Liz Truss

After a drawn-out Conservative Party leadership contest the U.K. now has a new leader: Liz Truss.

Instead, noisy U.K.-EU relations and the risk of a trade war with the EU if the U.K. "The combination of surging inflation and tightening monetary policy is tipping the U.K. She had announced several weeks ago that she would introduce an emergency budget in the first few weeks of taking office to ensure support was on its way as bills rise. in 2018](https://unearthed.greenpeace.org/2019/08/04/liz-truss-trade-us-trump-deregulation-brexit/) to discuss weakening regulation and to see whether the U.K. and the tax rise was introduced by then-Chancellor Rishi Sunak, Truss's rival in the leadership race, in April) as well promising no new tax rises and no energy rationing. At the time of the alleged meetings. Neither of those thinktanks, the Heritage Foundation and American Enterprise Institute, could confirm to CNBC that such meetings had taken place. President Ronald Reagan in the 1980s which broadly aimed at reducing taxes and regulations while also reducing public spending and controlling the supply of money. In Boris Johnson's government she has held the position of international trade secretary and then, until now, foreign minister. In 2010, however, she finally succeeded in becoming the MP for South West Norfolk, which remains her constituency now — although faced another hurdle to reach that position when local party activists tried to have her deselected as a candidate as she had not declared an affair in 2006 with a married MP, Mark Field. following the resignation of Prime Minister Boris Johnson — the country now has a new leader. She recalls her mother taking her on nuclear disarmament marches, run by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), in the early 1980s where they would sing anti-Margaret Thatcher songs.

Britain's Conservative Party picks Liz Truss as its leader, triggering the beginning of a handover from Boris Johnson.

“She promised that she campaigned as a Conservative and she will govern as a Conservative, she promised to cut taxes, to grow the economy, she promised to deal with the energy crisis,” he added. [Rishi Sunak](/news/2022/7/20/rishi-sunak-meet-the-man-who-could-become-the-uks-next-pm), a former finance minister, Monday’s announcement triggered the beginning of a handover from [Boris Johnson](/news/2022/7/7/the-rise-and-fall-of-uks-prime-minister-boris-johnson). [Foreign Secretary Liz Truss](/news/2022/8/1/who-is-liz-truss-the-favourite-to-become-britains-next-pm) has been named leader of the governing Conservative Party, taking power as Britain’s next prime minister at a time when the country faces a cost-of-living crisis, industrial unrest and a recession.

It is rare for prime ministers not to come to Downing Street with children in tow: David Cameron was the first prime minister to take paternity leave while in ...

Norma Major took it to a further extreme and lived separately with the young children in Huntingdon for some of the time her husband, John, was prime minister. “But I don’t want to go,” wailed the six-year-old. Guests in the Cameron Downing Street living room were expected to balance kids on their knees. But exactly how – and, indeed, whether – the new prime minister blends work and family in Downing Street remains to be seen. Recalling a war cabinet meeting that he attended, Stothard wrote that “in the half-darkness, the rooms resemble the site of a hastily finished children’s party. All the security arrangements make it incredibly hard for people to come and go,”

Liz Truss will be the next prime minister of the United Kingdom after winning most votes in the Conservative Party leadership contest, succeeding Boris ...

He may still be forced to resign as a Member of Parliament after a House of Commons committee gives its verdict on whether or not Johnson knowingly misled Parliament when he claimed no rules were broken in Downing Street. [the Queen](https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/02/uk/royal-news-newsletter-09-02-22-scli-gbr-cmd-intl/index.html) on Tuesday, Truss will also visit the monarch at her Scottish residence Balmoral, where, as leader of the largest party in parliament, she will be invited to form a government. And on Monday, in a signal of these serious challenges ahead, the British pound dropped 0.3% to its lowest level against the US dollar since 1985. Regardless, Johnson is likely to remain a high-profile figure. Truss will take over a Conservative government that is facing multiple crises in the country. His downfall followed months of revelations over parties held in 10 Downing Street while the country was under Covid lockdown restrictions. Inflation rose above 10% in July for the first time in 40 years, driven largely by the rising cost of energy, food and fuel. He leaves office a deeply unpopular prime minister less than three years after romping home to an enormous landslide election victory in 2019. She pledged action to tackle the crisis in a short victory speech at a conference center in London on Monday. Truss had been the frontrunner for weeks, and the 47-year-old will now follow Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May to become Britain’s third female premier. Like Thatcher, Truss has come from relatively humble beginnings to dominate a world inhabited largely by men. Throughout her political career, especially during the leadership contest, Truss has been compared to Thatcher, who, for many on the right, remains the benchmark for Conservative leaders.

Bold promises made during her election campaign, combined with serious domestic challenges, may hamper Truss' ability to build the U.K.'s footprint in the ...

[visited](https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/britain-is-free-and-our-exciting-future-lies-far-beyond-europe-article-by-liz-truss) Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia, calling for the U.K.’s relationships with these countries to be “turbo-charged.” In July, ASEAN and the U.K. [membership](https://www.ft.com/content/e667e5cf-cea7-4a1a-a4b1-f009a93190f9) in the CPTPP – for quick political capital back home. These factors will likely divert the Truss ministry’s attention away from considered and productive foreign policymaking, instead leading to a preference for quick wins in the region that can be held up as easy, vote-winning successes. [Dialogue Partnership](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asean-uk-dialogue-partnership-plan-of-action-2022-to-2026#:~:text=It%20is%20a%20group%20of,has%20included%20in%2025%20years.) in order to ensure that sufficient governmental capacity is allocated toward building strong engagement with an organization as complex and pluralistic as ASEAN. efforts to balance China in the Indo-Pacific, with a greater focus on strategic competition in the region over the cooling of tensions. An increasing focus on domestic issues should be expected as Truss tries to broaden her appeal beyond her own party, as well as resuscitate the Conservative Party’s moribund popularity. An emphasis on building more Anglophone coalitions like AUKUS, and efforts to strengthen regional groupings like the [Five Power Defense Arrangements](https://www.iiss.org/blogs/analysis/2020/12/five-power-defence-arrangements), should also be expected. It is one thing to make bold promises on China and the Indo-Pacific during a leadership contest, but another thing entirely to actually deliver on them once in power. and China [sanctioned](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/26/china-sanctions-uk-businesses-mps-and-lawyers-in-xinjiang-row) one another’s officials. It should be expected that Truss’ positions on the Indo-Pacific and core foreign policy issues like China will sound different during her tenure as head of government, as the hard work of delivering on bold promises becomes a reality. as a real player in the region. a worthy partner in the Indo-Pacific.

Liz Truss has beat rival Rishi Sunak in the race to become the next leader of the Conservative party and will be sworn in as the UK's next prime minis...

"That shows not only that she's out of touch, but she's not on the side of working people. There's a political consensus that needs to happen. Following the announcement of her victory, Truss said: "It's an honour to be elected as leader of the Conservative and Unionist Party. I’ve spent the summer arguing that and so has Rishi Sunak.” Sticking plasters and kicking the can down the road will not do,” she said. The turnout was 83 per cent.

Britain's Conservative Party has chosen Foreign Secretary Liz Truss as the party's new leader, putting her in line to be confirmed as prime minister.

on the international stage in the face of “I think she’s going to find it very difficult to disentangle herself from the whole Johnson shadow.” Truss has won the support of many Conservatives with her zeal in rolling back state intervention and slashing taxes. She takes that very seriously,” said Steven Fielding, a professor of political history at Nottingham University. “I know that’s why people voted for us in such numbers in 2019 and as your party leader I intend to deliver what we promised those voters right across our great country.” “I will deliver a bold plan to cut taxes and grow our economy.

The new PM has not set out plans for reducing energy waste; instead she has talked of more oil and gas.

“There’s no mandate and no public support to roll back on these commitments. Many green campaigners remember Truss as secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs from 2014 to 2016. She must also rule out fracking, new coalmines and more North Sea oil and gas extraction.” “None of these can be solved by pandering to those in her party who are advocating environmental deregulation and new gas, oil and coal extraction. He called for measures that would reduce energy waste and cut people’s energy bills in the short term, such as home insulation. She has not yet set out plans for insulating homes, which experts have said must form the key part of any strategy to reduce energy bills, and is

But there are political opportunities if she can get her response to the energy crisis right.

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