The Latest Breaking News from Liz Truss

LIZ Truss has conceded defeat and said she will step down as Prime Minister.

The embattled Prime Minister made the historic announcement after weeks of turmoil that have seen Brits' mortgage interest rates soaring and one of the biggest U-turns in political history

Liz Truss has been meeting with the 1922 Committee chairman this afternoon

Statement expected shortly after departures of top ministers and evaporation of political authority

Tory MPs demand assurance that home secretary’s departure was not due to row over policy changes

The Scottish Tory leader has been criticised for his silence during his party's turmoil, but he was finally pinned down by a journalist.

In a night emblematic of Liz Truss’s chaotic premiership, confusion reigned in parliament as an opposition day motion on the contentious issue of fracking became a confidence vote in her leadership. Labour MPs reported seeing Conservatives being manhandled and “bullied” into the chamber by government whips – who reportedly attempted…

Former transport secretary is replacing Suella Braverman after her resignation

Observers suggest PM’s failure could spell end of ‘wishful thinking’ of a sovereign UK going its own way