‘Ties are BACK’: Liz Truss warns No10 staff to smarten up as she bids to turn her back on the Dominic Cummings-style dress-down outfits of Boris’s Partygate premiership
- Prime Minister Liz Truss is setting standards high from day one with a dress code
- She has reportedly told staff she expects them to wear ties and smarten up
- The new leader hopes a cleaner image will separate her from the ‘partygate era’
Newly elected Prime Minister Liz Truss has warned scruffy dressers will need to smarten up, as she looks to distance her image from her predecessor.
Ties will be required as part of a new dress code Ms Truss will introduce, in an effort to establish a sharper image the public won’t associate with the ‘partygate era’.
The Prime Minister has made it clear with officials that the unbuttoned collars and laid-back atmosphere in Downing Street both left with Boris Johnson.
During Mr Johnson’s time at No 10, he was often viewed as a scruffy dresser and his controversial chief of staff Dominic Cummings was notorious for wearing shabby outfits.
A former government source told The Times that Mr Cummings always looked like ‘he’d rolled off a bench’.
New Prime Minister Liz Truss is reportedly introducing a new dress code to separate her leadership’s image from the ‘partygate era’ which feature the scruffy looks of Dominic Cummings
The new Prime Minister expects staff at Downing street to be wearing ties from now on
Dominic Cummings was often seen by Boris Johnson’s side but almost never whilst wearing a tie
Boris Johnson always wore suits while working as Prime Minister, but his jogging attire often drew attention
One source told the newspaper that Ms Truss her intentions clear immediately, before being officially appointed: ‘This is all born from Liz Coming back from winning and telling Admirality House staff that ties were back.’
It is hoped that combined with the cabinet reshuffle, the smarter image will help the public move on from the partygate-era that looms over the Tories.
No 10’s reputation was severely tarnished after it was uncovered MPs and staff had held numerous parties within the building during periods of Covid lockdowns and restrictions.
Mr Cummings was Mr Johnson’s right hand man for a long period of time but was almost never pictured wearing a tie.
The former Chief Adviser to the Prime Minister would wear a variety of large woolen scarfs, gillets, untucked shirts and baggy trousers.
He was even reported wearing baseball caps and t-shirts while walking the halls of Downing Street.
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