Just over a month after starting her job in Number 10, Liz Truss has resigned and will become the shortest-serving prime minister in history. But it's been a busy six weeks - here's the story of her unfortunate tenure in charts 👇
Thursday 20 October 2022 19:02, UKShe said she will remain in office until a successor is chosen.
Labour's lead over the Conservatives has not been higher since January 1998, shortly after Tony Blair became prime minister. Kwasi Kwarteng's resignation after just 38 days in the Treasury makes him the second shortest-serving chancellor since 1945. Though her premiership was brief, Ms Truss and her first chancellor, Mr Kwarteng, announced a number of significant tax cuts and a major package of support to help households cope with the energy crisis.
The mini-budget's negative reception among international investors led to a sharp fall in the value of the pound against the US dollar. Since Jeremy Hunt became chancellor, the predictions for next year have lowered slightly but are still higher than had been expected when Ms Truss became prime minister.
People are waiting longer than ever for cancer care, for ambulances and in A&E, even before we get to the winter period when effective healthcare typically becomes even more difficult.One of the reasons some MPs were said to be reluctant to remove Liz Truss was that more political instability would mean more delays.
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