What is October 2022 United Kingdom government crisis?
{{Infobox event |title = October 2022 United Kingdom government crisis |image = Prime Minister Liz Truss announces her resignation (cropped) (3).jpg |cause = [[September 2022 United Kingdom mini-budget|September 2022 mini-budget]]<br>Confusion over a parliamentary vote to ban [[Hydraulic fracturing|fracking]] |caption = [[Liz Truss]] announcing her intention to resign as Conservative leader on 20 October 2022 |date = 14–20 October 2022 |participants = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] MPs |motive = Pressure [[Liz Truss]] to resign |outcome = * [[List of departures from the Truss ministry|Departure]] of [[Kwasi Kwarteng]] and [[Suella Braverman]] * Appointment of [[Jeremy Hunt]] as [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] * Appointment of [[Grant Shapps]] as [[Home Secretary]] * [[Liz Truss#Resignation|Resignation]]{{Broken anchor|date=2024-09-24|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=Liz Truss#Resignation|reason= }} of Liz Truss * [[October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election]] }} In September and October 2022, the [[government of the United Kingdom]], led by the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative party]] and the newly-appointed [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|prime minister]] [[Liz Truss]], went through an energy, economic and political crisis. ==Budget and economic crises== The crisis began after the [[September 2022 United Kingdom mini-budget|23 September 2022 United Kingdom mini-budget]], which had many critics and negative responses by the world financial markets.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ftadviser.com/investments/2022/09/28/imf-warns-uk-over-mini-budget-tax-cuts/ |title=IMF warns UK over mini-Budget tax cuts |author=Sally Hickey |publisher=Financial Times advisor |date=27 September 2022 |access-date=29 September 2022}}</ref> This caused Truss to fire [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]], [[Kwasi Kwarteng]], on 14 October.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nevett |first1=Joshua |title=Kwasi Kwarteng: PM's vision was right, says sacked chancellor |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/new