- Title: "Plot to topple PM Truss this week" say British newspapers
- Date: 17th October 2022
- Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (OCTOBER 17, 2022) (REUTERS) BRITISH NEWSPAPER DAILY MAIL WITH HEADLINE READING (English): "PLOT TO TOPPLE TRUSS THIS WEEK", OTHER NEWSPAPERS BRITISH NEWSPAPER DAILY EXPRESS WITH HEADLINE READING (English): "D-DAY FOR PM: WILL MORE U-TURNS SAVE OUR ECONOMY", OTHER NEWSPAPERS BRITISH NEWSPAPERS WITH HEADLINES ON CONSERVATIVE PARTY'S PLANS TO OUST PRIME MINISTER LIZ TRUSS VARIOUS OF BRITISH NEWSPAPER THE GUARDIAN WITH HEADLINE READING (English): "TRUSS FIGHTS FOR SURVIVAL AS TORY REBEL MPS WARN THAT 'GAME IS UP'" VARIOUS OF BRITISH NEWSPAPER FINANCIAL TIMES WITH HEADLINE READING (English): "TRUSS FIGHTS FOR SURVIVAL AS BUSINESS CHIEFS AND 'PLOTTERS' PILE ON PRESSURE" BRITISH NEWSPAPER THE TIMES WITH HEADLINE READING (English): "TORIES HOLD SECRET TALKS ON CROWNING NEW LEADER." BRITISH NEWSPAPER DAILY MAIL WITH HEADLINE READING (English): "PLOT TO TOPPLE TRUSS THIS WEEK" BRITISH NEWSPAPER THE TELEGRAPH WITH HEADLINE READING (English): "MORDAUNT: WE NEED STABILITY NOT SOAP OPERA" GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER WITH HEADLINE READING (English): "TRUSS FIGHTS FOR SURVIVAL AS TORY REBEL MPS WARN THAT 'GAME IS UP'"
- Embargoed: 31st October 2022 06:32
- Keywords: Jeremy Hunt Liz Truss UK newspapers conservative party
- Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
- City: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
- Country: UK
- Topics: Europe,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001269117102022RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Many British newspapers speculated on Monday (October 17) that Prime Minister Liz Truss could be forced out of office by her own party.
“Plot to topple Truss this week,†blared a headline in the normally pro-government Daily Mail. “D Day for PM,†proclaimed a headline in the Daily Express.
More than 100 members of parliament (MPs) belonging to the governing Conservative Party are ready to submit letters of no confidence in Truss to Graham Brady, the head of the Conservative Party's committee which organises the leadership contest, the tabloid reported, quoting unnamed sources.
Separately, The Times reported that some lawmakers have held secret discussions on replacing Truss with a new leader.
Britain, engulfed in a political crisis, has lost three prime ministers since it voted to leave the European Union in 2016.
Truss, who won the Conservative Party leadership last month after promising to slash taxes, is fighting for her political survival after ditching key parts of the programme.
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