Draft:Political History of the United Kingdom (2022-Present)

Liz Truss (September – October 2022)
The premiership of Liz Truss began on 6 September 2022 following a leadership election. Queen Elizabeth II's invitation for Truss to form a government was one of her last acts as monarch before her death just two days later. This saw Charles III ascend to the throne and the funeral of the late monarch dominating Truss's first weeks in office.

Truss and Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng unveiled a "mini-budget" on 23 September 2022 which proposed cutting various taxes against the backdrop of the ongoing cost-of-living crisis. The budget received significant backlash, with the price of the pound as well as Truss's approval rating to fall to record lows. Kwarteng resigned, with Jeremy Hunt taking over as Chancellor, who reversed all proposals of the mini-budget within days; however this did not alleviate the political pressure on Truss. She announced her resignation on 20 October 2022, making her the shortest serving Prime Minister to date. A leadership election was called to replace Truss within a week of her announcement. A head of lettuce gained international notoriety for outlasting Truss during a livestream by the Daily Star.

Rishi Sunak (2022–24)
The premiership of Rishi Sunak began on 25 October 2022 following a leadership election. Sunak is the first prime minister invited to form a government during the reign of King Charles III, as well as the first British Asian, first British Indian, first person of colour, and first Hindu prime minister. He is also Britain’s wealthiest ever prime minister as a former hedge fund manager. Sunak attended and spoke at the coronation of Charles III and Queen Camilla on 6 May 2023. Sunak has reshuffled his cabinet twice, the latter of which resulted in the return of the former prime minister David Cameron to government as Foreign Secretary. Under Sunak, the Conservative Party continued be generally unpopular according to polls and results of local elections. Labour, the Liberal Democrats, and the Greens made huge gains at the expense of the Conservatives in the 2023 and 2024 local elections. Sunak has called a general election for 4 July 2024.

Sunak continued to oversee the British government's response to the cost-of-living crisis and a rise in labour disputes. He and Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt have continued the levelling up policy introduced during the Johnson premiership. In response to the continued rise of migrants arriving by small boats, Sunak proposed the Illegal Migration Act 2023. Sunak supports Johnson's policy of lowering net migration, continuing the plan to have asylum seekers and illegal immigrants sent to Rwanda for processing. After the plan was blocked by the UK's Court of Appeal in June 2023 due to concerns over international law and the possibility of refoulement, the government introduced the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill. Sunak authorized further foreign aid and weapons shipments to Ukraine in response to the Russian invasion of the country. In February 2023, Sunak negotiated the Windsor Framework, an agreement with the European Union (EU) designed to address the issue of the movement of goods between the European single market and Northern Ireland in the current Northern Ireland Protocol. The 2024 general election will be held on 4 July 2024.