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UK hunts for new Treasury after Kwasi Kwarteng exit

Britain's former Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng. [Alberto Pezzali, AP]

Embattled British Prime Minister Liz Truss installed a new Treasury chief ahead of a hastily arranged news conference on Friday, as she struggled to calm markets and hang on to her job following the release of a controversial economic plan.

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