Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has beaten former chancellor Rishi Sunak to become the new leader of the Conservative Party and the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. She is expected to spend the rest of the day finalising her choice for Cabinet and wider ministerial roles and writing her first prime ministerial speech.
Liz Truss won with 81,326 votes from the Tory membership, to Rishi Sunak’s 60,399. Liz Truss praised “my friend” Boris Johnson as she accepted her victory in the Tory leadership contest.
She said: “I also want to thank our outgoing leader, my friend, Boris Johnson.”
