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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Benjamin Blosse

Inside the chaotic 44 days of Liz Truss as Prime Minister - and how it all fell apart

Liz Truss has resigned as Prime Minister after a chaotic, short tenure in charge of Government.

Ms Truss survived for just 44 days in Number 10 - the shortest of any Prime Minister in British history. Her spell in Downing Street was marked by days of chaos, Conservative in-fighting and economic turmoil after a disastrous 'mini-Budget', alongside the death of the Queen which happened just a day after she had taken office.

On the steps of Number 10 on October 20, after meeting with the chairman of the 1922 backbench committee Sir Graham Brady, Ms Truss announced she would be resigning from her position.

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