Liz Truss vows to match UK spending on military support to Ukraine next year
The US is Britain's biggest individual trading partner and accounts for £1 in every £6 of UK trade.
But also to signal that any threat from the US to refrain from talks unless the UK backed down on an option to dissolve the Northern Ireland Protocol would be empty. "There is no doubt that the blame for this mess lies at the door of the prime minister, who tarnished the UK's international reputation as foreign and international trade secretary.Ms Truss said she will use her speech at the UN to try and rally support for Ukraine and ending international energy dependence on Russia.
In her speech, Ms Truss will point to the recent success of Ukraine's counter-offensives as examples of what the country can achieve with Western backing. It will mean the returning political conversation will have a diplomatic air - in its opening few hours at least - rather than an immediately intense domestic scrappiness.Supporting Ukraine was a key policy plank of the previous UK government led by Ms Truss's predecessor, Boris Johnson.MPs will return to Parliament onBusiness Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg is expected to set out government's energy support package for businesses, but this is yet to be confirmed.
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