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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Elly Rewcastle

Sam Allardyce's England reign, a lettuce and seven more things that lasted longer than Liz Truss as Prime Minister

Liz Truss has announced that she will be stepping down as prime minister after just six weeks in Number 10. After a dreadful start to her premiership, which saw multiple U-turns on her economic policies, Truss announced she would be resigning.

While she will stay in office for another week whilst a replacement leader is elected by Conservative MPs, Ms Truss' premiership has lasted just 44 days. And after just 43 days as monarch, King Charles III will be preparing to welcome his second prime minister.

Ms Truss's resignation gives her the title of Britain's shortest-serving prime minister in history. But what else lasted longer than her?

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