JUST IN: UK Prime Minister Liz Truss Resigns

UK Prime Minister Liz Truss has resigned after just six weeks in the role.

There will be a leadership election within a week, Ms. Truss said.

It comes after the chair of the 1922 Committee, Sir Graham Brady entered No 10 for a crisis meeting with the prime minister, followed by party chair Jake Berry.

Infoexpert24 recalls that just yesterday, UK home secretary, Suella Braverman resigned 43 days after her Appointment.

Ms Truss’ brief stint as a leader involved a mini-Budget that spooked the market, the sacking of her close ally and chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng, the resignation of home secretary Suella Braverman and chaos in Westminster around a confidence vote where there were allegations of senior Tories manhandling and bullying colleagues.

Just yesterday she told PMQs she is a “fighter, not a quitter.”

Conservative MP Simon Hoare said Liz Truss only had 12 hours to save her premiership while Lord David Frost, a former Brexit minister who backed Truss for PM, called for her to go in addition to more than a dozen MPs.

More details to follow….