Liz Truss

2022 - 9 - 5

Liz Truss is the U.K.'s next prime minister (NPR)

Truss, who currently serves as foreign minister, will be the U.K.'s new prime minister, after the Conservative Party named her as its next leader on Monday, ...

And even though Sunak has promised to support a new government even if he is not leader, political analysts have said it will be difficult for Truss to unify her divided Conservatives, who still enjoy a sizable majority in the country's parliament — thanks, ironically, to Johnson's huge success as a campaigner during the last national elections. "And we will deliver a great victory for the Conservative Party in 2024" — when the next national elections are slated to be held. Truss secured more than 81,000 of those votes, the lowest proportion of any leader in recent history. [Boris Johnson](https://www.npr.org/1110061446), who was laid low by a succession of scandals that crescendoed in the first half of this year. Truss will become the country's fourth leader in a politically turbulent six-year period. She will be formally appointed as the next prime minister by Queen Elizabeth, likely on Tuesday afternoon.

Liz Truss Becomes UK Prime Minister After Winning Party Vote (CHANNELS TELEVISION)

Britain's Conservative party Monday announced Liz Truss as its new leader to succeed Prime Minister Boris Johnson and confront Britain's deepest economic crisis in decades. The foreign secretary comfortably beat her rival, former finance minister Rishi ...

By tradition, that happens on the steps of Number 10. On her return to Downing Street, the new prime minister will then give a short address to the nation. Truss is expected to fly separately to accept the queen’s invitation to form a new government, to ensure continuity of government in case of any mishaps. Truss reserved a portion of her short speech to praising Johnson’s record, including on Brexit and the Covid pandemic, and said he was “admired from Kyiv to Carlisle”. Her love of photo opportunities and style of dress — posing in a tank in Estonia and wearing a fur hat in Moscow — have earned her comparisons to Tory icon Thatcher. In a short victory speech at the announcement in a central London convention hall, Truss said it was an “honour” to be elected after undergoing “one of the longest job interviews in history”.

Liz Truss to Be New UK Prime Minister (THISDAY Newspapers)

Truss, 47, beat former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak after a leadership contest in which only about 170,000 dues-paying members of the Conservative Party were ...

Queen Elizabeth II is scheduled to formally appoint Truss as Britain’s prime minister on Tuesday. and an economy heading into a potentially lengthy recession. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has made no major policy decisions since he announced he was stepping down on July 7, and officials insisted that measures to address the energy cost crisis would be deferred until his successor is in place.

UPDATED: Liz Truss is new leader of UK Conservative Party, set to ... (Premium Times)

Ms Truss defeated ex-finance minister Rishi Sunak to claim the seat after the crisis that saw Boris Johnson vacate the position a few months back. She polled 81 ...

“We need to show that we will deliver over the next two years. Good journalism costs a lot of money. I will deliver on the National Health Service.

Who is Oxford trained Liz Truss, UK's new Prime minister (Businessday.ng)

Liz Truss, who was born on July 26, 1975 in Oxford where her father was a mathematics professor, has been declared winner of the...

During a BBC leadership debate, she was challenged about a comment in Britannia Unchained, describing British workers as “among the worst idlers in the world”. We do not believe people are born to rule.” On Tuesday morning, she will have to fly to Aberdeen in Scotland to meet the Queen who would then appoint her prime minister. The couple have two children. After graduating she worked as an accountant for Shell, and Cable & Wireless, and married fellow accountant Hugh O’Leary in 2000. She beat her main rival Rushi Sunak. I didn’t even vote for myself.”

Liz Truss is new UK Prime Minister (Vanguard)

The United Kingdom, UK, has announced Liz Truss as the new Prime Minister on Monday. Truss succeeds Boris Johnson who resigned.

Truss succeeds Boris Johnson who resigned his appointment as PM in July over a series of scandals. [Five reasons why Boris Johnson resigned as UK Prime Minister](https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/07/five-reasons-why-boris-johnson-resigned-as-uk-prime-minister/) The United Kingdom, UK, has announced Liz Truss as the new Prime Minister on Monday.

Liz Truss To Become UK Third Female Prime Minister (CHANNELS TELEVISION)

Britain's Conservative party Monday announced Liz Truss as its new leader to succeed Prime Minister Boris Johnson and confront Britain's deepest economic ...