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Tory toff Jacob Rees-Mogg has quit government after conceding he would not get a job in Rishi Sunak's Cabinet, despite recanting his claim the new Prime Minister was a "socialist".

A woman 'infatuated' with an MP made false claims about being pregnant with his child and ran up a massive hotel bill in his name before expecting him to run away with her.

Incoming British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has promised to unite the country “not with words but with actions” and said “mistakes were made” during the disastrous 44-day reign of his now-predecessor Liz Truss.

Rishi Sunak has officially been appointed the 57th Prime Minister after he met the King at Buckingham Palace today.

Fans of This Morning won't be getting their usual fix on Tuesday because the show has been pulled off-air to make way for an ITV News special programme.

THIS Morning has been taken off air today and replaced by an ITV News special. The schedule shake-up comes after Rishi Sunak became the new leader of the Conservative Party and, as a result, the country's new prime minister. The rest of the schedule remains unaffected with Loose Women airing as normal from 12.30pm.

Royal Mail staff will go on strike on Tuesday in a long-standing dispute over pay and conditions.

A BBC News presenter has been taken off air for a potential impartiality breach after asking “Am I allowed to be this gleeful?” on a political program yesterday following Boris Johnson’s decision to pull out of the race to be Prime Minister.

Rishi Sunak could replace Liz Truss as Prime Minister later today after Boris Johnson ruled himself out of the race for No 10.

Boris Johnson has dramatically pulled out the race for 10 Downing Street after admitting he cannot unite the warring Conservative Party.

Rishi Sunak has declared he is running in the Tory leadership race by promising to "fix" the ailing UK econonmy,

Claudia Winkleman took a savage dig at the Tories during Strictly Come Dancing on Saturday night.

Boris Johnson has been accused of 'lying over having 100 backers for Prime Minister' after Rishi Sunak demanded proof.

Penny Mordaunt has become the first candidate to throw her hat into the ring in the race to succeed Liz Truss as prime minister, with a pledge to re-unite the bitterly divided Tory Party.

The Tory leadership election is heating up as a new prime minister is set to be chosen next week following Liz Truss' bombshell resignation.

With Liz Truss resigning as Prime Minister, many will want to know who is touted to pick up the premiership next.

Kwasi Kwarteng is flying back to London for crisis talks with Liz Truss amid turmoil in the Tory party and economic chaos caused by his mini-budget.

A 11-year-old boy is the 'ringleader' of a crime spree in Blackpool, MPs have been told.

Carol used to make a Sunday dinner for the whole family, but when she looked at her meter and saw one meal had cost her £7, she had to stop.

Liz Truss is facing growing anger from her own MPs as the Conservative conference in Birmingham descends into in-fighting.

King Charles III as the new monarch.A ceremony was held at St James Palace today (September 10, 2022), to formally confirm King Charles III's succession from his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, who died on September 8, at the age of 96.The service was overseen by the Accession Council, issuing eight orders which are traditionally ensured before King Charles made his declaration.READ NEXT: King Charles teary-eyed in first public speech with emotional tribute to QueenAfter being appointed Commons Leader and Lord President of the Privy Council by Prime Minister Liz Truss earlier this week, politician Penny also led the proclamation ceremony.However, members of the public took to social media following the ceremony, to comment that the politician was also the first reality TV star to proclaim a new monarch too, following her appearance on ITV programme The Splash.Penny appeared on the programme in 2014, which saw her and fellow celebrities train to complete professional dives, with the competition presented by Vernon Kaye and Gabby Logan.Remembering her appearance on The Splash, one Twitter user said: "Penny Mordaunt is the first contestant from ITV’s SPLASH! to proclaim a new monarch. Another win for ITV’s SPLASH! this week.""BREAKING: Penny Mordaunt becomes the first Splash! contestant to preside over the accession of a monarch," commented a second.A third added: "Absolutely peak UK that a contestant on Splash is now in charge officiating our new King."Speaking about the ceremony, a fourth said: "That was quite something to watch.

King Charles III has confirmed that the day of Queen Elizabeth II's funeral will be a bank holiday as he was proclaimed King in a historic event. The new monarch, 73, has approved an order that the day of the late Queen's funeral will be a bank holiday in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. King Charles announced the news on 10 September during an Accession Council ceremony.

King Charles III will be formally proclaimed monarch during an Accession Council ceremony televised for the first time. Charles, 73, automatically became King on the death of his mother, but the Accession Council, attended by Privy Councillors, will confirm his role on Saturday morning.The new monarch will not attend the ceremony, held at the State Apartments of St James’s Palace, only joining after he has been proclaimed monarch, at 10am, to hold his first Privy Council meeting.The proclamation confirming Charles as King was signed by members of the Privy Council including the new Prince of Wales, the Queen, Lord President of the Council Penny Mordaunt, Prime Minister Liz Truss and the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby.The historic event comes after Charles gave a landmark address to the nation on Friday and paid a poignant and moving tribute to his “darling Mama” the Queen who died on Thursday afternoon at Balmoral.

Charles will be formally proclaimed the new King in a traditional, historic ceremony on Saturday. The monarch, 73, automatically became King upon the death of his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, at the age of 96 on Thursday.

Covid, discussed his health amid the ongoing battle for our next Prime Minister.The TV presenter, 67, was not afraid to share some scathing remarks about Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, who are the two candidates left in the running to become the next prime minister.O’Grady insinuated that, while his Covid symptoms were a pain, they were not as bad as his experience watching the latest debate between Truss and Sunak.Sharing a picture of the two politicians with his 696,000 Instagram followers, Paul didn't hold back.“I’m still a bit done in from this bloody Covid although I’m no longer contagious and haven’t been for a few days,” he began.The star then went on to add he was tuning into the Tory leadership debate like many others across the county.“I’m watching these two planks trying to persuade us why they’d make a wonderful Prime Minister,” he wrote“Truss is banging on about Turbo Charged Toffee, am I hallucinating or what?“Whilst the other one is insistent that we know he once had a Saturday job in a chemist.“To hear him you’d think he’d been forced to work down the mines since he was a child.“What a carry on, I’d laugh if it didn’t send me off coughing so I’m making do with a scornfully curled lip.“Once again, thanks for all your kind messages when I was away from home and feeling like I’d been dug up and belted with the shovel," the star ended his post.After a series of knock-out rounds, only Truss and Sunak remain in the running to be Prime Minister.The final five also included hopefuls like Penny Mordaunt, Kemi Badenoch and Tom Tugendhat.Plenty of other famous figures have given their opinion on the leadership race, including Jeremy Clarkson.“How can we have ended up having to choose a leader from a shortlist made up

cancelation of the live debate.Conservative channel TalkTV, who hosted the debate, announced that the event’s presenter, Kate McCann, was “fine,” but that the debate would not continue following the incident.McCann fainted while candidates and British politicians Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak debated in their competition to fill the open Prime Minister position. What on earth happened then? Hope everyone is ok! #TalkTV #TheSun pic.twitter.com/M9RvqVyCr3The video, caught by TalkTV, captures Truss’ reaction to McCann’s fainting. While responding to a question, the Foreign Secretary witnessed McCann collapse and abruptly stops talking.

Liz Truss has criticised Rishi Sunak’s record on taxation and the former chancellor claimed he was the only one who could beat Labour as the leadership contest enters its final stage.

Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss have made it to the final two in the race to replace Boris Johnson and become the next UK Prime Minister.

The next Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader will be announced on September 5. The new leader will be revealed as MPs return to parliament following the summer recess.

Tory hopeful Liz Truss is facing the fight of her political career over the next 24 hours after closing the gap on Penny Mordaunt in the race to be the next Prime Minister.