Liz Truss resigns her post as UK prime minister

Prime Minister Liz Truss has resigned as UK prime minister and leader of the Conservative Party in a brief statement outside Downing Street. She said she could not deliver the mandate on which she was elected as Tory leader and had notified the King that she was resigning.

A Conservative leadership election will be completed within the next week, she said. "I will remain as prime minister until a successor has been chosen," said Truss.