Liz Truss speaks at party conference amid Tory turmoil<\/p>\n
Liz Truss will call for unity from European leaders to \u201caddress the fundamental causes\u201d of the continent\u2019s energy and migration challenges as she attempts to move beyond splits within her party.<\/p>\n
The prime minister will attend a summit of European leaders in Prague today, with French president Emmanuel Macron among those she is expected to meet.<\/p>\n
Ms Truss travels to the Czech Republic for the meeting of the European Political Community after a difficult Conservative conference dominated by internal division and backbench opposition to some of her key policies.<\/p>\n
She blamed the UK\u2019s economic woes on a supposed \u201canti-growth coalition\u201d of opposition parties, trade unions, think tanks, environmentalists and opponents of Brexit in her first Tory conference speech as leader.<\/p>\n
The speech drew the ire of campaigners and some in her own party.<\/p>\n
Countryside campaigners the CPRE said the prime minister\u2019s \u201cdisingenuous and misleading\u201d broadside presented a \u201cfalse choice between the economy and the environment\u201d, while Tory former cabinet minister Stephen Dorrell branded her comments \u201cOrwellian\u201d.<\/p>\n
1665029433Good morning! Welcome to The Independent\u2019s blog covering all the latest updates from Westminster and the prime minister\u2019s trip to the Czech Republic today. Stay tuned! <\/p>\n
Stuti Mishra6 October 2022 05:10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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