British Prime Minister Liz Truss has resigned from the office. With her announcement, she is set to become the shortest serving Prime Minister in the history of the country. 

Her resignation comes just six weeks after she lost the confidence of Tory MPs, the resignation of two Cabinet members and a mini-budget plan that sent the Pound spiralling. 

Truss announced her resignation less than 24 hours after calling herself a “fighter, not a quitter.” In her short speech in front of 10 Downing Street, the leader of the Conservative Party said she was resigning and that she understood that she could not ‘deliver the mandate’ which the Tories had given her a few weeks ago. 

Who is Wendy Morton?

Wendy Morton is a British member of Parliament and served as the Chief Whip of the House of Commons as well as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury since September 6, 2022. 

She has been the MP for Alridge-Brownhills in the West Midlands since 2015. Born on November 9, 1967 in Northallerton in Yorkshire, Morton studied at The Wensleydale School before getting an MBA from the Open University. 

Morton began her career as an executive officer of Her Majesty’s Diplomatic Service at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 1987 to 1989. 

She first entered in politics when she contested for the Newcastle upon Tyne Central constituency in 2005. However, she lost her first attempt as well as subsequent attempts. It wasn’t until she contested the Aldridge-Brownhills seat in 2015 that she finally became a MP.

In the 2016 Conservative Party leadership election, she supported Theresa May as a result of which she was appointed as the Parliamentary Private Secretary at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. 

She then endorsed Liz Truss in the 2022 Conservative Party leadership election. Morton was then made the Chief Whip of the House of Commons. During the crisis within Truss’ government, Morton resigned as Chief Whip but later un-resigned. Liz Truss resigned her role as the UK PM shortly after.