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Watch in full: Liz Truss resigns as PM after less than seven weeks in Downing StreetReuters Live Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways ...
Truss’s resignation came after 44 days, making her the shortest-serving prime minister in U.K. history.
Liz Truss has resigned as prime minister after losing the support of her MPs.
The Truss ministry began on 6 September 2022 when Liz Truss was invited by Queen Elizabeth II—two days before the monarch's death—to succeed Boris Johnson as prime minister of the United Kingdom. Johnson had resigned as leader of the Conservative Party the previous day after Truss was elected as his successor. [ 1 ]
British Prime Minister Liz Truss announced Thursday she would resign after just 45 days in office, the shortest tenure of any prime minister in U.K. history. Truss’s quick downfall may carry ...
An 11 October column in The Economist titled "Liz Truss has made Britain a riskier bet for bond investors" stated that, after deducting the ten-day mourning period following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Truss had caused economic and political turmoil after just seven days in power, comparing that duration to the "shelf-life of a lettuce".
On 5 September, Liz Truss was elected leader of the Conservative Party and succeeded Johnson as prime minister on 6 September 2022. Truss would resign as leader of the Conservative Party on 20 October 2022 amid another government crisis , making her the shortest-serving prime minister in British history .
British Prime Minister Liz Truss announced Thursday she would resign after just six weeks in office, following a a disastrous and rapidly-reversed economic plan.