Inside Politics: King attends parliament

MPs and peers to express condolences to the new King, writes Matt Mathers

King Charles III will be accompanied by the Queen Consort during a visit to Northern Ireland on Tuesday (Jonathan Brady/PA) (PA Wire)

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King Charles III today visits parliament for the first time as monarch, where he will respond to messages of condolence from MPs and peers from 10am. Elsewhere, former heads of the civil service have criticised new prime minister Liz Truss’s sacking of a top Treasury official.

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