Truss resigns as UK PM

Liz Truss stepped down from her role as a prime minister following a tumultuous 45 days in office. “I recognise… given the situation I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected by the Conservative Party,” she said. The downfall was initiated after her chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, had presented a mini-budget on 23 September that received widespread backlash, followed by the resignation of her home secretary Suella Braverman.