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In September and October 2022, the Conservative Party government led by newly appointed prime minister Liz Truss faced a credibility crisis. It was caused by the September 2022 mini-budget and a disorganised vote in the House of Commons over a parliamentary motion to ban fracking, ultimately resulting in the loss of support of Conservative members of parliament (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 ]
Campaign logo. Liz Truss launched her bid to succeed Boris Johnson on 10 July 2022. [4] During the July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election, Truss pledged to cut taxes by scrapping the National Insurance rise that had previously been announced in April 2022, scrapping the recent corporation tax rise and she also promised to remove green energy levies.
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 ...
The King spoke to Liz Truss on the phone, when she informed him she was resigning, the same day as holding the first credentials presentations of his reign at Buckingham Palace. King Charles ...
Truss’s resignation came after 44 days, making her the shortest-serving prime minister in U.K. history.
20 October – Liz Truss resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, triggering another Conservative Party leadership election. [197] 21 October – Penny Mordaunt becomes the first Conservative MP to formally put her name forward as Liz Truss's successor. [198] 23 October – Rishi Sunak enters the race to be the next Conservative leader ...
Liz Truss was elected as Conservative Party leader on September 5 and took over as Prime Minister the following day. Her premiership had barely begun when politics ground to a halt following the ...