Liz Truss elected as next British Prime Minister

Liz Truss has been elected as the new leader of the Conservative party, and the next British Prime Minister.

She beat Rishi Sunak by 81,326 to 60,399.

She will formally take over as prime minister on Tuesday.

Truss will inherit a cost-of-living crisis, the aftershocks of Brexit, a war in Europe and dropping support for the Conservatives in the opinion polls.

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