Liz Truss resigns as prime minister after 44 days: new PM will be announced next week

🚨 Breaking: Liz Truss resigns as Prime Minister and a new leadership contest will take place next week

Liz Truss has announced her immediate resignation as leader of the Conservative party. Ms. Truss will remain as prime minister until a successor is found.

The race to be the next leader of the Conservative party and prime minister will be completed next week. It is expected that the vote to replace Liz Truss as party leader and prime minister will not be open to Conservative Party members, instead it will be limited to the parliamentary party i.e. MPs.

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