Tory management outcomes reside: Liz Truss anticipated to be revealed as new Conservative chief and subsequent UK prime minister | Politics

From Darren McCaffrey at GB Information

Responding to reviews that Liz Truss is contemplating freezing vitality costs (see 8.10am), Keir Starmer mentioned the Labour social gathering was proposing this weeks in the past. Talking to reporters on a go to to a college in north London, he mentioned:

We have to freeze vitality payments, that’s why Labour set that out very, very clearly, weeks in the past now. So I need to see that occur. It’s essential that it’s very clear who pays for this, we’ve been clear that oil and fuel corporations who’ve made extra earnings this yr ought to have a windfall tax, which might then pay for the vitality freeze.

So sure, we wish an vitality freeze. It’s very important for households and households throughout the nation. I need to see that occur. There’s no justification for an incoming prime minister not doing it, as a result of the political will is there throughout the political events.

The Lib Dems have been in contact to remind me that Ed Davey, their chief, introduced his personal plan to freeze vitality payments per week earlier than Starmer introduced his personal model of the coverage final month.

The primary MPs have begun arriving on the QEII Centre in Westminster the place the following prime minister is because of be introduced at 12.30pm, PA Media reviews. PA says Oliver Dowden, the previous social gathering co-chair, arrived round 50 minutes forward of the announcement. Penny Mordaunt, an earlier contender within the Conservative social gathering management competitors, arrived shortly afterwards. Neither responded to the massive media scrum assembled exterior.

On his final full day in workplace Boris Johnson has mentioned that he has requested officers to look once more on the case for honouring veterans of the UK’s nuclear testing programme with medals. In an open letter he additionally mentioned he was commissioning an oral historical past of their achievements.

From ITV’s Anushka Asthana

Survation has launched some new polling this morning suggesting that Labour has a 10-point lead over the Conservatives – however that if respondents are instructed Keir Starmer is the Labour chief, and Liz Truss the Tory chief, the Labour lead rises to 17 factors.

The principle Tory management information within the papers this morning might be the story about Liz Truss contemplating freezing vitality costs. (See 8.10am.) However listed below are a number of the different tales a few Truss premiership.

Treasury sources have instructed i that Ms Truss, who’s extensively anticipated to be confirmed because the nation’s subsequent Prime Minister, is eager on cancelling Rishi Sunak’s freezing of the 40 per cent tax threshold at £50,270 and elevating it by round £30,000.

The transfer would imply that these incomes between £12,570 and £80,000 would pay simply 20 per cent on their earnings on tax, whereas these incomes lower than £12,570 would proceed to be exempt from earnings tax.

The tax lower will imply round three million individuals will now not pay larger charge tax, saving them a median of round £3,000 a yr. The saving will probably be round £6,000 for somebody on an annual wage of £80,000 or extra.

• Oliver Wright within the Instances says Samantha Jones, who was appointed everlasting secretary and chief working officer at Downing Avenue earlier this yr after the Partygate scandal, will lose her submit if Truss turns into PM. Wright says different senior officers will go away. He says:

Sir Stephen Lovegrove, the nationwide safety adviser, can be anticipated to be moved on to get replaced by the Russia skilled Sir Tim Barrow, who Truss labored with on the International Workplace.

Truss additionally intends to rapidly appoint a brand new principal personal secretary, whereas Simon Case, the cupboard secretary and head of the civil service, shouldn’t be anticipated to remain on. Truss is believed to favour James Bowler, everlasting secretary on the Division for Worldwide Commerce, for the function.

Paul Goodman, the previous Tory MP who edits the ConservativeHome web site, has an excellent abstract of expectations as to what Liz Truss’s margin of victory is likely to be.