Prime Minister Liz Truss faces judgment day in hours as rebel Tory MPs plot next leadership race #LizTrussPM
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Liz Truss's new Chancellor @Jeremy_Hunt will make an emergency statement today in an attempt to stabilise the markets as the Prime Minister faces a potential coup.
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The pound has climbed higher in early trading this morning ahead of the Chancellor's announcement.
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Tory MPs are calling for a new selection process to pick the next Tory leader. The change to the party's rules would mean party members could be barred from picking the next leader while the Conservatives are in office. Currently, a new Prime Minister is selected as below:
Senior members of the 1922 Committee, including chair Sir Graham Brady, have reportedly held a meeting on Friday about changing the rules to oust a sitting Prime Minister #LizTrussPM
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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt @Jeremy_Hunt has abandoned almost all of Liz Truss's tax cuts and severely cut back the planned energy price cap.
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Former Downing Street Director of Communication and Strategy Alastair Campbell @campbellclaret said Liz Truss' leadership is "exposed as a total sham."
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Tory MPs appear to be turning on the Prime Minister. Speaking on Times Radio, Angela Richardson @AJRichardsonMP, MP for Guildford, said it is "no longer tenable" for Liz Truss to remain in No 10.
Liz Truss is odds-on at 8/11 to leave her role this year, according to the latest odds from @BetfairExchange.
Rishi Sunak is the 7/4 favourite to replace Truss, with newly-appointed Chancellor Jeremy Hunt 9/2
Rishi Sunak is the 7/4 favourite to replace Truss, with newly-appointed Chancellor Jeremy Hunt 9/2
"The choices are simple - back Liz, if not bring back Boris or face a GE within weeks." #GeneralElection2022
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Ms Truss has faced numerous calls to resign from within her own party. Tory MPs @CrispinBlunt, @ABridgen and @JamieWallisMP all publicly stated they believe she should quit.
Prime Minister Liz Truss says the Government is "addressing the serious challenges" the country faces. She added: "We have taken action to chart a new course for growth that supports and delivers for people across the United Kingdom."
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A British minister will answer an urgent question in parliament on the sacking of former chancellor @KwasiKwarteng, after the Speaker of the House of Commons granted a request by the opposition Labour Party.
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Labour asked Prime Minister Liz Truss to make a statement "on the replacement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer during the current economic situation", but it is up to the government to decide which minister they send to speak #LizTrussPM
Chancellor @Jeremy_Hunt has told Tory MPs that Liz Truss "backed him to the hilt" in tearing up her mini-budget measures and that there are more "difficult decisions" to come.
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It now seems a matter of when, not if, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt officially replaces #LizTrussPM as Prime Minister, says our political editor @DavidPBMaddox
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Prime Minister Liz Truss is sending Penny Mordaunt @PennyMordaunt to answer an urgent question in the Commons on her behalf, regarding the sacking of former chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng.
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The Prime Minister's decision to send Ms Mordaunt, her former Tory leadership rival, is likely to raise further questions about her authority.
It took courage to sack Kwasi Kwarteng, Penny Mordaunt has said. She added that Prime Minister Liz Truss has the best interests of every UK citizen at heart @PennyMordaunt #UrgentQuestion #LizTrussPM
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Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves @RachelReevesMP has said that Liz Truss has "no authority". She added: "The Prime Minister is barely in office, and she is certainly not in power." #LizTrussPM
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Senior backbencher @CharlesWalkerMP becomes the fifth Tory MP to call on Liz Truss to resign.
He's called her position "untenable".
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He's called her position "untenable".
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Liz Truss reportedly was in talks with Sir Graham Brady (the head of the 1922 committee) before appearing in the House of Commons chamber
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Senior Tory MP @MelJStride has said that Chancellor @Jeremy_Hunt is "under half way" to plugging the fiscal hole.
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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has said he still believes that Liz Truss will be the Prime Minister at Christmas.
Mr Hunt urged Tory MPs to "give her a chance" amid growing calls for her to resign.
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Mr Hunt urged Tory MPs to "give her a chance" amid growing calls for her to resign.
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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has said he still believes that Liz Truss will be the Prime Minister at Christmas.
Mr Hunt urged Tory MPs to "give her a chance" amid growing calls for her to resign.
Mr Hunt urged Tory MPs to "give her a chance" amid growing calls for her to resign.
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