When Liz Truss became Prime Minister less than four weeks ago, Tory conference was going to be the time to bask in the glow of her first few weeks in power.
Instead, Ms Truss is grappling with an economic crisis of her own making after her tax-cutting plans spooked jittery markets, with the pound crashing to a record low against the dollar and the cost of Government borrowing soaring.
Once the darling of the Tory grassroots, the new PM heads into her party's annual conference in Birmingham facing mutinous mutterings from her own MPs - and the shadows of her ousted rivals looming large.
