'Where is the prime minister?': Liz Truss mocked for being absent from parliament

Liz Truss has since been seen leaving at the back of Number 10 in a silver Range Rover, shortly before 3.50pm.

Mr Starmer asks an urgent question following the decision to replace Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng with Jeremy Hunt. Photo: House of Commons/PA Wire

A British government minister insisted Liz Truss was “not under a desk” hiding from MPs after the prime minister was urged to quit.

Shouts of “where is she?” and “weak” could be heard in the Commons after Penny Mordaunt deputised for Ms Truss to respond to an urgent question on the prime minister’s decision to appoint a new chancellor.