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UK crisis: a beginner’s guide to the political turmoil as Liz Truss quits

As country prepares for third PM in eight weeks, here’s how things reached breaking point for Tories

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak to be UK prime minister: What you need to know

Rishi Sunak will become Britain's first prime minister of colour on Tuesday after he won the race to lead the Conservative Party.

Reuters

Trussonomics’ true cost will be austerity and spending cuts to fill the fiscal hole

Expect also a harder downturn if market credibility is to be restored, with a 2% contraction in GDP

The Guardian - UK

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The U.K. will have 5 prime ministers in just 6 years. What's gone wrong?

With yet another prime minister's resignation, the British government's 10 Downing Street looks like a revolving door. Analysts blame polarization, populism, a flawed system and poor leadership.

WEKU

Rightwing papers backpedal after helping Liz Truss reach No 10

Outgoing PM won Tory leadership after weeks of supportive stories in the Daily Mail and other outlets

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss timeline: UK Prime Minister's 44 days from appointment to resignation

She promised a “bold plan” to cut taxes and grow the economy but instead embattled PM served the shortest term in history

Chronicle Live

When will the next prime minister be announced?

Tories keen to move on from disastrous Liz Truss era and have a new face in No 10 as soon as possible

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Truss has discredited high-octane, free-market economics – perhaps for ever

Trussonomics, and Brexitism, have proven the dangers of trying to turn rightwing ideology into reality

The Guardian - UK

The shortest serving Prime Ministers in history as Liz Truss sets new record

The Prime Ministers who outlasted Liz Truss include one who died in office and another known as "the Blubberer"

Wales Online

What happens next after Liz Truss's resignation as Tory leader?

Liz Truss resigned on Thursday after just over six weeks in the job

Wales Online

The best tweets poking fun at Liz Truss' early exit as Prime Minister

"Liz Truss quit now so she can spend tomorrow streaming Midnights by Taylor Swift without distraction"

Manchester Evening News

Liz Truss: What happened on every day of Prime Minister's 44 days in charge

The Prime Minister announced her resignation on Thursday afternoon during a short statement in Downing Street.

Daily Record

Liz Truss entitled to £115,000 of taxpayer money each year after just 44 days as PM

Liz Truss will be entitled to claim £115,000 per year from the taxpayer despite becoming the shortest-serving Prime Minister in British history.

The National (Scotland)

Truss's demise ends the revival of Thatcher's libertarian economics

Daniel Pryor, who lobbies for governments to shrink the state and cut taxes, feels Liz Truss's brief, disastrous spell as prime minister has killed off his dream of a low-tax, deregulated British economy for at least a generation.

Reuters

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The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss: the PM who caused disruption in all the wrong places

The Tory leader’s attempt to tear up the status quo only brought about economic, political and social chaos

Daily Mirror

Wine prices set to soar by 'eye watering' amount because of cost of glass

Wine lovers face paying more for their tipples next year, as the rising price of glass means that bottles of wine will have to go up too - unless we can make bottles thinner

Daily Mirror

Piers Morgan says 'it's time' for him to run as Prime Minister after Liz Truss 'shambles'

Twitter users were divided earlier this afternoon, as former Good Morning Britain presenter Piers Morgan toyed with the idea of entering the world of politics following the Prime Minister's resignation

Reason

Liz Truss Resigns as British Prime Minister

After just six weeks in office, the embattled Conservative leader is out.

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The Independent UK

What next after Liz Truss’s resignation as Tory leader?

Her successor is expected to be in place by October 28 after a truncated leadership election.

The Independent UK

Liz Truss’s history of U-turns as PM steps down after just 45 days in power

Britain’s short-lived PM was no stranger to about-turns even before she entered Downing Street

The Independent UK

Liz Truss promised UK a shakeup — but was forced out instead

Liz Truss became prime minister on a promise to open a new era of growth by shaking up Britain’s economy

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss’s brief, tumultuous tenure as prime minister – in six stark charts

Her stint was marked by financial instability, plummeting public approval and a high rate of ministerial departures

The Guardian - UK

From fighter to quitter: timeline of Liz Truss’s U-turn littered premiership

Key moments in the 45 days between Truss becoming prime minister and announcing her departure

The Independent UK

Liz Truss: 44 days of chaos, U-turns and an economic vision shattered

Once seen as a political survivor, she will enter the record books as the shortest-serving prime minister in history.

Evening Standard

Liz Truss: A timeline of the shortest premiership in British history

One year on after her tenure, Liz Truss is back in the news

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