Crisis-hit Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has been sacked less than five weeks after being appointed.
In a day of high drama, Liz Truss fired her long-term ally after just 38 days in office as their calamitous mini-Budget collapsed around them.
He was replaced by former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, a prominent backer of Rishi Sunak, in a desperate bid by Ms Truss to unite warring Tory factions.