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”