U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss Sacks Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng After Just Five Weeks

One of Boris Johnson’s closest allies has claimed the former Prime Minister is “clearly” standing to succeed Liz Truss.

A Lanarkshire MP has written to the outgoing Prime Minister questioning whether she plans to accept a severance payment of up to £115,000 per year on leaving office after just six weeks.

Ricky Gervais is just one of many stars who has jokingly put themselves forward to be Liz Truss' successor. A new Prime Minister will lead Britain as of next week following her short-lived time at Number 10.After her farewell speech.

Isabel Webster, 39, has sparked backlash on Twitter after the GB News presenter issued a personal statement regarding the outgoing Prime Minister Liz Truss' decision to resign from her post. It comes after a user slammed her for apparently place her sympathis with the wrong person.The presenter addressed her 40,500 followers as she said she hoped the PM was "okay" in light of her resignation.She said: "Liz Truss made the right call today, but I do hope she’s ok."Can’t have been easy.

The chaos surrounding the UK Government is not only bad for the economy, but potentially disastrous for the environment, a leading West Lothian businessman has said.

The Tory leadership election is heating up as a new prime minister is set to be chosen next week following Liz Truss' bombshell resignation.

Ricky Gervais, 61, took to Twitter this evening to lighten the mood after Liz Truss, 47, announced her resignation as Prime Minister earlier today.The After Life star teased his appointment “wouldn’t be the weirdest news” as fans rushed to the comment section to share their thoughts on the matter.Gervais tweeted out a picture of himself hilariously superimposed outside of the Downing Street residence, telling jokes while a beer rested on his podium.“And it wouldn't even be in the top 10 weirdest news stories of the year,” Gervais captioned the photograph with a laughing emoji. Gervais’ followers rushed to the comments section to join in on the hilarity in the wake of today’s political chaos. Many included pictures of Number 10’s very own Larry the cat, with David quipping: “Ricky, the post has been filled.”Meanwhile, others seemed to love the idea, with Ian commenting: “The acceptance speech alone would make this a great idea.”“This is the PM we all need and deserve,” wrote Neil, while Rob added: “I’d vote for that.”“And based on the last few PMs, it won’t affect your tours as it’s only a part time job,” Andrew joked.“Imagining Ricky in front of parliament giving them the Golden Globes treatment!” Tim penned in reference to Gervais’ famously brutal comedy roasts at the glitzy A-lister event. In her resignation speech, Truss announced that a new leader is to be selected next Friday.Truss succeeded Boris Johnson as Prime Minister on September 6 after defeating Rishi Sunak in the Conservative Party leadership contest.Resigning after just 44 days in office, she will be remembered as the shortest-serving PM in British history.There have been reports of Johnson standing for re-election, as the Conservative Party have just one

And so it's goodbye and farewell to Liz Truss. All the best and thanks for, well... nothing, really.

Liz Truss, 47, announced her resignation this afternoon after just six weeks as Prime Minister, triggering the process of finding the fourth Tory leader in just four years. Piers Morgan, 57, has taken the opportunity to hint that he would be open to taking on the role, leaving his Twitter users to share their strong opinions on his jibe.As the news broke of Truss' resignation from her role as PM this afternoon, the TalkTV host grabbed the opportunity to joke about the country's situation.In view of his 7.9 million Twitter followers Piers shared an unearthed picture of himself smiling as he stood outside Downing street.He left the short caption: "It may be time."As the Tory party search for their fourth Prime Minister in four years, Morgan seems to have quipped that he would be up for the role, upsetting many Twitter users.0Captial_ exclaimed: "You are too arrogant for that position, people don't like you and simply in this world you need to be likeable in order to be successful.Something you are not."Atb_1972 quipped back: "You name me one Prime Minister that was likeable? I'll wait."BennyBeggs said of Piers: "Would be fun to see actually, imagine a prime minister who just gets up walks away after getting questioned and not seen for days."RyanTomson3 commented: "I know we’re desperate but not that desperate."The resignation of Truss' Home Secretary Suella Braverman on Wednesday as well as a chaotic vote in the Commons sealed the PM's doomed fate.Her departure after 45 days in office makes her the shortest-serving PM in UK history.Speaking outside Downing Street this afternoon, Truss stated: "I came into office at a time of great economic and international instability.

Forget Liz Truss - it's the whole Tory party that should be packing their bags tonight, according to two Ayrshire politicians.

Liz Truss has resigned after just 45 days in office.The Loose Women panellist said she had received a barrage of messages from friends "all over the world" reacting to the update.Charlene retweeted a post by her ITV News colleague, political editor Robert Peston, that featured a photo of the former Prime Minister.The tweet read: "Truss: I am resigning as leader of the Conservative Party.The leadership election will last a week."Charlene then added in her retweet: "We’re supposed to be one of the leading powers on the international stage… …and yet …here we are. 44 days.

Prime Minister Liz Truss has dramatically resigned after just six weeks and will be replaced as Conservative leader by next Friday.

Liz Truss has resigned as Prime Minister less than six weeks after she was appointed.

Taking to Twitter, GMB's Ranvir noted Ms Truss appearing to "smile" while she delivered her resignation speech to the nation.In view of her 110,000 followers, she quizzed: "Why is Liz Truss smiling as she announces her resignation?"Strictly star Kaye Adams echoed a similar sentiment, as she tweeted: 2Can’t believe she tried to style it out."Bake Off star Sue Perkins claimed Ms Truss was "not sorry" as she too accused the prime minister of "laughing" and called for a general election.She penned: "Still not sorry. In fact, she’s laughing.There is no mandate for any of this.#GeneralElectionNow."Social media users reacted to claims Ms Truss was "smiling" following the ongoing economic and political crisis which has swept across the UK.Jenny penned: "I think it’s a nervous smile, like you get when you’re at a funeral.

Liz Truss has resigned as Prime Minister after less than 50 days in charge.

Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross has claimed the “optics” of the chaos surrounding Liz Truss’ Government are “awful”. Ross said the Tory Government would “deal” with bread and butter issues like mortgages, weeks after Truss and her colleagues tanked the UK economy.

Liz Truss is out as UK Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party following weeks of political chaos in Westminster.

The mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has said the Conservative Party has 'forfeited the right to govern' and it's 'very hard to see how' Prime Minister Liz Truss will survive.

Suella Braverman has resigned as Home Secretary after 'making a mistake', she has said.