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The teenage Lib Dem turned Thatcher wannabe was crowned Boris Johnson's successor with 57% of the vote - and becomes your new Prime Minister

Liz Truss’ accountant husband and their teenage daughters are set to move into Number 10 (or 11) this week. From pizza nights to sleepovers with friends, Katie Strick on what life will look like inside the home of Britain’s new PM

If it's not the pictures of her standing atop a tank in a nod to Conservative leader Margaret Thatcher, it's the moment when she vented her anger over cheese imports into Britain that made Liz Truss something of a household name.

Britain's soon-to-be new leader Liz Truss is the child of left-wing parents who grew up to be an admirer of Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher

Liz Truss will assume the role of UK prime minister in a tough economic environment, with inflation at a 40-year high.

She is only the third woman in history to become British prime minister, following in the footsteps of her Conservative predecessors Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May. Who is 47-year-old Liz Truss and how did she manage to overtake her rival Rishi Sunak in the race to succeed Boris Johnson? FRANCE…

Having opposed Brexit in the 2016 referendum, and even advocated anti-monarchist views as a Liberal Democrat, Liz Truss is now Conservative leader.

Turnover of prime ministers has sped up in recent decades.

Truss has been named the new leader of the Conservative Party