•  The PM said her successor will be elected in a Tory leadership contest, to be completed in the next week

Liz Truss has dramatically resigned as Britain’s Prime Minister after just 45 days in the job.  

The PM said her successor will be elected in a Tory leadership contest, to be completed in the next week.  

Tory MPs urged Ms. Truss to go after her government was engulfed by political turmoil, following the ditching of most of her economic policies.  

Her resignation comes after a key minister quit and Tory MPs rebelled in a chaotic parliamentary vote.  

Ms Truss - who took office 44 days ago - will become the shortest-serving PM in British history when she stands down.  Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer called for an immediate General election following Ms. Truss’s resignation speech.