MPs say Liz Truss has just 12 hours to save her job as government teeters on brink

MPs say Liz Truss has just 'hours' to save her job as the government teeters on the brink after another chaotic day. Wednesday saw the acrimonious resignation of her home secretary, mayhem in the Commons over a fracking vote, and confusion over whether the Chief and Deputy Chief Whip had quit.

On Thursday morning Conservative MP Simon Hoare said Ms Truss had 'about 12 hours' to 'turn the ship around'. Asked if the PM is 'up to the job', he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "I think she could be. I think it's… one can't say hand on heart today that there is a… if this was a career review, an employer sitting in front of a person looking at performance and outcomes etc, then the score sheet isn't looking very good.

"But I'm a glass half full sort of person. Can the ship be turned around? Yes. But I think there's about 12 hours to do it. I think today and tomorrow are crunch days."

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Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting said Liz Truss has 'probably got hours left, if not days', and said he would be surprised if she has weeks left in Number 10. He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: "I think the question for Conservative MPs actually is how much longer are you going to subject the country to this?

"Because let's be honest, Liz Truss has probably got hours left, if not days. I'd be surprised if it's weeks. And then what happens?

"We get another Conservative Prime Minister and people are meant to believe that after 12 years the arsonists who started the fire in the first place are going to suddenly become the firefighters? I don't think so."

But Cabinet minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan said she believes 'at the moment' Liz Truss will