Liz Truss said on Thursday she was resigning as British prime minister just six weeks after she was appointed, brought down by an economic programme that sent shockwaves through financial markets last month and divided her Conservative Party.
\nA leadership election will be completed within the next week to replace Truss, who is the shortest-serving prime minister in Britain\u2019s history. George Canning previously held the record, serving 119 days in 1827, when he died.
\nSpeaking outside the door of her Number 10 Downing Street office and residence, Truss accepted that she could not deliver the promises she made when she was running for Conservative leader, having lost the faith of her party.
\n\u201cI recognise though, given the situation, I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected by the Conservative Party. I have therefore spoken to His Majesty the King to notify him that I am resigning as leader of the Conservative Party,\u201d she said.
\n\u201cThis morning I met the chairman of the 1922 Committee, Sir Graham Brady. We\u2019ve agreed that there will be a leadership election to be completed within the next week. This will ensure that we remain on a path to deliver our fiscal plans and maintain our country\u2019s economic stability and national security.
\n\u201cI will remain as prime minister until a successor has been chosen. Thank you.\u201d
\nConservative lawmakers have increasingly called on Truss to step down after she was forced to junk most of her economic programme which when delivered on September 23 sent the pound and government bond markets tumbling.
\nShe drafted in former health minister Jeremy Hunt as her new finance minister to try to reset her administration, but on Wednesday her lawmakers turned on each other and another senior minister resigned, leaving Truss\u2019s authority in tatters.
\nConservative lawmakers say her most likely successors are either her leadership rival, former finance minister Rishi Sunak, or Penny Mordaunt, who came third in the race to become the next prime minister just six weeks ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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