The Latest Breaking News from Liz Truss

Reactions to the PM’s downfall, from calls for general election to fears for future of young people

In today’s newsletter: The prime minister announced the end of her brief tenure, and the candidates to replace her are already circling No 10

After a tumultuous 45-day term, UK prime minister Liz Truss has resigned. Truss told the media yesterday that she “cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected by the Conservative party”. Serving the shortest term by a UK prime minister, Truss did not even outlast a lettuce.

Late evening declarations from Hancock, Dowden, Ellwood and Tugendhat for former chancellor

Johnson tells ally ‘we are going to do this’ as rival Rishi Sunak is first to hit 100 nominations

Exclusive: peers to table more than 20 changes to proposed legislation when committee stage begins

Outgoing PM urged to forgo allowance amid cost of living crisis and cuts to public services

Pair sympathetic to her growth agenda told Truss before she became PM that plans needed to be handled with care

"Sam was a normal lad going out on his birthday and he never came home"