Liz Truss

A first anniversary in office is normally a moment for a leader to celebrate, but Britain's Rishi Sunak hits the milestone this week with a mountain to climb to retain power in a general election expected next year.

Britain has had a tough 12 months and its problems will not "go away" in 2023, but the coronation of King Charles III will help bring the country together, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said in his New Year message.

The British government has been called on to launch an investigation into claims that Liz Truss' phone was hacked when she was foreign secretary. The hackers are believed to have obtained "sensitive information".

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is holding the first meeting of his new Cabinet before facing the opposition in Parliament on Wednesday for the first time as leader.

Rishi Sunak will on Wednesday face off against opposition lawmakers for the first time as British prime minister, in a likely raucous parliamentary session following weeks of political turmoil.

Rishi Sunak became Britain's third prime minister of the year on Tuesday and now must turn his attention to taming an economic crisis that has left the country's finances in a precarious state and millions of Britons struggling to afford food and energy bills.

The government has announced today's schedule, according to which outgoing Prime Minister Liz Truss will make a final appearance with her cabinet at 09:00 local time, after which she is scheduled to give a speech outside 10 Downing Street, the BBC reported.

Britain's political fiasco is unprecedented.

Since 2016, the erstwhile strong and respected Great Britain had to change four prime ministers, and now it is looking for a fifth.

The case of Liz Truss, however, was beyond imagination. She remained in office for just 44 days, a shorter time span than the campaign in which she was elected Tory leader.

Former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak won the race to be leader of the Conservative Party on Monday and will become Britain's next prime minister _ the third this year.

The former Treasury chief will be Britain's first leader of color, and faces the task of stabilizing the party and country at a time of economic and political turbulence.

Johnson said he realized that while he had enough support to run, Britain and the Conservative Party needed unity.
He abruptly cut short a holiday in the Caribbean and returned to Britain to try to secure the support of 100 MPs to enter the race for the seat of Liz Truss, who succeeded him in September after he was forced to resign amid a series of scandals.