As Prime Minister Liz Truss stepped down on Thursday many people called for a general election. As she became the UK's shortest serving PM in history, her departure came following a turbulent few weeks.
The past weeks have seen Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng leaving after delivering a mini-budget of which the majority was later scrapped by new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt. Then on Wednesday Suella Braverman criticised Ms Truss’ “tumultuous” premiership in a letter as she resigned from her post as Home Secretary claiming the governent had broken "key pledges" including on immigration policy.
Just hours earlier The PM vowed to stick with the job telling people she was a "fighter not a quitter". But in a shock statement she has now said she will resign, reports the Manchester Evening News.
