Liz Truss, Britain’s foreign secretary, will be the country’s new prime minister, succeeding Boris Johnson and becoming the third woman to hold the post.
Boris Johnson’s resignation was the latest act in a career full of downfalls, comebacks and scandal. What comes next?
Truss won the support of many Conservatives with her zeal in rolling back state intervention and slashing taxes. Both she and Sunak have spoken of their admiration for Margaret Thatcher —, who governed from 1979 to 1990 — and her right-wing, small-government economics. Truss has promised to act “immediately” to tackle soaring energy bills, but declined to give any details so far.
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