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Mary Elizabeth Truss (born 26 July 1975) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from September to October 2022. On her fiftieth day in office , she stepped down amid a government crisis , making her the shortest-serving prime minister in British history.
Truss announcing her resignation on 20 October 2022. After Truss's resignation on 20 October 2022, the Daily Star released a headline titled "Lettuce wins as Liz Leafs", [19] and on 21 October published a "historic souvenir edition" headlined "Lettuce rejoice". [20]
Campaign logo. Liz Truss launched her bid to succeed Boris Johnson on 10 July 2022. [7] During the July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election, Truss pledged to cut taxes by scrapping the National Insurance rise that had previously been announced in April 2022, scrapping the recent corporation tax rise and she also promised to remove green energy levies.
The PA news agency charts Liz Truss’s short-lived premiership. ... Ms Truss announced her resignation in Downing Street. She is set to become the shortest serving Prime Minister in history.
After weeks of political and economic turmoil in the U.K., Prime Minister Liz Truss ultimately decided Thursday to leave No. 10 Downing St. In her six weeks in office, she oversaw the state ...
Liz Truss resigned on Thursday after just over six tumultuous weeks in the top job, with a new prime minister expected to be in place by the end of next week. ... Liz Truss makes a resignation ...
On 5 September, Liz Truss was elected leader of the Conservative Party and succeeded Johnson as prime minister on 6 September 2022. Truss would resign as leader of the Conservative Party on 20 October 2022 amid another government crisis, making her the shortest-serving prime minister in British history.
Liz Truss has resigned as Tory leader after a chaotic 44 days in office. ... Wednesday’s chaos, which saw Suella Braverman resign as home secretary, officially for using a personal email to send ...