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As Labour’s Starmer calls for general election, candidates scrabble to win nominations from at least 100 MPs to join race

Breakneck leadership race to produce new PM by 28 October

Liz Truss became a quitter, not a fighter as she resigned as Tory leader, with her exit from No 10 due next week.

Truss, the shortest serving prime minister in British history, resigned following a controversial tax-cutting budget.

Liz Truss’ resignation as British Prime Minister has triggered another leadership race — the second in just four months — for the U.K.’s fractured and demoralized Conservative Party

Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman could all be in the running

Liz Truss said on Thursday she would resign as British prime minister, brought down just six weeks into the job by an economic program that roiled financial markets, pushed up living costs for voters and enraged much of her own party. The Conservative Party, which holds a big majority in…

Rishi Sunak, Penny Mordaunt and Ben Wallace all tipped for top job

Mr Sunak was defeated by Liz Truss in the race to become the new PM last month