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Liz Truss to replace ousted Boris Johnson as PM

09:05 am on 6 September 2022

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The UK has a new prime minister; Foreign Secretary Liz Truss. She has been selected by the Conservative Party membership, and she will formally take the role in a ceremony at the Queen's Balmoral Estate in Scotland tomorrow.

Liz Truss speaks after winning the Tory leadership contest to become Britain's next prime minister. Photo: AFP

Truss prevailed over former Treasurer Rishi Sunak, in a vote of the party's 180,000 paid-up membership.

She received over 81,000 votes, against Sunak's more than 60,000, after a two-month campaign following Boris Johnson's resignation announcement in July.

Kathryn speaks with Matt Dathan, Home Affairs Editor at The Times.