Article 64YWS Liz Truss kickstarts leadership race after ending chaotic 45 days as PM

Liz Truss kickstarts leadership race after ending chaotic 45 days as PM

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Pippa Crerar, Jessica Elgot and Peter Walker
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Liz Truss announced on Thursday she was quitting No 10 after a calamitous 45 days in office, triggering a Tory leadership contest, with Rishi Sunak, Penny Mordaunt and Boris Johnson battling it out to become Britain's next prime minister.

At a lectern outside Downing Street during another tumultuous day, Truss admitted that she could not deliver the radical economic mandate on which she was elected by Conservative members.

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