#UK: Truss Resigns As Prime Minister

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Liz Truss has dramatically resigned as the UK's prime minister after just 45 days on the job, the shortest tenure of any British prime minister in history.

The PM said her successor will be elected in a leadership contest to be completed in the next week.

Conservative Party MPs urged Truss to go after her government was engulfed by political turmoil, following the ditching of most of her economic policies.

Truss was elected by the party's membership in September, but she lost all authority within her party after a series of policy u-turns.

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#UK: Labour MPs to Oppose Lifting Of Fracking Ban

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Labour Party members in parliament have pledged to ban fracking “once and for all” as an opposition motion, and if elected in the next general election, calling it “an unjust charter for earthquakes."

The party is working to bring forward an opposition day motion to maintain the ban on the controversial gas extraction method, after Prime Minister Liz Truss said she would lift the ban as part of her energy security plan.

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#UK: Truss U-turns On Plan To Lower Corporate Taxes, Fires Chancellor

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Prime minister Liz Truss has abandoned one of the key planks of her “mini” Budget, ditching plans to keep the corporation tax rate down. And she has fired chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng after just 38 days on the job, after his announcement of her plan caused panic in the London stock market.

“People across this country rightly want stability,” she said, adding: “It is clear that parts of our ‘mini’ Budget went further and faster than markets were expecting.”

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Liz Truss Is The New UK Prime Minister

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Liz Truss will be the new UK prime minister after defeating Rishi Sunak in the Conservative Party leadership contest. She takes over for Boris Johnson, who of late has been mired in scandal and controversy, prompting the leadership contest.

Priti Patel resigns as home secretary, with Attorney General Suella Braverman tipped to replace her.

It was a closer result than some analysts predicted, with Truss taking 57% of valid votes cast.

She has pledged to "deliver" on the energy crisis and is said to be considering a freeze on energy bills. Europeans and Britons are likely to face extremely high spikes and energy bills this winter.

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng is expected to become chancellor, and Education Secretary James Cleverly the new foreign secretary.

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#UK: It's Truss vs. Sunak in Final Round For Next PM

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Liz Truss will face Rishi Sunak in the final round of a closely fought race to succeed Boris Johnson as U.K. prime minister and head of Britain's Conservative Party.

Penny Mordaunt was eliminated from the race last week after receiving the least support in a fifth round of voting among Conservative members of Parliament.

The results of the final vote, which falls to Conservative Party members, are set to be announced by Sept. 5 at the latest.

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Liz Truss, Penny Mordaunt Fight For Conservative Party Leadership

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Backers of Foreign Secretary Liz Truss have attacked Tory leadership rival Penny Mordaunt, as they fight to stay in the race to succeed Boris Johnson.Former Brexit Minister Lord Frost said Mordaunt did not "master detail" and ex-party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith questioned her level of experience. 

Mordaunt said rivals were trying to stop her as they did "not want to run against me" in a vote by Tory members.

She also promised she would "not engage" in negative campaigning.

Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak came first in Thursday's second round of voting by Conservative MPs for a new party leader and prime minister, with Mordaunt second and Truss third.

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