Prime Minister Liz Truss has resigned just over six weeks after taking the reins in No 10. Liz Truss has told the King she is resigning as leader of the Conservative Party.
In a statement outside No 10 she said: “I recognise… given the situation I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected by the Conservative Party.” Truss said there would be a leadership election to replace her “to be delivered within the next week”.
Liz Truss has said she will stay on as Prime Minister until a successor is chosen via a leadership election to be held within the next week.
