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Bookies made it a dead cert that Liz Truss would replace George Canning as the shortest-serving Prime Minister in British history, with the ex-Tory leader falling well short of his unfortunate record

There have been four prime ministers under a Conservative government for the past 12 years; the Tories have been in power since David Cameron won the election in 2010

The number of surviving former PMs has doubled in the past 15 years.

He’s clearly not in the Churchill or Thatcher first class, and his personal flaws and precipitate fall from power means he’s demoted below the likes of Blair and Wilson in the second division. However, Brexit and his election success put him above May and Cameron, writes Sean O’Grady

Liz Truss is set to preside over two more years of suffering for the country's poorest - unless she calls a general election, writes Record columnist Annie Brown.

Donated items range from toilet roll, nappies, wipes and toiletries to clothing, backpacks, home furnishings, lightings and electrical products.

PMs who ascend to office between general elections are often egotistically keen to secure a personal mandate

Prime ministers who ascend to office between general elections are often egotistically keen to secure a personal mandate rather than relying on the achievements of their predecessors. Naturally, then, many are now wondering if newly installed Prime Minister Liz Truss will call a general election.

A KNIGHTHOOD for his own father and a gong for a Putin-linked Tory donor could be on the honours list put forward by Boris Johnson as a customary…

Her first Prime Minister was Sir Winston Churchill and her most recent will be Liz Truss, the 15th figure she has welcomed to the role

The departing prime minister’s customary award of peerages is likely to provoke controversy.