Truss meeting senior Tory figures as more MPs call for her to quit
No 10 says Liz Truss will stay as PM beyond 31 October despite Tory MPs calling for her to go and her meeting with Sir Graham Brady
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New UK finance minister Hunt reverses tax plan, reins in energy support
Jeremy Hunt scales back energy bill support scheme and reverses nearly all mini-budget tax cuts
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Truss meeting Queen at Balmoral to formally become PM
Johnson and Truss have travelled separately to Balmoral Castle in Aberdeenshire to meet the monarch.
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Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss reach final two of Tory leadership race as Penny Mordaunt eliminated
Conservative MPs have voted for the final two candidates to replace Boris Johnson.
Sunak got 137 votes, Truss 113, and Mordaunt 105.
The final two will face a ballot of 160,000 Tory Party members, with the result due on 5 September.![Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss reach final two of Tory leadership race]()
