Labor opposition leader Starmer calls for a general election

Trace announces her resignation as prime minister

Liz Terrace announces her resignation after only 6 weeks of becoming prime minister.

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Only six weeks after becoming prime minister, Liz Truss announced her resignation and held elections next week to choose her successor, after facing setback after setback, leading to the resignation of the Minister of the Interior and the last tumultuous session in Parliament.

Immediately after her resignation, British Labor opposition leader Keir Starmer called a general election "now".

"In the current situation, I cannot complete the task that the Conservative Party elected me to do," she said outside the Prime Minister's office in London.

"Therefore, I spoke to King Charles III to inform him of my resignation from the presidency of the Conservative Party," she added, explaining that the process of choosing a successor for her "will be completed within the next week."

Trass said that she will remain in her position until a successor is chosen through the party leadership elections, which will be held next week.

"This morning I met the Chairman of the 1922 Committee, Sir Graham Brady," the British agency, PA Media, quoted Trace as saying yesterday.

She added, "We have agreed to hold elections for the leadership of the party within the next week."

"This will ensure that we will continue on the path of implementing our monetary plan and maintaining economic stability and national security," she said.

"I will remain as prime minister until a successor is chosen," she said.

Yesterday, the Terrace admitted that it had faced a "difficult day" on Wednesday, but stressed that the government should focus its efforts on its priorities.

Her spokesman said she wanted the government to focus more on achieving priorities and less on policy.

Only six weeks after becoming prime minister, Trass faced pressure to resign, after she was forced to cancel a disastrous tax cut plan that caused a market strike in the midst of a severe cost-of-living crisis.

Her resignation would open up a rivalry within the Conservative Party that could be cut short if party MPs agree on a replacement.

The new calls for Terrace to step down came after Interior Minister Suila Braverman resigned.

Finance Minister Kwasi Quarting, who is close to Terrace, was sacked over the tax cut plan, and was replaced by Jeremy Hunt, who quickly scrapped the plan almost completely.

Trace faced criticism for not stepping down, after blaming Quarting for the canceled budget plan that caused turmoil in the markets.

"Pretending not to make mistakes and continuing as if no one sees that we committed them in the hope that things will be straightened out by magic, does not indicate seriousness in political work," Braverman wrote.

Terrace defended itself in the face of calls to resign from the opposition after it was forced to retreat from its economic programme.

"I am a fighter, not a person who withdraws," she said defiantly.

"What is the use of a prime minister whose promises don't last a week?" asked Labor opposition leader Keir Starmer.

He listed all the measures that Terrace was forced to retract under pressure from the markets and their camp.

Later, chaos prevailed in Parliament after the opposition proposed a discussion of a controversial decision taken by the Terrace regarding the resumption of fracking, that is, the extraction of shale gas.

Labor lawmakers said Conservative hawks had forced Conservative MPs to vote against the Labor proposal.

Starmer is scheduled to address the TUF's annual conference.

Shortly after the announcement of Terass's resignation, French President Emmanuel Macron expressed his hope that Britain would restore stability "quickly".

In Moscow, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that Britain "has never seen such disgrace from a prime minister."

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