The short, shambolic leadership of UK’s Liz Truss officially comes to an end
- Liz Truss made her final speech as British prime minister before power is handed over to Rishi Sunak
- She steps down after just 49 days in office - the shortest-serving prime minister in Britain’s history
Outgoing British Prime Minister Liz Truss said the country faced “brighter days” as she made her final speech as leader outside her Downing Street office on Tuesday.
Truss, who steppped down after 49 days in office, wished her successor Rishi Sunak “every success” as she extolled some achievements of her short time in power.
“From my time as prime minister I’m more convinced than ever that we need to be bold and confront the challenges we face.
“We simply cannot afford to be a low-growth country where the Government takes up an increasing share of our national wealth and where there are huge divides between different parts of our country. We need to take advantage of our Brexit freedoms to do things differently.”
Ending her speech, she said: “We continue to battle through a storm but I believe in Britain, I believe in the British people and I know that brighter days lie ahead”.
The 47-year-old had replaced Boris Johnson, who resigned over the summer after mounting scandals.
