LONDON: Liz Truss made her first speech as UK prime minister on Tuesday outside No 10 — in front of a cheering but drenched group of Conservative MPs and the world's media — following a sudden downpour after she had been appointed to the position by the Queen at Balmoral Castle.
Making the speech in front of the famous black door, she said her early priorities as PM were to deliver a bold plan to grow the economy through tax cuts and reform in order to reward hard work and boost business-led growth and investment. She said she would make sure people were not not facing unaffordable energy bills and that she would deal with the energy crisis “caused by Putin’s war” and secure the UK’s future energy supplies. She also promised to build hospitals, schools, roads and broadband, and make sure people could get doctors’ appointments and the NHS services they need.
