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Liz Truss is the UK's next prime minister, succeeding Boris Johnson after his departure amid scandalTruss beat Rishi Sunak to win leadership of the Conservative Party and therefore the government. Johnson and Truss are scheduled to meet the Queen in Scotland on Tuesday to formally hand over. Graham Brady, chairman of the party's backbench 1922 committee, named Truss the winner at an event in Westminster, central London, on Monday. Truss is due to follow Johnson to Scotland on Tuesday , where she will become prime minister in a meeting with the Queen, when the monarch formally asks her to form and lead a government. Truss is due to give her first speech as prime minister on Tuesday afternoon, and is then expected to begin putting her Cabinet together.
Liz Truss has been named the new prime minister of the UK in the wake of Boris Johnson quitting. The victory also makes her the new prime minister, due to take over Tuesday. An ally of Johnson, Truss has often been described as the continuity candidate — but who is she, and what can we expect from her premiership? While Truss has been named as the Conservative Party leader, she must wait another day before officially becoming prime minister. Truss is set to become prime minister Tuesday after traveling to meet the Queen at Balmoral in Scotland.
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