As Prime Minister Liz Truss prepares to hold crisis talks over her controversial mini-budget, the future of the current government has become more uncertain.
While Ms Truss has to hold on until the beginning of next year to avoid becoming the shortest Prime Minister in history, Kwasi Kwarteng has already thwarted the dreaded record of being the shortest-serving Chancellor by eight days after being 'asked to stand aside'.
For now, the record of shortest-ever serving Chancellor belongs to Conservative MP Iain Macleod. Mr Macleod only served in office for 30 days before passing away in 1970. Read more: Kwasi Kwarteng sacked as chancellor as Liz Truss to hold press conference today - LIVE updates In a letter to the Prime Minister, Mr Kwarteng wrote: "You have asked me to stand aside as your Chancellor.
I have accepted. "When you asked me to serve as your Chancellor, I did so in the full knowledge that the situation we faced was incredibly difficult, with rising global interest rates and energy prices.
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