Jeremy Hunt. File photoMOSCOW, Oct 20 Treasury Secretary Jeremy Hunt will not run for prime minister following the resignation of Liz Truss, Sky News reported. post of the leader (of the country)», — the message of the TV channel reads.The Russian Foreign Ministry commented on the resignation of TrussEarlier, Prime Minister Liz Truss announced that she was resigning. She was elected head of the British government on September 6, and by the time she announced her resignation, she had been in office for only 44 days. Earlier, British opposition leaders called for an immediate general election. Truss said she would remain Prime Minister of Britain until her successor is chosen. The day before, one of the British MPs from the Conservative Party said that the next day would be «hell» for Truss amid talk of a vote of no confidence, the Telegraph newspaper reported. According to Sky News, 17 Conservative MPs have publicly called for Truss to step down.Historian: Britain is going through its worst crisis since World War II, Inews, citing MPs, reported that about 100 members of the British Parliament wrote letters to the chairman of the steering committee of the Conservative Party (the so-called «Committee of 1922»), Graham Brady, asking for a vote of no confidence in party leader Liz Truss because of its failed economic policy. The British government, led by Prime Minister Truss, has faced a flurry of criticism because of the new plan to support the economy and fears that the government will increase the size of the public debt to implement it. The plan was introduced in Parliament by former Treasury Secretary Kwazi Kwarteng and called for massive tax cuts. After its announcement, the yield on five-year government bonds in the UK rose to its highest level since 2008 at 4.6%, which means a decrease in demand for debt securities. In this regard, the pound fell sharply and during trading fell to an all-time low of $1.054 per pound. Truss statements
