British Prime Minister Liz Truss faces a House of Commons grilling Wednesday from a hostile opposition -- and her own furious Conservative Party -- as she tries to fend off calls to quit over her botched economic plan.
Truss is set to attend the weekly Prime Minister's Questions session two days after newly appointed Treasury chief Jeremy Hunt ripped up the tax-cutting package unveiled by the prime minister's new government less than a month ago.
Foreign Secretary James Cleverly urged Conservatives to give Truss another chance, saying "mistakes happen." With opinion polls giving the opposition Labour Party a large and growing lead, many Conservatives now believe their only hope of avoiding electoral oblivion is to replace Truss. But she insists she is not stepping down, and legislators are divided about how to get rid of her.
Under Conservative Party rules, Truss is safe from a leadership challenge for a year, but the rules can be changed if enough lawmakers want it. Some Conservative legislators also believe Truss could be forced to resign if the party agrees on a successor.
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