1096184,"date":"2026-07-18T04:24:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T04:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1096184\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T04:24:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T04:24:47","slug":"liz-truss-im-not-ruling-out-a-uk-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1096184\/","title":{"rendered":"Liz Truss: I’m not ruling out a UK comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liz Truss<\/a> has spent her time since being ousted as prime minister reinventing herself as an anti-establishment right-wing disruptor.<\/p>\n

Rather than lick her wounds and accept a degree of responsibility for the market meltdown triggered by her ill-advised mini-Budget \u2013 as her chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng had done <\/a>\u2013 she has instead doubled down and blamed the \u201ceconomic establishment\u201d \u2013 in this case the Bank of England, the Treasury and the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).<\/p>\n

This has seen her pop up in America speaking at conferences along with the likes of Donald Trump, JD Vance and the wider Maga movement.<\/p>\n

It is also why the UK\u2019s shortest serving leader<\/a> \u2013 she managed just 49 days \u2013 was in London this week helping to launch an American-style right-wing conference.<\/p>\n

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Everything we know about Andy Burnham\u2019s policies<\/p>\n

Here is what we know so far about the positions of the incoming prime minister Andy Burnham in several key policy areas.<\/p>\n

\"AndyCaption: Andy Burnham speaks after being confirmed as the Labour Party\u2019s new leader and the country\u2019s next prime minister, during \u2018Labour\u2019s Special Conference\u2019 in central London on July 17, 2026. (Photo by Henry NICHOLLS \/ POOL \/ AFP via Getty Images)
Photographer: HENRY NICHOLLS
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Source: AFP<\/p>\n

\nDevolution discussion\n<\/p>\n

Burnham\u00a0has spoken about pushing powers to local leaders outside Westminster, which could include giving town halls further control over tax-raising powers in a bid to help areas build transport links and housing, create jobs and control their own prosperity.<\/p>\n

\"TheCaption: The site of the former Central Retail Park, in Great Ascots Street, Manchester, the location for the Manchester Digital Campus development, which is the proposed site for Andy Burnham\u2019s \u201cNo10 North\u201d department if he becomes prime minister. The campus is located on a disused brownfield site in the Ancoats area of Manchester city centre. Picture date: Friday July 3, 2026. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Peter Byrne\/PA Wire
Photographer: Peter Byrne
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\"AndyMakerfield MP Andy Burnham said: \u2018I heard on doorsteps in Makerfield how people need a bit extra now to help with rising costs\u2019 (Photo: Temilade Adelaja\/Reuters)<\/p>\n

He has pledged to create \u201cNo 10 North\u201d, a Downing Street outpost in Manchester which will serve as the \u201cnerve centre\u201d to deliver priorities like reindustrialisation and redistributing power across the UK.<\/p>\n

Some wiggle room on taxes<\/p>\n