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UK "weaker, worse off": Truss' resignation sends country into turmoil, opp
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], October 20 (ANI): Liz Truss' resignation as UK Prime Minister on Thursday threw the country into political turmoil and left it scrambling for a stable government, as the opposition reiterated its demand for a general election.
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Liz Truss resigns as UK Prime Minister
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], October 20 (ANI): UK Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned on Thursday, after being in power for less than two months, stating that she recognises she "cannot deliver the mandate" on which she was elected.
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Blow to UK PM Liz Truss: Chief Whip Wendy Morton resigns reportedly
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], October 20 (ANI): In yet another blow to UK Prime Minister Liz Truss after Home Secretary Suella Braverman on Wednesday tendered her resignation, it is alleged that Chief Whip Wendy Morton resigned.
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Grant Shapps appointed as new UK Home Secretary
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], October 19 (ANI): UK Prime Minister Liz Truss on Wednesday appointed Welwyn Hatfield MP Grant Shapps as the new Home Secretary after the departure of Suella Braverman earlier today.
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UK PM 'sorry' for economic 'mistakes' but embattled Liz Truss vows to stay
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], October 18 (ANI): UK Prime Minister Liz Truss on Monday (local time) apologised for going "too far too fast" with reforms that caused investor confidence to evaporate and her poll ratings to plunge, however, she vowed to stay on and lead Tories into next election.
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UK PM Liz Truss appoints Jeremy Hunt as new Finance Minister
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], October 14 (ANI): Jeremy Hunt has been appointed as Chancellor of the Exchequer of the British government on Friday after Prime Minister Liz Truss sacked Kwasi Kwarteng after the economic turmoil unleashed by his mini-budget.
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UK: British PM Liz Truss fires finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], October 14 (ANI): United Kingdom's Finance Minister Kwasi Kwarteng has been fired after serving for even less than six weeks, as the new government's September 23 plan of massive tax cuts resulted in the plunging of British government bonds.
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UK PM Liz Truss calls Russian strikes on Ukraine "sign of Putin's desperat
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], October 10 (ANI): Describing the fatal attacks on civilian areas in Kyiv and other regions of Ukraine as a clear "sign of Putin's desperation," UK Prime Minister Liz Truss on Monday said that Britain will continue to provide vital military aid in Ukraine's fight for freedom.
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Liz Truss's speech disrupted by environment activists
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], October 5 (ANI): Accusing the new British PM Liz Truss of 'shredding' the Conservative party's 2019 manifesto promises, activists from the environmental group Greenpeace disrupted Truss' speech as Prime Minister on Wednesday, media reports said.
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Liz Truss's conservative government takes U-turns on plan to scrap 45p tax
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], October 3 (ANI): Days after UK Prime Minister Liz Truss insisted she would not abandon the tax cut for the wealthiest, the conservative government on Monday took a U-turn on the plan to scrap a 45 per cent tax cut.
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MQM UK stages protest at 10 Downing Street against extrajudicial killings
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], October 2 (ANI): Protesting against extrajudicial killings in Pakistan of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) workers, the MQM UK held a demonstration at 10 Downing Street, the residence of the British Prime Minister in London on Saturday.
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UNGA 2022: Biden, Liz Truss commit to continue coordination on global chal
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], September 22 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Wednesday met with the newly elected UK Prime Minister Liz Truss on the sidelines of the 77th United Nations General Assembly and committed to continue close coordination between both the countries on global challenges, including s
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