![]() Liz Truss announcing her intention to resign as Conservative leader on 20 October 2022 | |
Date | 14–20 October 2022 |
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Cause | September 2022 mini-budget Confusion over a parliamentary vote to ban fracking |
Motive | Pressure Liz Truss to resign |
Participants | Conservative Party MPs |
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In September and October 2022, the government of the United Kingdom, led by the Conservative party and the newly-appointed prime minister Liz Truss, went through an energy, economic and political crisis.