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Thirugnanam Sureshan, 50, whose disabilities require round-the-clock care and present difficulties coping with cost of living increases, sits in his bedroom as his wife Sridevi, 46, makes the bed at their home in Bexhill, East Sussex, England, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. Sureshan has a rare condition called Charcot foot which affects the bones, joints and tissues in his foot. He also has thyroid problems and an eye condition. Because of his condition, he doesn't cope well with the cold. (AP Photo/David Cliff)

Britain’s vulnerable await PM’s spending plans with anxiety

By Danica Kirka - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss attends a press conference in the Downing Street Briefing Room in central London, Friday Oct. 14, 2022, following the sacking of the finance minister in response to a budget that sparked markets chaos. (Daniel Leal/Pool Photo via AP)

Liz Truss’ waning power brings political plots, and jokes

By Jill Lawless and Danica Kirka - Associated Press

Jeremy Hunt leaves 10 Downing Street in London after he was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer following the resignation of Kwasi Kwarteng, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng said he has accepted Prime Minister Liz Truss' request he &quot;stand aside&quot; as Chancellor, paying the price for the chaos unleashed by his mini-budget. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)

U.K. Treasury chief scraps nearly all government tax cut plans

By Jill Lawless and Danica Kirka - Associated Press

In this handout photo provided by UK Parliament, Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons in London, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. (Jessica Taylor/UK Parliament via AP)

U.K. Treasury chief out as prime minister plans U-turn

By Danica Kirka - Associated Press

FILE - People pass the Bank of England in London, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. On Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, The Bank of England expanded its efforts to stabilize the bond market to include inflation-linked bonds amid continuing concerns about the government’s budget.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

UK markets roiled after bank rules out extending help

By Jill Lawless and Danica Kirka - Associated Press

British Prime Minister Liz Truss at the Conservative Party annual conference at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham, England, Sunday Oct. 2, 2022. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)

U.K. scraps tax cut for wealthy that sparked market turmoil

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Pedestrians pass a currency exchange sign outside a shop in London, Sept. 23, 2022. The British pound has resumed a slide against the U.S. dollar that picked up pace last week after the U.K.’s new government outlined plans to cut taxes and boost spending. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

British pound plunges to new low as tax cuts spark concern

By Danica Kirka and Jill Lawless - Associated Press

A young child plays inside of a giant Christmas ornament outside EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. Talks continued Wednesday in the bid to put a trade deal between the European Union and the United Kingdom, before a Brexit transition period ends on New Year's Day, with the EU legislature insisting it will not have time to approve a deal. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

UK, EU on cusp of striking Brexit trade deal at last

By Raf Casert and Jill Lawless - Associated Press

People line up outside an exchange shop to buy U.S. dollars, in Beirut, Lebanon, June 17, 2020. Lebanon's financial meltdown has thrown its people into a frantic search for dollars as the local currency's value evaporates. Long, raucous lines mass outside exchange bureaus to buy rationed dollars. Many try to rescue their dollars trapped in bank accounts frozen by the government. With tens of thousands thrown into poverty, the turmoil is fueling bitterness at banks and politicians. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Hottest commodity in Lebanon’s economic chaos: The US dollar

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

Anti-government protesters stand on a concrete wall that installed by authorities to block a road leading to the parliament building and shout slogans during ongoing protests against the Lebanese government in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, June 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Lebanon currency in free-fall amid political impasse

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

Riot police advance to push back the anti-government protesters from a square near the government house, during a protest against the political leadership they blame for the economic and financial crisis, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, early Friday, June 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanese government meets after night of raging protests

By Fadi Tawil - Associated Press

In this Sunday, May 3, 2020, photo, balconies of an old building are reflected in the glass door of a closed bar during the coronavirus pandemic, in central Beirut, Lebanon. The owners of some of Lebanon’s best-known clubs have pulled together a three-day non-stop virtual music festival. This time, 150 DJs from around the world are playing for a cause. They're collecting donations for the thousands of servers, bartenders, waiters and other daily wage earners who have been without a job since coronavirus restrictions forced a shutdown in mid-March. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Lebanon restaurants partially reopen, face faltering economy

By Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

An anti-government protester confronts police with a stone during a protest against the deepening financial crisis, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, April 28, 2020. Hundreds of protesters set fire to two banks and hurled stones at soldiers, who responded with tear gas and batons in renewed clashes triggered by an economic crisis spiraling out of control amid a weeks-long virus lockdown. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanon’s central bank governor defends his role amid crisis

By ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

Lebanese riot police stand guard in front of a bank entrance, after the anti-government protesters try to destroy banks windows during a protest against the Lebanese central bank's governor Riad Salameh and against the deepening financial crisis, at Hamra trade street, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, April 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanon PM blames currency crash on Central Bank governor

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, April 14, 2020 photo, volunteers from Lebanese charity Beit el-Baraka, fill boxes with essential food supplies to distribute to the poor, during a lockdown due to the coronavirus, in Beirut, Lebanon. Wealthier Western countries are considering how to ease lockdown restrictions and start taking gradual steps toward reviving business and daily life. But many developing countries, particularly in the Middle East and Africa, can hardly afford the luxury of any misstep. Consider tiny Lebanon, a country teetering on the abyss of bankruptcy with a fragile health system, a restless population and no tools for mapping a way out of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Poorer nations face bigger risk in easing virus restrictions

By ZEINA KARAM and BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

A highway is empty of cars during a lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus, in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, April 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

IMF projects Lebanon’s economy will shrink 12% in 2020

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

President Michel Aoun, center, speaks with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Zeina Akr, center, right as Prime Minister Hassan Diab, center left, looks on during the cabinet meeting at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. A new Cabinet has been announced last night in crisis-hit Lebanon, breaking a months-long impasse amid mass protests against the country's ruling elite. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Lebanese Cabinet faces multiple challenges, growing unrest

By ZEINA KARAM and BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

A polling station signpost lies on the pavement as voters approach a polling station in Twickenham, England, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. British voters are deciding who they want to resolve the Brexit conundrum in an election seen as one of the most important since the end of World War II. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

The Latest: UK vote a disaster for left-wing Labour Party

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