Below is a timeline:- Ms Truss is elected Conservative Party leader by the party’s membership, winning 57 per cent of the vote to succeed Mr Boris Johnson.- Mr Johnson formally tenders his resignation to Queen Elizabeth and Ms Truss is appointed prime minister.- Ms Truss announces the government will cap soaring consumer energy bills for two years to cushion the economic shock of war in Ukraine, a plan expected to cost the country tens of billions of pounds.
- Ms Truss attends the inaugural meeting of the European Political Community in Prague, with some hoping her decision to attend was the sign of a reset in relations between Brussels and London.- Under pressure to rebuild shattered investor confidence, Mr Kwarteng brings forward the publication date for fiscal plans and economic forecasts to Oct 31, from Nov 23.