British Prime Minister Liz Truss announced on Thursday her resignation as Conservative Party leader after just six weeks in power and said her successor would be elected by the end of next week. LizTruss Britain UK PrimeMinister
British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Thursday dramatically announced her resignation just six weeks after taking office.
“This will ensure that we remain on a path to deliver our fiscal plan and maintain our country’s economic stability and national security.Labour leader Keir Starmer, whose opposition party has surged in opinion polls on the back of Truss’s short, crisis-plagued tenure, demanded a general election “now”.
“The prime minister acknowledges yesterday was a difficult day and she recognises the public wanted to see the government focusing less on politics and more on delivering their priorities,” her official spokesman told reporters.Events reached a head after what right-wing tabloid The Sun called “a day of extraordinary mayhem” on Wednesday.
Conservative lord Ed Vaizey said the “only way out of this mess is for Liz Truss to stand down and for somebody to be appointed as prime minister by Conservative MPs”. The Daily Telegraph reported that Braverman left after a “heated face-to-face row” with Truss and Hunt “over their demands to soften her stance on immigration”.
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