Politics live: Poll gives Tory leadership hopeful huge lead in race to be next PM; first glimpse of Battle for Number 10 set

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'The policy was misrepresented.' Tory leadership candidate Liz Truss says she will not proceed with plans to link public sector pay to regional living costs, adding it's 'important to support people in this difficult economic time'. Latest: 📺 Sky 501

The government has extended its visa route from Hong Kong to allow young people born after the handover to China to come to the UK.

The visa route for BNs and their dependents was launched last year after the imposition of a controversial new security law in Hong Kong by China, which has since been described by the UK as means to"crush dissent" against Beijing.The chancellor is throwing his weight behind a new £3bn export finance package aimed at bolstering the Ukrainian military's defence against Russia, and the country's future reconstruction.

The Battle for Number 10 will see both candidates answer questions from undecided Conservative Party members. Mr Lord added that as online voting becomes an"inevitability" in the near future,"integrity is paramount". A TikTok account for the UK Parliament has been closed down after MPs raised concerns about the company's links to China.In a joint letter from the Speakers of the Houses of Commons and Lords, it was said the decision was made to close the account"with immediate effect".

The letter was posted by Nus Ghani, one of several MPs to have been sanctioned by the Chinese government for criticising them. "They may have misled parliament on this point, a matter which Nus Ghani has raised with you separately."Calls for leadership contest to be halted over cybersecurity concernsMembers were delayed getting their ballot papers due to the issue.He has repeatedly tried to have Boris Johnson included in the ballot.

 

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She's been clear she was wrong, but she's not wrong anymore and even though she was clear when she was wrong she's clearer now that she's right, so just go with the most recent thing she's said with a pinch of salt in case she's even clearer later and says she was wrong again.

How was it misrepresented when the detail made clear by your campaign? The media and commentators passed judgement on the detail you passed to them. Are you really going to carry on gaslighting the British public, just like Boris, pretending these sort of gaffs haven’t happened?

Why do people believe what I’m actually saying and not what I actually mean depending on popularity?

Early lies and deceit. She’s gonna be worse than Boris

It’s been down hill for decades, the royal dynastic privileged parliament is a catastrophe that never stops giving shit .

Lies lies and more lies 👍 Johnson x2 🙄

She looks like boris just female version.

Are Tory politicians unable to say that they made a mistake? Bare faced lying seems preferable.

No. It was accurately represented, including by her own supporters. That's why there was such an outcry. 🙄

Liz Truss’s policy wasn’t ‘misrepresented’, it was reported accurately from her own press release. It was then resoundingly, and righty condemned, and then Truss performed a U-turn and retracted it.

Backpedaling

Levelling down of the 'North' has been put on hold.

If it was misrepresented why didn’t she clarify it, not scrap it outright? It’s a policy, lots of thought, research and discussion would have gone into it surely? The way it was scrapped within hours it’s almost as if it had just been made up on the spot though…🧐

i was thinking are the english dumb enough to believe this then i remembered brexit.

Given the press briefing note, and her own comments, it is rather difficult to see quite how her intent, on a subject that she has espoused for years, was misinterpreted. She was just wrong to hold it as a view!

In Liz Truss we trust, hope she wins

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