Lizz Truss to be next UK Prime Minister after winning party vote
New Conservative Party leader and incoming prime minister Liz Truss smiles and waves as she arrives at Conservative Party Headquarters in central London having been announced the winner of the Conservative Party leadership contest at an event in central London on September 5, 2022. - Truss is the UK's third female prime minister following Theresa May and Margaret Thatcher.
The foreign secretary comfortably beat her rival, former finance minister Rishi Sunak, by about 57 to 43 per cent.
Truss, 47, will be only the UK's third female prime minister following Theresa May and Margaret Thatcher.
Truss inherits an economy set to enter recession before the end of the year, with double-digit inflation forecast to soar further.
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 Sunak, by about 57 to 43 per cent after a gruelling summer-long contest decided by just over 170,000 Conservative members -- a tiny sliver of Britain's electorate.
