Liz Truss is new British Prime Minister

LONDON-(MaraviPost)-It’s official! Liz Truss has won the Conservative Party leadership race after defeating Rishi Sunak in the Tory leadership contest.

According to BBC, on Tuesday, September 6, 2022 Truss will become Prime Minister when she visits the Queen in Balmoral for an invitation to form her UK government

It was a closer result than many pundits expected, with Truss taking 57% of valid votes cast

Speaking at a conference centre in Westminster, she thanked Sunak for a “hard-fought campaign” and pledged to deliver a “bold plan”

The current foreign secretary will come under immediate pressure to announce a plan to tackle soaring energy costs

She is understood to be considering a freeze on energy bills, with an announcement potentially scheduled for Thursday

Labour’s Keir Starmer has congratulated her but says the country is facing a “Tory cost of living crisis”

Lloyd M’bwana

I’m a Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resource (LUANAR)’s Environmental Science graduate (Malawi) and UK’s ICM Journalism and Media studies scholar. Also University of Malawi (UNIMA) Library Science Scholar. I have been The Malawi Country Manager and duty editor for the Maravi Post since 2019. My duty editor’s job is to ensure that the news is covered properly, that it is delivered on time, and that it is created to the standards set out in the editorial guidelines of the Maravi Post.