U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss was hanging on to power by a thread on Thursday, after a senior minister quit her government with a barrage of criticism and a vote in the House of Commons descended into chaos and acrimony.
Just a day earlier Truss had vowed to stay in power, saying she was “a fighter and not a quitter.”
Through the morning, a growing number of Conservative members of Parliament called for Truss to step down and end the chaos. The party is keen to avoid another divisive leadership contest like the race a few months ago that saw Truss defeat ex-Treasury chief Rishi Sunak. Among potential replacements -- if only Conservative lawmakers can agree -- are Sunak, House of Commons leader Penny Mordaunt and newly appointed Treasury chief Jeremy Hunt.
Braverman was replaced as home secretary, the minister responsible for immigration and law and order, by former cabinet minister Grant Shapps, a high-profile supporter of her defeated rival Sunak.
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