United Kingdom: Liz Truss Elected Leader Of Conservative Party

U.K. foreign Secretary, Liz Truss, has been elected leader of the Conservative Party and would become the next British prime minister, after a closely contested race with the former UK Chancellor, Rishi Sunak.

This was announced by the returning officer of the 1922 committee of conservative backbench MPs., Graham Brady, making Truss the conservatives’ fourth prime minister since a 2015 election and also UK’s third female prime ministers like Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May.

She has promised to slash taxes, prioritize economic growth and come up with a plan to tackle the rising energy bills and secure future fuel supplies.