Delivering a statement outside No.10 Downing Street at 1.30pm, Truss announced she is stepping down as Prime Minister, and will remain in the position for a week until a successor is chosen.
Her statement came after she met Graham Brady, the chair of the 1922 Committee of backbench Tory MPs at Downing Street, followed by her deputy PM, Thérèse Coffey, and the party chair, Jake Berry.
It means Truss, who has been under pressure from MPs to quit, will become the shortest-serving Prime Minister in UK history after being in the position for just six weeks.
Her resignation follows a series of political u-turns and after home secretary Suella Braverman quit, leaving the Conservative party in chaos.
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