The challenges facing the new Prime Minister could not be more severe or more urgent.
Whoever takes over next week – the frontrunner remains Liz Truss – will inherit a country in its sick bed.
A recession is looming, inflation is out of control and families are unable to afford the rocketing cost of food and fuel. The Resolution Foundation think-tank forecasts that three million more people are to be pushed into absolute poverty over the next two years.
