Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng accepted Liz Truss’s request to “stand aside” following weeks of political and economic turmoil. “You have asked me to stand aside as your Chancellor. I have accepted,” Kwarteng wrote in his resignation letter.
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