Uk Political Crisis

Time's up for Liz Truss? Will UK's embattled prime minister step down?

Calls are growing for Britain's beleaguered Prime Minister Liz Truss, who only succeeded Boris Johnson early last month, to quit in the aftermath of the dramatic U-turns on her economic agenda

How UK PM Liz Truss went from triumph to trouble in six weeks

In just six weeks, the prime minister’s libertarian economic policies have triggered a financial crisis, emergency central bank intervention, multiple U-turns and the firing of her Treasury chief

Boris Johnson defiant even as allies urge him to go

Johnson's most trusted Cabinet ministers visited him on Wednesday, telling him to stand down after losing the trust of his party. But Johnson instead opted to fight for his political career and fired one of the Cabinet officials, Michael Gove

Explained: The Chris Pincher scandal that rocked UK politics and put Boris Johnson’s future in trouble

Top British ministers Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid quit within minutes of each other, posing the biggest leadership challenge for Boris Johnson’s premiership so far. The UK PM is facing heat over his flip-flops on Chris Pincher, a lawmaker accused of sexual misconduct