Prime Minister Liz Truss announced her resignation as Conservative Party leader after just six weeks in power and said her successor would be elected
Prime Minister Liz Truss announced her resignation as Conservative Party leader after just six weeks in power and said her successor would be elected by the end of next week.
“I recognise that 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,” Truss said.
A leadership election for MPs to select her successor will be “completed within the next week,” she added.
She took office only six weeks ago after Boris Johnson’s resignation.
Of late, Truss battled to stabilise her position after an economic crash forced her into humiliating U-turns on tax reforms.
Earlier, the UK Home Secretary, Suella Braverman had resigned following a breach of ministerial rules after she sent an official document from her personal email.
In her resignation letter, Braverman said, “Pretending we haven’t made mistakes, carrying on as if everyone can’t see that we have made them, and hoping that things will magically come right is not serious politics. I have made a mistake; I accept responsibility; I resign.
“It is obvious to everyone that we are going through a tumultuous time. I have concerns about the direction of this government.
:Not only have we broken key pledges that were promised to our voters, but I have had serious concerns about this government’s commitment to honouring manifesto commitments.”
