Westminster politics has reverted to the 90s. Let’s hope things can only get better

Westminster politics has reverted to the 90s. Let’s hope things can only get better

On Wednesday, Liz Truss arrived on stage at her party conference to M People’s Moving On Up. In some ways, it was an apt choice, its final stanza saying more or less exactly what the speech said:

Moving, moving, moving Nothing can stop me Moving, moving Time to break free Nothing can stop me. Liz Truss Treasury appointment welcomed as PM seeks to implement reset after weeks of turmoil – live

More than 1,000 migrants have crossed the Channel to the UK in a single day for the fourth time in seven weeks, PA Media reports. PA says: Some 1,065 people made the journey on Sunday in 25 boats, the Ministry of Defence said. This suggests an average of about 43 people per boat. The three previous occasions when the daily total recently topped 1,000 were 22 September, when 1,142 people were detected making the journey; 4 September, when 1,160 were recorded; and 22 August, when the figure…

Liz Truss Treasury appointment welcomed as PM seeks to implement reset after weeks of turmoil – live

Here is some comment from journalists on the FT scoop about Liz Truss not appointing Antonia Romeo as the new permanent secretary at the Treasury. (See 10.41am.) From Sky’s Sam Coates From the Times’ Steven Swinford From Politico’s Tim Ross