In a short statement to the media, UK Prime Minister Liz Truss on Thursday announced an end to her time in office — after just over six weeks in the job.Truss has faced mounting criticism after a tax-cutting mini budget unraveled spectacularly last month, sending markets and the pound sterling into freefall.“I came into office at a time of great economic and international instability,” said the outgoing prime minister. Families and businesses were worried about how to pay their bills, Putin’s illegal war in Ukraine threatens the security of our whole continent and our country has been held back for too long by low economic growth.”“We set out a vision for a low tax, high growth economy that would take advantage of the freedoms of Brexit,” Truss said. “I recognize, given the situation I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected by the Conservative Party.”The head of the 1922 Committee of Conservative Party […]
UK Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns after just 6 weeks
