UK PM Truss brings in rival who could steady the ship, or take her job

Under-pressure UK Prime Minister Liz Truss appointed Jeremy Hunt as her new Chancellor of the Exchequer, replacing Kwasi Kwarteng after just 38 days in office, in a last-ditch bid to reassure the financial markets she was taking a new economic path.

The prime minister is betting that having 55-year-old Hunt by her side will help to convince investors that her fiscal plans can work. 

She is also hoping that bringing a rival into the heart of her government may help to appease the many Tory lawmakers who were alarmed by her decision to surround herself with ideological loyalists after she took