will be elected by next week after a rebellion by conservative mps forced her to quit. the opposition leader labour s sir keir starmer repeats his call for a general election, saying its time for the public to decide. we can t have a revolving door of chaos we can have another experiment on the top of the tory party that is the alternative a stable labour government and the public are entitled to have their say that is why there should be a general election. this makes liz truss the shortest serving uk prime minister ever after being in office for just 44 days. borisjohnson is among mps said to be considering re election. along with rishi sunak. welcome to viewers both in the uk and around the world. the british prime minister, liz truss, has resigned. in a short statement in downing street, ms truss admitted she could no longer deliver the mandate she was elected on last month. her decision followed a meeting with the senior backbencher, sir graham brady, amid an atmospher
will not be devolved so fracking will not be taking place in scotland. the scottish government, scottish parliament has made that clear. we don t need it, of course, because we have an abundance of energy resources put up even if you take gas, we actually produce six times as much gas as we produce, only 14% of our energy consumption anyway. we are dramatically increasing our output on green energy and there is a fantastic future for us as a green energy powerhouse. i m christian fraser live in downing street liz truss has resigned from her role as uk prime minister and leader i recognise, though, given the situation, i cannot deliver the mandate on which i was elected by the conservative party. i have therefore spoken to his majesty the king to notify him that i am resigning as leader of the conservative party. ms truss s replacement