Premiership of Liz Truss
| Date | 6 September 2022 - 25 October 2022 |
|---|---|
| Description | The Liz Truss government |
The short-lived premiership of Liz Truss began on 6 September 2022 and ended on 25 October 2022.
Banking power
In February 2024 Liz Truss appeared in Steve Bannon‘s War Room and said that
What I found out when I got into No. 10 is, I thought that if I got to the top of the tree, I would be able to implement those conservative policies... And what I discovered was that I was not holding the levers. The levers were held by the Bank of England, by the Office of Budget Responsibility, they weren't held by the Prime Minister or the Chancellor[1]
Prime Ministers Office
The following people staffed the PMO:[2]
- Mark Fullbrook, chief of staff
- Ruth Porter, deputy chief of staff
- Nick Catsaras, principal private secretary
- Sophie Jarvis, political secretary
- Iain Carter, director of strategy
- Jason Stein, political special adviser
- Jamie Hope, director of policy
- Jamie Harries, deputy director of policy
- Matthew Sinclair, chief economic policy adviser
- Shabbir Merali, economic policy adviser
- Alex Boyd, energy policy adviser
- John Bew, foreign affairs adviser
- Caroline Elsom, health policy adviser
- Christopher Jenkins, legal/constitutional affairs adviser
- Hugh Bennett, deregulation and opportunities adviser
- Adam Jones, political director of communications
- Simon McGee, director of communications
- Alex Wild, interim Downing Street Press Secretary