Lanarkshire politicians respond to resignation of Liz Truss as Prime Minister

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Prime Minister Liz Truss has dramatically resigned after just six weeks and will be replaced as Conservative leader by next Friday.She announced her resignation outside 10 Downing Street this afternoon following a week of increasing chaos at Westminster.In a short address to the press, she said: “I recognise I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected by the party.”The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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This will ensure that we remain on a path to deliver our fiscal plans and maintain our country’s economic stability and national security.” She said: “I came into office at a time of great economic and international instability.

Families and businesses were worried about how to pay their bills and our country has been held back for too long by low economic growth.“I was elected by the Conservative party with a mandate to