It's a monumental day...

She made the announcement outside Downing Street six weeks after she addressed the nation as the newly-elected prime minister.

A dozen Conservative MPs have now publicly called for Liz Truss to resign, with many more believed to have sent letters in.

"As openings to major news bulletins go, this takes the biscuit, the cake and the whole bloody patisserie", Owen Williams said.

"I hope it was worth it for the ministerial red box, I hope it was worth it to sit round the Cabinet table because the damage they have done to our party is extraordinary.”

A day of ‘chaos’ is sprawled across the nation’s papers, with The Sun dubbing the government "broken" and Mail turning on Truss too.

Wendy Morton reportedly walked into the corridor shouting "I'm no longer the chief whip" moments before the fracking vote took place!

Senior Tory MP Sir Charles Walker said what took place was “inexcusable”.

“While it was not broadcast that word in any context is beneath the standards I set myself", the broadcaster said.