BREAKING: U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss has announced her resignation after six weeks in office. She’ll be the shortest-serving British prime minister ever.
U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss announced her resignation Thursday after six
That's a remarkably short timetable for Conservative members of Parliament to pick their fifth prime minister since the 2016 Brexit referendum left the party deeply divided. Truss will remain in office in the interim.Truss' announcement followed a tumultuous 24 hours in which Home Secretary Suella Braverman resigned and several senior Conservatives called on Truss to do the same.
With Truss' lieutenants desperately pressuring MPs to vote with the government, a chaotic scene played out in which the chief whip reportedly announced she was resigning and Truss left the chamber to chase after her — causing both to miss the vote. That episode seemed to sum up Truss' short tenure.Truss to fire her finance minister, a close ideological ally, and replace him with a more centrist figure in Jeremy Hunt.
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