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Under-fire Prime Minister Liz Truss vows to get the UK "through the tempest" in her keynote speech at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham. SOUNDBITE
UK Prime Minister Liz Truss arrives at Buckingham Palace to tender her resignation to King Charles III before leaving to make way for the new British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to be officially appointed. IMAGES
In a statement outside 10 Downing Street, British Prime Minister Liz Truss says she is resigning as leader of the Conservative party, saying that "given the situation, I cannot lead the mandate for which I was elected by the Conservative party" SOUNDBITE
Under-fire British Prime minister Liz Truss leaves Downing Street for the Houses of Parliament where she will answer lawmakers' questions for the first time since abandoning her disastrous tax-slashing economic policies. IMAGES
British Prime Minister Liz Truss insists she would push ahead with her contentious programme to boost sluggish economic growth, despite market turbulence and sacking her finance minister. Truss says she is "absolutely determined to see through what I have promised to deliver, a higher growth, more prosperous United Kingdom", even after being forced to climb down on key parts of the plan. SOUNDBITE