UK correspondent Matthew Parris

The UK PM has described 2022 as the year of "freedom fighting back". She says Russia needs to leave Ukraine and she is calling for the Kremlin to pay reparations. Liz Truss has also left no doubt about the agenda she will pursue as Prime Minister : slashing corporation tax, cutting National Insurance, scattering the UK with low tax development zones, removing the bankers' bonuses cap and now, according to a report in the Times, cutting stamp duty.