Liz Truss became Prime Minister on September 5 after being invited to form a Government by the Queen, in one of her last acts as monarch.

Truss began appointing her cabinet team, picking Kwasi Kwarteng as chancellor and Suella Braverman as home secretary, both of whom would not last as long as Truss.

Three days later the Queen died and a period of mourning effectively shut down politics until after her funeral.

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On September 23, Kwarteng announced the mini-budget that began the process of economic chaos that marked the beginning of the end for Truss.

It included tax cuts for the rich amounting to £45bn and increasing Government borrowing but borrowing that was unfunded with only blind hope it would lead to growth in the economy.

It set in motion a chaotic downward spiral from which the Government couldn't escape.

The measures led to the pound falling dramatically and the Bank of England raising interest rates.

Lenders pulled mortgage deals and people faced a massive hike in the cost of personal borrowing.

Pension funds were brought to the brink of collapse until the Bank of England again intervened and bought up Government bonds to calm volatile markets.

Less than two weeks later, on October 3, Kwarteng and Truss were forced to u-turn on the tax cuts reversing the abolition of the 45p top rate for earnings over £150,000.

The embarrassing climbdown was performed by the chancellor during the Conservative Party conference.

Less than two weeks later as economic turmoil continued Kwarteng was sacked by Truss on October 14.

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Jeremy Hunt, a former health secretary, was appointed chancellor in a bid to bring about economic stability for the UK and with it political stability for Truss.

He ripped up almost the entire mini-budget drawn up just weeks earlier by Truss and Kwarteng, eroding her dwindling authority even further.

As the Tories went into free-fall in the opinion polls, MPs began to submit letters of no confidence to the party.

On her penultimate day in office, Truss faced a vote in the House of Commons on fracking which the leadership attempted to turn into a confidence vote to bolster her authority, resulting in shambolic scenes.

After allegations of bullying, scuffles and threats from whips and ministers to back the Prime Minister, many more MPs said they had had enough.

On Thursday morning, October 20, after meetings with senior party officials including Sir Graham Brady, chair of the 1922 Committee, Truss resigned saying she no longer had the mandate to deliver the policies she stood on.

Truss lasted 44 days in office, the shortest tenure of a British Prime Minister, ever.