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Liz Truss said on Thursday she would resign as British prime minister, brought down just six weeks into the job by an economic program that roiled financial markets, pushed up living costs for voters and enraged much of her own party. The Conservative Party, which holds a big majority in…

A successor will be chosen by the end of next week, the Party said

Political Editor Liam Thorp joins calls for a vote to end the Conservative Party psychodrama

As Liz Truss stepped away from the lectern outside No.10 Downing Street after resigning as leader of her party, it probably occurred to her that her time as prime minister will have been only as long as the leadership campaign that got her there.

This abuse against democracy has to stop. The British public should decide who runs the country. The British public deserve better, they deserve a general election.

Rishi Sunak, Penny Mordaunt and Ben Wallace all tipped for top job

Richmond MP struggled to convince fellow Tories he was right man to lead economic revival this summer but his dire warnings have been entirely vindicated by disastrous and short-lived reign of Liz Truss

Liz Truss, who succeeded Boris Johnson as the U.K.'s prime minister on Sept. 5, resigned Thursday after 44 days in office. That's 4.1 Scaramuccis.

Mr Sunak was defeated by Liz Truss in the race to become the new PM last month