British Prime Minister Liz Truss announced on Thursday she was stepping down, just over six weeks after taking the Conservative Party reins as leader. Truss said that, "given the situation, I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected by the Conservative Party." Another Conservative leadership contest will take place within a week, Truss said in a short statement outside the prime minister's residence at 10 Downing Street. Brady was tasked with assessing whether the prime minister still has the support of Tory members of Parliament. Truss was formally installed as prime minister on Sept. 6, meeting with Queen Elizabeth just a few days before the monarch's death.

Source: CBC News October 20, 2022 15:19 UTC