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How have things gone so wrong for Liz Truss?

After just 45 days in office, Liz Truss has resigned as UK prime minister - making her the shortest-serving PM in UK history.

She succeeded Boris Johnson as prime minister on 6 September and oversaw an economic programme that shattered investor confidence and enraged much of her Conservative Party.

Rob Watson, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s political correspondent, says he has never seen "this level of chaos" in British politics. So when did things first start going south for Liz Truss?

(Photo: Prime Minister Liz Truss delivers her resignation speech at Downing Street. Credit: Getty Images)

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