Suella Braverman resigns as home secretary in a face-to-face meeting with the prime minister - she has been replaced by Grant Shapps.
Braverman says she quit after sending an official document from her personal email, a breach of ministerial rules.
But in a blistering resignation letter, she says the government needs to rely on people "accepting responsibility for their mistakes"
Pretending we haven't made mistakes "and hoping that things will magically come right is not serious politics", she adds.
New Home Secretary Shapps served as transport secretary under Boris Johnson.
Truss faces significant discontent among Tory MPs and losing one of her key ministers will add to turmoil at the top of government.
Earlier she took part in her first Prime Minister's Questions after being forced to ditch her flagship tax cuts from the mini-budget.
Truss said she was "completely committed" to raising pensions in line with inflation.
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