LIZ Truss used to pretend “minor members” of her family had died to get out of media appearances, one of her former aides has revealed. Kirsty Buchanan, who was a special adviser to the Prime Minister when she was Justice Secretary, said the fake fatalities included “aunts and cousins and things”. However Ms Truss eventually ran out of excuses and had to appear on BBC Question Time, where she found herself on a panel with a man she loathed. Ms Buchanan was speaking on the Whitehall Sources podcast. She said: “Liz Truss, when I worked for her, she obviously didn’t...
