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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Politics
Graham Russell

‘Time’s up’: what the papers say about Liz Truss and her fight to stay prime minister

UK front pages from papers including the Times, FT Weekend, Daily Mail, the Daily Telegraph, the Guardian and the Daily Mirror
Liz Truss faces an unruly party, jittery markets and calls for a general election despite her sacking of Kwasi Kwarteng and reversal on corporation tax. Composite: The Guardian/i Weekend, FT Weekend, The Times, Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Daily Mirror, Daily Express

How long Liz Truss can last as prime minister dominated the UK front pages on Saturday, after the sacking of her chancellor and a pledge to “see through” what she had promised failed to assuage either the markets or her own MPs.

The Guardian calls it “a day of chaos”, as Kwasi Kwarteng lasts just 38 days in office and Truss is forced into a “humiliating” U-turn on a planned cut in corporation tax. It notes Truss’s press conference consisted of “eight minutes, four questions and no apology”.

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