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New UK PM Truss to set out energy plan on Thursday, rules out windfall tax

British Prime Minister Liz Truss said she would set out plans to tackle soaring energy bills on Thursday but would not impose a new windfall tax on energy producers, with borrowing instead set to increase to fund the costly intervention.

Reuters

So who the hell is Liz Truss, anyway?

Yep, the U.K. has a new prime minister, for now. But Boris Johnson is leering over her shoulder and won't go away

Salon

Bitter Boris Johnson blasts Tory rebels for 'changing rules' to force him out

Boris Johnson gave his farewell speech outside 10 Downing Street this morning in which he referred to Liz Truss taking over as a "relay race", while allies have slammed the 1922 Committee

Daily Mirror

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Trial by fire: On importance of Liz Truss delivering results for U.K.

Liz Truss will have to deliver results quickly as the U.K. faces crises on different fronts

The Hindu

Could Liz Truss allow new drilling for oil and gas and still strengthen the UK's net zero target?

The UK’s new prime minister, Liz Truss, has pledged to suspend green levies on energy bills and look for “better ways to deliver our net zero targets”. Despite a record-breaking heatwave plus wildfires, droughts and floods worldwide, neither contender for the Conservative Party leadership felt the urge, as David Cameron…

The Conversation

Liz Truss’s first speech as Prime Minister in full as she vows to ‘deal hands on with the energy crisis’

Conservative Party leader Liz Truss has been appointed Prime Minister after meeting the Queen, and later appeared in Downing Street to greet the waiting media.

Evening Standard

Liz Truss is now officially the U.K.'s prime minister after meeting with the queen

Truss became prime minister on Tuesday and immediately confronted the enormous task ahead of her amid increasing pressure to curb soaring prices, ease labor unrest and fix the health care system.

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Stirling politicians react to Liz Truss becoming new UK Prime Minister

Stirling’s MP has cast doubt over whether new Prime Minister Liz Truss can “rise to the challenge” of dealing with the ongoing energy cost crisis following her election victory this week. Ms Truss won the approval of Conservative party members and w

Daily Record

Cost of living: why Liz Truss' low-tax strategy won't work

One of the first things the new UK prime minister Liz Truss did upon winning the Conservative party leadership race was to reiterate her desire to turn the UK into a low-tax economy.

The Conversation

World leaders and politicians accidentally tweet the wrong Liz Truss

Liz Trussell, who has the Twitter handle @LizTruss, has been mistakenly sent congratulatory messages intended for the new Prime Minister.

The Independent UK

List of MPs quitting cabinet, including Priti Patel and Nadine Dorries

The Home Secretary is the latest to step down from her role

Evening Standard

Talking Point: What should be Liz Truss’s top priority as PM?

The new Prime Minister has a to-do list with much to prioritise

Evening Standard

Liz Truss' grovelling apology to husband over affair which nearly destroyed her career

New Prime Minister Liz Truss apologised for her 'mistake' after cheating on husband Hugh O'Leary with fellow Conservative MP Mark Field - and it caused a major headache for David Cameron

Daily Mirror

New British PM Truss brings tougher UK stance on China

One of British politics' firmest critics of China became prime minister on Tuesday as Liz Truss, a self-styled defender of the post-war western world order, replaced Boris Johnson whose policy towards Beijing failed to harden fast enough for many in his party.

Reuters

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Russia says does not expect frosty UK ties to warm under Truss

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says ‘that no changes for the better are expected’ under the new UK prime minister.

The New Daily

Liz Truss left to clean up after Boris Johnson’s legacy of ‘considerable devastation’

Liz Truss has just won the role of prime minister, but now she must navigate her party – and Britain – out of the mess her predecessor left behind.

Wales Online

Liz Truss formally becomes Prime Minister at audience with Queen

The new Conservative leader flew to Balmoral

The Independent UK

BBC bosses say Emily Maitlis’ criticism of Newsnight case was ‘completely wrong’

The BBC director-general and chairman addressed Emily Maitlis’ speech while appearing before a Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee.

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Liverpool Echo

New PM Liz Truss and where she stands on some of the UK's biggest decisions

Liz Truss vowed to never impose another lockdown

Asharq Al-Awsat

Booster Rocket or Roman Dictator? Boris Johnson Says Farewell, for Now

Comparing himself to a booster rocket that had fulfilled its mission, Boris Johnson said farewell to his Downing Street residence and office on Tuesday and described his future plans as a return to a quieter life. In what was a typically bombastic speech, Britain's outgoing prime minister pointedly took aim…

Wales Online

When might Liz Truss face her first general election as prime minister?

Could there be a snap poll or will this Parliament run its full course?

The Independent UK

How many children does Boris Johnson have?

The prime minister thanked ‘all’ of his children during his resignation speech in July

The Independent UK

Read Nadine Dorries’ resignation letter in full as she quits as Culture Secretary

Dorries resigned by letter to Boris on Tuesday

The Conversation

Boris Johnson's pandemic legacy – where he went wrong managing COVID (and some things he got right)

The UK sees a change of leadership on September 6 2022, with Liz Truss selected by Conservative Party members to replace Boris Johnson as the UK prime minister. Johnson’s term of course coincided with the emergence of the COVID pandemic, a global crisis that required skilled national leadership. Did Johnson…

Evening Standard

World leaders react to Liz Truss’s appointment as Prime Minister of the UK

Keir Starmer and Nicola Sturgeon congratulated Truss but urged the new Tory leader to address the cost-of-living crisis

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