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Liz Truss will replace Boris Johnson as British prime minister after defeating Rishi Sunak in the race for the Conservative Party leadership.
Truss wins Tory leadership race and faces daunting challenge as PM
Liz Truss will become the country’s third female prime minister after securing victory in the Tory leadership contest.
She also will be the nation’s fourth prime minister in a little over six years – the fastest turnover in new occupants of 10 Downing Street for nearly a century.
Since the summer of 2016 the country has seen the last weeks of David Cameron’s premiership, the start and end of Theresa May’s time as prime minister, plus the entirety of Boris Johnson’s spell in the top job.
She defeated rival Rishi Sunak with 81,326 votes to 60,399 and will take over as prime minister on Tuesday with the immediate challenge of easing the cost-of-living crisis for households across the country faced with soaring energy bills.
