British Prime Minister Liz Truss

Prime Minister Liz Truss delivers her resignation speech as her husband, Hugh O'Leary, stands nearby at Downing Street in London on Thursday. Truss has been prime minister for just 44 days.

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

4:27pm October 20, 2022

by Frank Langfitt

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.

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Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss attends a news conference in the Downing Street Briefing Room in central London, Oct. 14. Truss has only been in office for six weeks but has already drawn calls for her removal.

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The U.K.'s Liz Truss hangs on by a thread, as party members call for her ouster

7:10pm October 18, 2022

by Willem Marx

After a bruising first six weeks in office, the prime minister replaced her finance chief with former leadership rival Jeremy Hunt. But she still faces a barrage of criticism.

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Journalists raise their hands for questions as Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss holds a news conference in the Downing Street Briefing Room in central London, Friday. Truss let go her finance chief Kwasi Kwarteng and reversed course on sweeping tax cuts.

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The U.K. prime minister fires her finance chief and nixes tax cuts to calm markets

3:56pm October 14, 2022

by Willem Marx

In a move to calm financial markets and her own Conservative Party, Prime Minister Liz Truss canceled planned tax cuts for corporations and replaced Kwasi Kwarteng as treasury head with Jeremy Hunt.

British Prime Minister Liz Truss at the Conservative Party annual conference in Birmingham, England on Sunday. Truss and her Treasury chief have spent the last 10 days defending the cut in the face of market mayhem.

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The UK scraps a proposed tax cut for the wealthy that sparked market turmoil

9:40am October 03, 2022

by The Associated Press

The tax cut was part of a package of unfunded cuts unveiled only days ago that sent the pound to record lows and was widely seen as politically toxic.

British Prime Minister Liz Truss holds her first Cabinet meeting after taking office at Downing St. on Sept. 7 in London.

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The U.K. now has its most diverse Cabinet in history thanks to new PM Liz Truss

7:50am September 08, 2022

by Willem Marx

For the first time in British history, none of the four most senior Cabinet posts — prime minister, chancellor of the exchequer, foreign secretary and home secretary — are taken up by a white male.