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    Just 2% of Britons think Liz Truss did well as prime minister

    Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Just 2 per cent of Britons consider Liz Truss to have been a “good” or “great” prime minsiter, an eviscerating poll reveals. The Tory leader resigned following a chaotic 45-day […] More

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    Key dates and times in new Tory leadership race after Liz Truss resigns

    Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email The Conservative Party is scrambling to find a replacement for Liz Truss, who will become their third leader and the UK’s third prime minister in two months. That person is […] More

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    EXPLAINER: Why was Truss' tenure so short — and now what?

    Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email British Prime Minister Liz Truss took office last month with hopes and promises of reinvigorating the British economy and putting it on the path to long-term success. It didn’t go […] More

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    Sunak, Mordaunt, Johnson? Contenders who could replace Truss

    Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Liz Truss’ resignation as British Prime Minister on Thursday triggered another leadership race — the second in just four months — for the U.K.’s fractured and demoralized Conservative Party. Truss, […] More

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    How world leaders reacted to Liz Truss’s resignation

    Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Overseas leaders have given mixed and mostly muted reactions to Liz Truss’s resignation. The prime minister resigned on Thursday after a tumultuous 45 days in office, including a falling pound […] More

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    Tory troubles: A brief timeline of UK political upheavals

    Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight It is a British cliché that a week is a long time in politics. Liz Truss proved it true on Thursday when she became […] More