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Travel demands ‘urgent stability’ from next PM as Truss quits

Government
Tom Parry
20 October 2022

After just 44 days – the same amount of time magician David Blaine spent suspended in a small Perspex box above the Thames in 2003 – Liz Truss has resigned as prime minister.

Who will take over as prime minister? (Credit: Rixipix)

Although, as travel leaders reacted to the not-so-surprising news of Truss’s political downfall on Thursday (20 October), they were not calling for rabbits to be pulled from hats or show-stopping spectacles – just some stability and certainty from the UK’s governing party with which to help the industry rebuild.

As Advantage Travel Partnership chief Julia Lo Bue-Said told TTG: “Businesses cannot continue with constant uncertainty. The focus must urgently turn to stabilising an already fragile economy and supporting businesses and people that remain vulnerable.”