Tory MPs fear Liz Truss’s policies will create a ‘complete open goal’ for Labour

Bankers' bonuses, the NHS and tax cuts that favour the rich are all causing jitters on the benches behind the new prime minister

It is less than a fortnight since Liz Truss formed a new government after a summer of bitter Conservative party infighting. It is just days until her chancellor reveals significant plans that are likely to dominate British politics and frame the next election.

Yet the Palace of Westminster has rarely been so becalmed. As mourners have wound their way into Westminster Hall to pay their respects to the Queen, a building that would ordinarily be a hotbed of political jousting, plotting and intrigue has instead become a site of pilgrimage, respect and quiet reflection.