Liz Truss Holds Press Conference After Sacking Her Chancellor LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 14: UK Prime Minister Liz Truss talks at a press conference in 10 Downing Street after sacking her former Chanc
ellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, on October 14, 2022 in London, England. After just five weeks in the job, Prime Minister Liz Truss has sacked Chancellor of The Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng after he delivered a mini-budget that plunged the UK economy into crisis.
British Prime Minister Liz Truss fired her finance chief on Friday after less than six weeks on the job.request to"stand aside"Kwarteng was forced to fly back early to London from Washington, D.C., where he had been attending the International Monetary Fund’s annual meeting, to attend a brief meeting with the prime minister.