Liz Truss

After a drawn-out Conservative Party leadership contest the U.K. now has a new leader: Liz Truss.

Instead, noisy U.K.-EU relations and the risk of a trade war with the EU if the U.K. "The combination of surging inflation and tightening monetary policy is tipping the U.K. She had announced several weeks ago that she would introduce an emergency budget in the first few weeks of taking office to ensure support was on its way as bills rise. in 2018](https://unearthed.greenpeace.org/2019/08/04/liz-truss-trade-us-trump-deregulation-brexit/) to discuss weakening regulation and to see whether the U.K. and the tax rise was introduced by then-Chancellor Rishi Sunak, Truss's rival in the leadership race, in April) as well promising no new tax rises and no energy rationing. At the time of the alleged meetings. Neither of those thinktanks, the Heritage Foundation and American Enterprise Institute, could confirm to CNBC that such meetings had taken place. President Ronald Reagan in the 1980s which broadly aimed at reducing taxes and regulations while also reducing public spending and controlling the supply of money. In Boris Johnson's government she has held the position of international trade secretary and then, until now, foreign minister. In 2010, however, she finally succeeded in becoming the MP for South West Norfolk, which remains her constituency now — although faced another hurdle to reach that position when local party activists tried to have her deselected as a candidate as she had not declared an affair in 2006 with a married MP, Mark Field. following the resignation of Prime Minister Boris Johnson — the country now has a new leader. She recalls her mother taking her on nuclear disarmament marches, run by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), in the early 1980s where they would sing anti-Margaret Thatcher songs.

Truss inherits a forbidding in-tray, with the UK facing surging inflation, a potential recession and a record squeeze on living standards spurred by soaring ...

Truss has until January 2025 — the latest she can call an election — to recapture some of the electoral magic deployed by Johnson in 2019 when he won the biggest Tory majority since 1987. She’s said she will continue to take a hard line against Russia following its invasion of Ukraine, and has promised to crack down on Chinese investment in the UK. The foreign secretary appealed to the right wing of her party through her libertarian, free-market philosophy and a pledge to immediately cut more than £30 billion in taxes. Yet she’s refused to give specifics on how she’ll help pensioners and the lowest earners, saying that will be for the new chancellor to announce. She won’t take power until Tuesday, when she visits Queen Elizabeth II in her Scottish castle to be formally appointed, shortly after Johnson also meets with the monarch. She defeated him by 81 326 votes to 60 399 in a ballot of party members and will now become Britain’s third female prime minister.

Liz Truss was on Monday announced as the UK's next prime minister, after winning an internal leadership contest of the ruling Conservative party.

The foreign secretary comfortably beat her rival, former finance minister Rishi Sunak, after a gruelling summer-long contest decided by just over 170 000 ...

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”.

LONDON, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Liz Truss was named as Britain's next prime minister on Monday, winning a leadership race for the governing Conservative party at ...

First, she will turn to the urgent issue of surging energy prices. Truss will follow him and be asked to form a government by the monarch. Over that period the country has been buffeted from crisis to crisis, and now faces what is forecast to be a long recession triggered by sky-rocketing inflation which hit 10.1% in July. Italy has budgeted over 52 billion euros ($51.75 billion) so far this year to help its people. Several have called for an early election – something Truss has said she will not allow. We have a Scorpio investigation about to break.

Liz Truss will be the next prime minister of the United Kingdom after winning most votes in the Conservative Party leadership contest, succeeding Boris ...

He may still be forced to resign as a Member of Parliament after a House of Commons committee gives its verdict on whether or not Johnson knowingly misled Parliament when he claimed no rules were broken in Downing Street. [the Queen](https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/02/uk/royal-news-newsletter-09-02-22-scli-gbr-cmd-intl/index.html) on Tuesday, Truss will also visit the monarch at her Scottish residence Balmoral, where, as leader of the largest party in parliament, she will be invited to form a government. And on Monday, in a signal of these serious challenges ahead, the British pound dropped 0.3% to its lowest level against the US dollar since 1985. Regardless, Johnson is likely to remain a high-profile figure. Truss will take over a Conservative government that is facing multiple crises in the country. His downfall followed months of revelations over parties held in 10 Downing Street while the country was under Covid lockdown restrictions. Inflation rose above 10% in July for the first time in 40 years, driven largely by the rising cost of energy, food and fuel. He leaves office a deeply unpopular prime minister less than three years after romping home to an enormous landslide election victory in 2019. She pledged action to tackle the crisis in a short victory speech at a conference center in London on Monday. Truss had been the frontrunner for weeks, and the 47-year-old will now follow Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May to become Britain’s third female premier. Like Thatcher, Truss has come from relatively humble beginnings to dominate a world inhabited largely by men. Throughout her political career, especially during the leadership contest, Truss has been compared to Thatcher, who, for many on the right, remains the benchmark for Conservative leaders.

Liz Truss will become Britain's next prime minister after winning a leadership race for the governing Conservative Party on Monday, vowing to press ahead ...

Truss will follow him and be asked to form a government by the monarch. Since then Britain has stumbled from crisis to crisis, and now is seen facing a long recession and inflation that hit double digits in July. "Now is the time for all Conservatives to get behind her 100 percent." "I will deliver a bold plan to cut taxes and grow our economy," Truss said after the result was announced. Truss takes over as the country faces a crunch on household finances, industrial unrest, a recession and war in Europe, where Britain has been a leading backer of Ukraine. Truss also won with the support of less than 50% of members, as almost one in five did not vote.

From climate change and the cost of living crisis to restoring international aid and gender equality, these are the issues Prime Minister Liz Truss must ...

Wherever you are in the world, you can join the campaign and take action right now by [ downloading the Global Citizen app](https://www.globalcitizen.org/app/download/). [devastating effect](https://www.devex.com/news/tracking-the-uk-s-controversial-aid-cuts-99883), and the reverberations continue to be felt by the most vulnerable around the world, particularly women and girls. [23rd on the global gender gap index ](https://www.statista.com/topics/5273/gender-inequality-in-the-uk/#:~:text=In%202021%2C%20the%20United%20Kingdom,May%20between%202016%20and%202019.)in 2021, trailing behind other European countries such as France, Germany, and Ireland. [health inequalities](https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/what-does-global-health-inequality-mean-for-covid/) when it came to vaccine rollouts being grossly unequal. In fact, it is [estimated that by 2030, climate change could push more than 120 million more people into poverty.](https://www.actionaid.org.uk/our-work/emergencies-disasters-humanitarian-response/climate-change-and-poverty#footnote1_2d6h9zq) “I implore you to, at the very least, restore [international] aid to 0.7% of GDP, and also to ensure that it is better managed than it has been previously. Cuts to the aid budget have resulted in [millions around the world facing increased poverty, losing out on education, health care, and more,](https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/uk-aid-explainer-what-is-it-where-does-it-go/) leaving an increasingly unstable global landscape. “The UK has broken promises on climate and international aid. “It seems that the new Prime Minister needs to reverse recent betrayals of agreements made locally, nationally, and globally. Despite making strong climate commitments, the UK is falling behind on its promises and [approving new fossil fuel projects](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/19/uk-has-approved-several-fossil-fuel-projects-since-cop26-analysis-finds). We saw how the world came together during the COVID-19 pandemic and how it highlighted the As of the announcement on Monday, that new Prime Minister is Liz Truss — and she has a long to-do list.