Truss Leadership In Doubt As She Meets With 1922 Committee Chairman

Liz Truss has lost two people from the four great offices of state within her first six weeks in office

The future of British Prime Minister Liz Truss is in doubt this afternoon as she meets the Chairman of the 1922 committee.

Sir Graham Brady is in charge of receiving letters from Tory MPs calling for her to go.

The two have been meeting at Downing Street this lunchtime.

Home Secretary Suella Braverman quit yesterday, saying she'd sent official documents from her personal email.

However, she also used her resignation letter to attack the prime minister's government, saying she had concerns about the "direction" it was taking.

Ms Braverman's been replaced by Grant Shapps, who backed Ms Truss' leadership rival Rishi Sunak.

Ms Truss is battling to retain her grip on power after a tumultous six weeks in the job that has included financial market chaos in response to her government's economic programme, and the replacement of two of her most senior ministers.

A number of Ms Truss's own Conservative MPs have called on her to quit, with some saying they had submitted letters of no confidence in Ms Truss to Mr Brady, whose committee sets the rules for selecting and changing the party's leader.

Fine Gael's European Affairs Spokesman Neale Richmond says the Government here is keeping a keen eye on developments: