October 2022 United Kingdom government crisis

October 2022 United Kingdom government crisis

Liz Truss announcing her intention to resign as Conservative leader on 20 October 2022
Date	14–20 October 2022
Cause	September 2022 mini-budget Confusion over a parliamentary vote to ban fracking
Motive	Pressure Liz Truss to resign
Participants	Conservative Party MPs
Outcome	Departure of Kwasi Kwarteng and Suella Braverman Appointment of Jeremy Hunt as Chancellor of the Exchequer Appointment of Grant Shapps as Home Secretary Resignation of Liz Truss October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election

In September and October 2022, the government of the United Kingdom, led by the Conservative party and the newly-appointed prime minister Liz Truss, went through an energy, economic and political crisis.