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These are the shortest-serving prime ministers in UK history

LIZ Truss will be the shortest serving prime minister in British history.

The National (Scotland)

Liz Truss quits after just 45 days in office, becomes shortest-ruling UK PM

LONDON: Liz Truss resigned as UK prime minister after a brief and chaotic tenure that saw her announce a massive package of unfunded tax cuts before unwinding most of it in the face of a market rout.

The Times of India

How Liz Truss's brief and chaotic tenure as Britain's PM unravelled

Whether it was sexism that brought her down, her inexperience and overconfidence, her party's unravelling, or a combination of all three, Liz Truss plunged over the glass cliff with breathtaking speed.

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Liz Truss in line for £18,000 ‘golden goodbye’ after resignation

Prime minister entitled to quarter of her salary as severance pay with no minimum time limit

The Independent UK

Liz Truss resigns as PM and triggers fresh leadership election

Truss says she will step down after a week-long emergency contest to find successor

The Guardian - UK

When is the next general election?

Lid Dem leader Sir Ed Davey has lead calls for a general election

Manchester Evening News

Truss resigns as UK prime minister after tax-cut plan backfires

Liz Truss resigned as U.K. prime minister after a brief and chaotic tenure that saw her announce a massive package of unfunded tax cuts before unwinding most of it in the face of a market rout.

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Liz Truss timeline: 44 days from appointment to resignation

She promised a “bold plan” to cut taxes and grow the economy and “deliver on the energy crisis”

Wales Online

The mini-budget that broke Britain – and Liz Truss

From soaring mortgage costs to a sterling slump, the fiscal event set off a chain of chaos that led to PM’s downfall

The Guardian - UK

British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns after weeks of criticism and turmoil

Truss' announcement follows weeks of criticism from her opponents and members of her own Conservative Party, and the resignation of two of her top Cabinet picks.

WEKU

UK Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns after six weeks in office

Truss, heavily criticised for her economic agenda, to leave Downing Street just weeks after being appointed.

Al Jazeera

After Truss, it’s the club v the mob – the Tories’ last chance before Britain demands an election

The Conservatives know the people’s verdict would be devastating. But they can’t be allowed to carry on in a state of perpetual chaos, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns after days of chaos

It comes after Liz Truss met the senior Conservative responsible for establishing whether she commands the confidence of her MPs

Wales Online

Inside the chaotic 44 days of Liz Truss as Prime Minister - and how it all fell apart

Liz Truss has resigned as Prime Minister

Manchester Evening News

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The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss to quit as prime minister

Statement expected shortly after departures of top ministers and evaporation of political authority

The Conversation

Chaos in Westminster: why Liz Truss finally lost control of MPs

In a night emblematic of Liz Truss’s chaotic premiership, confusion reigned in parliament as an opposition day motion on the contentious issue of fracking became a confidence vote in her leadership. Labour MPs reported seeing Conservatives being manhandled and “bullied” into the chamber by government whips – who reportedly attempted…

Evening Standard

Fracking vote: Who voted for and against the ban and what was the result?

Senior Tory MPs have been accused of bullying members into voting against the bill

The Independent UK

How the Liz Truss leadership crisis could end in a general election

Conservative government again in turmoil after new PM’s disastrous start

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The Independent UK

Timeline: Key moments in Liz Truss’s 45 days as prime minister

PM has resigned as Tory leader after shortest ever reign in Downing Street.

Evening Standard

The way to fund the tough winter to come: a big one-off wealth tax

How can we have gone, in less than a month, from a plan to spray billionaires with free money to dire warnings of deep public spending cuts? It is another one of those bewildering turns of events that is the new normal in British politics. There is a simple reason…

The Independent UK

What next for Liz Truss as she fights for political survival?

The Prime Minister is clinging on to power by her fingertips after Suella Braverman’s resignation and ugly, chaotic scenes during a Commons vote.

The Independent UK

Why the energy price cap isn’t what it seems

Liz Truss initially moved to rein in runaway household bills caused by rising global gas prices, only for new chancellor Jeremy Hunt to cut short government aid

Daily Mirror

Full list of 36 Tory MPs who didn't vote on fracking ban as Liz Truss faces rebellion

The government descended into total chaos last night with reports of swearing, shouting and manhandling in parliament as the Conservative party and Liz Truss loyalists desperately clung on

Evening Standard

What is 55 Tufton Street? The house that influenced the UK economy’s nosedive

The group is demanding the government halt all new oil and gas licences and consents

The Independent UK

Dick and Dom back calls for general election as government chaos continues

Statement followed another day of turmolt for Liz Truss

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