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Here are the candidates for the next U.K. leader. Yes, Boris Johnson is one of them

Following the resignation of Liz Truss as Britain's fourth prime minister in a little over six years, her Conservative Party — in power since 2010 — is racing to select a replacement.

WEKU

Why did Liz Truss resign and who will replace her as UK prime minister? Latest news

Events in the House of Commons on October 19 made it clear that the prime minister had lost control

Irish Mirror

Chester MP Chris Matheson resigns after sexual misconduct allegations

Mr Matheson has announced he will step down after a Parliamentary watchdog recommended he be suspended from the House of Commons for four weeks

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Labour MP Chris Matheson resigns over ‘unwanted sexual advances’

Move will trigger byelection in Chester after panel finds he breached Commons’ sexual misconduct policy

The Guardian - UK

Labour MP Christian Matheson resigns after report finds evidence of sexual misconduct

A Labour MP has resigned after Westminster’s sleaze watchdog recommended he should be suspended for “serious sexual misconduct”.

Evening Standard

How will the race for the UK’s next prime minister unfold?

The ruling Conservative Party is expected to select the new prime minister by October 28 following Truss’s resignation.

Al Jazeera

Liz Truss resigns: so why isn't the UK having an election?

Liz Truss resigned as the Conservative party leader just 45 days after being elected to that position. She was forced out by her backbenchers because of a disastrously misjudged mini-budget, concerns about her competency and a catastrophic collapse in the Conservatives’ poll ratings. She is now destined to become the…

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Political pantomime while we're suffering - stories of real people struggling as government in mayhem

"I think they need to stop and help out the people who are struggling more"

Manchester Evening News

A day of chaos: Liz Truss bows out after just 44 days in office with Boris Johnson planning remarkable return to No 10

Thursday marked a day of political turmoil at Number 10 that stands unparalleled in recent history

Manchester Evening News

Liz Truss gone: Who will become the UK’s new prime minister?

Truss, the shortest serving prime minister in British history, resigned following a controversial tax-cutting budget.

Al Jazeera

Q&A: MPs call for general election after Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns - but can there be one?

Liz Truss will become the shortest ever serving PM in the history of UK politics

Chronicle Live

Who could stand to be the next Conservative Party leader - and Prime Minister?

Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman could all be in the running

Manchester Evening News

Liz Truss: What happened on every day of Prime Minister's 44 days in charge

The Prime Minister announced her resignation on Thursday afternoon during a short statement in Downing Street.

Daily Record

Liz Truss: what happened in the night of Westminster chaos that triggered the PM's resignation?

Many factors combined to cause Liz Truss’s demise but it was a night of chaos in the British parliament that triggered her resignation.

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Chicago Sun-Times

British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns after tumultuous 6-week term

Truss, who said she will remain in office for a few more days, has been prime minister for just 45 days.

Manchester Evening News

When is the next general election?

Lid Dem leader Sir Ed Davey has lead calls for a general election

Wales Online

Liz Truss timeline: 44 days from appointment to resignation

She promised a “bold plan” to cut taxes and grow the economy and “deliver on the energy crisis”

Evening Standard

Who is the Conservative chief whip? Wendy Morton to remain in post after resigning

The chief whip resigned then unresigned in an tumultous day at the House of Commons

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Manchester Evening News

Government handling of Chinese consulate violence in Manchester branded 'a complete mess'

An urgent question to Government was tabled in the House of Commons today

Manchester Evening News

Andy Burnham says it's 'very hard to see' Liz Truss surviving and that Tories have 'forfeited the right to govern'

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, meanwhile, has angrily called for a general election 'now'

The Guardian - UK

MPs condemn Nadine Dorries for claims Channel 4 faked TV show

Committee says ex-culture secretary’s claim that participants in reality TV show were actors is not credible

Daily Mirror

Can the King dissolve parliament and what happens after a dissolution?

As more chaos ensues within the Conservative Party and Truss' leadership is thrown into doubt, here's whether King Charles could dissolve Parliament and what it would mean

The National (Scotland)

'An Etonian version of River City': MPs witness 'scuffling' during fracking vote

AN MP has described chaotic scenes in the House of Commons following a fracking debate as like an "Etonian version of River City".

The Independent UK

Truss faces clamor to quit amid UK government chaos

U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss is hanging on to power by a thread after a senior minister quit her government and a vote in the House of Commons descended into chaos and acrimony

Al Jazeera

UK’s Liz Truss on the brink as MPs row, interior minister quits

PM fights for survival as Conservative legislators openly quarrel in parliament and interior minister Suella Braverman quits.

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