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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…

The Conversation

First Thing: Boris Johnson urged to make comeback after Liz Truss resigns

Former PM dominates debate as contest to replace Liz Truss begins, only six weeks after he left office. Plus, the lettuce that outlasted Truss

The Guardian - UK

ITV Good Morning Britain viewers slam show for giving Boris Johnson's dad 'air time' with Kate Garraway and Adil Ray

His appearance came as supporters of Boris Johnson are backing the former PM to make an extraordinary political comeback

Manchester Evening News

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Timeline: Key moments in Liz Truss’s 45 days as prime minister

PM has resigned as Tory leader after shortest ever reign in Downing Street

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer demands 44-day PM Liz Truss turns down her £115,000-a-year fund for life

Labour's leader demanded the Prime Minister, who is 47, refuse the Public Duty Cost Allowance, which she is able to claim at £115,000 a year until the day she dies. John Major is claiming the full amount 25 years after he left office

Daily Mirror

Odds on who is going to replace Liz Truss as Prime Minister

Truss will step down as PM when her successor is appointed in the next week

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson: The ex-PM who could copy his hero with second stint in Number 10

Boris Johnson has been dogged by scandal throughout his career, but his election-winning record could tempt MPs to gamble on him once again.

The Independent UK

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Stability of UK economy in Ireland’s interest, country’s finance minister says

Paschal Donohoe said he hopes close cooperation between the two countries can resume with a new UK Prime Minister.

The Independent UK

Police appeal for public's help to find suspected burglar

Reece Taylor has links to Heywood, Rochdale and Bury

Manchester Evening News

Lessons from the ouster of UK's Truss: "The bill has come due"

The bond vigilantes are back in force.

Axios

Britain's leadership crisis: 'We need to drop the ego'

A day after declaring she was "a fighter not a quitter", Liz Truss resigned, becoming the shortest-serving British prime minister in history. With the UK now poised to have its fifth leader in six years, we discuss the leadership crisis with political writer, author and leadership specialist Stefan Stern. He…

France 24

Liz Truss’s history of U-turns as PM steps down after just 45 days in power

Britain’s short-lived PM was no stranger to about-turns even before she entered Downing Street

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson returning as Prime Minister would fill Scots with 'revulsion'

SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford hit out at reports the former PM is eyeing a return after the humiliating exit of Liz Truss

Daily Record

Petition calling for a general election passes 300k signatures

The new Prime Minister will be elected via an online vote next Friday

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

The Tory leadership race is not just a political battle – it’s religious warfare

The party has reached a stage where purity of faith is valued over sound judgment or evidence, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh police arrest teen wanted on suspicion of murder in London

The 17-year-old male was arrested in the Capital on Wednesday and he has since been transferred to a police station in London.

The National (Scotland)

Douglas Ross urged to quit U-turns and back General Election

DOUGLAS Ross has been challenged to support a general election by the SNP, with the party warning it would be “undemocratic” for the Tories to…

France 24

'Lettuce rejoice': UK PM Liz Truss outlived by vegetable

IN THE PRESS – Friday, 21.10.2022: We take a look at how the British papers are covering Liz Truss's resignation and how the conversation has already moved on to who will replace her as PM. We then look at the joke in the press of "Liz vs the Lettuce". The…

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Larry the Cat outlasts fourth U.K. prime minister

The 15-year-old tabby is the Chief Mouser of No. 10 Downing Street, where Britain's prime ministers both work and reside. Larry has been in the post since David Cameron ran the government.

Evening Standard

Calls for Liz Truss to turn down £115k yearly allowance for ex-Prime Ministers

Labour has joined calls for Liz Truss to be barred from receiving the annual payment of up to £115,000 she will be entitled to as a former Prime Minister.

The Independent UK

Next prime minister odds: Who is the favorite to succeed Liz Truss?

Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt appear to be only serious contenders after Boris Johnson aborts bid

Manchester Evening News

Large cannabis farm seized by police growing inside terraced house

Further enquiries are now ongoing

The Independent UK

Tories pick sides as speculation mounts over who will bid to replace Liz Truss

Supporters of Boris Johnson are backing the former prime minister to make an extraordinary political comeback.

Daily Mirror

Top Tory says government saga won't 'have happy ending' as he predicts Johnson comeback

Lord Jeffrey Archer mused how whenever you think Boris Johnson 'is dead', the former Prime Minister 'gets back up and start walking again', as Good Morning Britain got political following Liz Truss' resignation

The Independent UK

Liz Truss’s biggest gaffes and awkward moments

From Brexit U-turns to forgetting where she is, we bring you the moments Britain’s short-lived leader would probably much rather forget

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