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Liz Truss resigned on Thursday after just over six tumultuous weeks in the top job, with a new prime minister expected to be in place by the end of next week. ... Liz Truss was elected as ...
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 resignation of British Prime Minister Liz Truss after just six weeks in office had many people in the United Kingdom comparing her brief tenure at No. 10 Downing St. to a head of iceberg lettuce.
Truss’s resignation came after 44 days, making her the shortest-serving prime minister in U.K. history.
Truss supported the United Kingdom remaining in the European Union during the 2016 referendum. [283] Since the referendum, Truss has supported Brexit, and publicly stated in 2017 that she had changed her mind. [284] During the July 2022 leadership election Truss said that "I was wrong and I am prepared to admit I was wrong". [285]
Opposition politicians criticised the list in light of Truss's brief tenure as prime minister, and had called on her successor Rishi Sunak to block its release. [1] Truss said that she was "delighted these champions for the conservative causes of freedom, limited government and a proud and sovereign Britain have been suitably honoured". [2]
After weeks of political and economic turmoil in the U.K., Prime Minister Liz Truss ultimately decided Thursday to leave No. 10 Downing St. In her six weeks in office, she oversaw the state ...
Truss announces her pending resignation outside 10 Downing Street on 20 October 2022; she left office on 25 October. Truss announced her resignation as leader of the Conservative Party at 1:30 pm on 20 October 2022. [100] In her speech, she stated that she could not "deliver the mandate on which I was elected by the Conservative Party".