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Liz Truss to become UK’s next PM after winning Conservative race
Britain’s Conservative Party picks Liz Truss as its leader, triggering the beginning of a handover from Boris Johnson.
Liz Truss delivers a speech at an event to announce the winner of the Conservative Party leadership contest [Adrian Dennis/AFP]
Published On 5 Sep 20225 Sep 2022
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has been named leader of the governing Conservative Party, taking power as Britain’s next prime minister at a time when the country faces a cost-of-living crisis, industrial unrest and a recession.
After weeks of an often bad-tempered and divisive party leadership contest that pitted Truss against Rishi Sunak, a former finance minister, Monday’s announcement triggered the beginning of a handover from Boris Johnson.
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Johnson was forced to announce his resignation in July after months of scandal and he will travel to Scotland to meet Queen Elizabeth on Tuesday to officially tender his resignation.
His successor will follow him and be asked to form a government.
Truss and her husband Hugh O’Leary react at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in London [Stefan Rousseau/Pool Photo via AP]
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”.
Al Jazeera’s Jonah Hull, reporting from London, said Truss won not as resoundingly as the opinion polls might have earlier suggested.
“She picked up 57 percent of eligible votes among Conservative Party members. Rishi Sunak, former chancellor of the exchequer, got 42 percent,” he said.
“She promised that she campaigned as a Conservative and she will govern as a Conservative, she promised to cut taxes, to grow the economy, she promised to deal with the energy crisis,” he added.
EU’s reaction
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen congratulated Truss, but said London and Brussels must work “in full respect of our agreements”.
Truss has warned that she will push ahead to pass proposed UK legislation to tear up part of Britain’s Brexit deal with the European Union.
Britain’s Conservative Party picks Liz Truss as its leader, triggering the beginning of a handover from Boris Johnson.
Liz Truss delivers a speech at an event to announce the winner of the Conservative Party leadership contest [Adrian Dennis/AFP]
Published On 5 Sep 20225 Sep 2022
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has been named leader of the governing Conservative Party, taking power as Britain’s next prime minister at a time when the country faces a cost-of-living crisis, industrial unrest and a recession.
After weeks of an often bad-tempered and divisive party leadership contest that pitted Truss against Rishi Sunak, a former finance minister, Monday’s announcement triggered the beginning of a handover from Boris Johnson.
KEEP READING
list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Liz Truss: What are new UK leader’s major policies?
list 2 of 4The rise and fall of UK’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson
list 3 of 4UK Conservatives finish voting for new PM, Truss likely to win
list 4 of 4Who is Liz Truss, the favourite to become Britain’s next PM?
end of list
Johnson was forced to announce his resignation in July after months of scandal and he will travel to Scotland to meet Queen Elizabeth on Tuesday to officially tender his resignation.
His successor will follow him and be asked to form a government.
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”.
Al Jazeera’s Jonah Hull, reporting from London, said Truss won not as resoundingly as the opinion polls might have earlier suggested.
“She picked up 57 percent of eligible votes among Conservative Party members. Rishi Sunak, former chancellor of the exchequer, got 42 percent,” he said.
“She promised that she campaigned as a Conservative and she will govern as a Conservative, she promised to cut taxes, to grow the economy, she promised to deal with the energy crisis,” he added.
EU’s reaction
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen congratulated Truss, but said London and Brussels must work “in full respect of our agreements”.
Truss has warned that she will push ahead to pass proposed UK legislation to tear up part of Britain’s Brexit deal with the European Union.
