Lanarkshire’s politicians have responded to the news that Liz Truss will be the next Prime Minister, with opposition members insisting she must immediately take urgent action on energy prices and the cost of living.
The foreign secretary was today announced as the winner of the leadership election to succeed the resigning Boris Johnson, defeating former chancellor Rishi Sunak by gaining 57 per cent of the vote among Conservative members.
Political colleagues say she will work on uniting their party and facing “challenges” ahead – while responses from local parliamentarians include saying Ms Truss is “neither a fresh start nor a change in direction” and even the prediction that she “will be a disaster of a Prime Minister”.
