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Rishi Sunak to be UK prime minister: What you need to know

Rishi Sunak will become Britain's first prime minister of colour on Tuesday after he won the race to lead the Conservative Party.

Reuters · Oct 20, 2022

Trussonomics’ true cost will be austerity and spending cuts to fill the fiscal hole

Expect also a harder downturn if market credibility is to be restored, with a 2% contraction in GDP

The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2022

The U.K. will have 5 prime ministers in just 6 years. What's gone wrong?

With yet another prime minister's resignation, the British government's 10 Downing Street looks like a revolving door. Analysts blame polarization, populism, a flawed system and poor leadership.

WEKU · Oct 20, 2022

The shortest serving Prime Ministers in history as Liz Truss sets new record

The Prime Ministers who outlasted Liz Truss include one who died in office and another known as "the Blubberer"

Wales Online · Oct 20, 2022

What happens next after Liz Truss's resignation as Tory leader?

Liz Truss resigned on Thursday after just over six weeks in the job

Wales Online · Oct 20, 2022

The best tweets poking fun at Liz Truss' early exit as Prime Minister

"Liz Truss quit now so she can spend tomorrow streaming Midnights by Taylor Swift without distraction"

Manchester Evening News · Oct 20, 2022

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 · Oct 20, 2022

Liz Truss entitled to £115,000 of taxpayer money each year after just 44 days as PM

Liz Truss will be entitled to claim £115,000 per year from the taxpayer despite becoming the shortest-serving Prime Minister in British history.

The National (Scotland) · Oct 20, 2022

Truss's demise ends the revival of Thatcher's libertarian economics

Daniel Pryor, who lobbies for governments to shrink the state and cut taxes, feels Liz Truss's brief, disastrous spell as prime minister has killed off his dream of a low-tax, deregulated British economy for at least a generation.

Reuters · Oct 20, 2022

Liz Truss: the PM who caused disruption in all the wrong places

The Tory leader’s attempt to tear up the status quo only brought about economic, political and social chaos

The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2022