Liz Truss faces a daunting task.
Liz Truss has been announced as the UK's new prime minister after securing a win in the Tory leadership contest.
She has defeated rival Rishi Sunak with 81,326 votes to his 60,399 to become the country's third female prime minister. She will face the immediate challenge of easing the cost-of-living crisis for households across the country faced with soaring energy bills. Boris Johnson will depart No 10 on Tuesday, September 6 and Ms Truss will fly to Balmoral to meet the Queen for the formal handover of power. She will then begin work putting together a response to the energy crisis, with support promised within days.
Liz Truss praised “my friend” Boris Johnson as she accepted her victory in the Tory leadership contest. She said: “I also want to thank our outgoing leader, my friend, Boris Johnson.” She continued: “Boris, you got Brexit done, you crushed Jeremy Corbyn, you rolled out the vaccine and you stood up to Vladimir Putin. You were admired from Kyiv to Carlisle.” There was a delay before applause from the audience.
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