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Liz Truss resigned as the UK's Prime Minister yesterday after weeks of turmoil. She spent just 44 days in office and will go down in history as the country's shortest serving PM. The FT's Chief Political Correspondent, Jim Pickard, with some of the contenders to replace her. For an economic perspective on this, we're joined by the FT's economics editor, Chris Giles.

Liz Truss resigned as UK prime minister on Thursday. We’ll look at the political fallout, impact on economic policy, and what it means for ordinary Brits.

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