Liz Truss has been forced to resign as Prime Minister, making her the shortest-serving occupant of No 10 in British history. Truss won a comfortable victory over Rishi Sunak in the Conservative Party leadership election on 5 September with 57.4 per cent of the members’ vote but her premiership descended into chaos just two weeks after she took office when her government’s “mini-Budget” triggered market turmoil.
Outside Downing Street today (20 October) Truss said that a leadership election would be complete within a week, and she will remain in office until her successor is chosen.
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