New Delhi: The Prime Minister of Britain has been announced. Liz Truss will be the new Prime Minister of Britain. Liz Truss defeated Indian-origin MP Rishi Sunak in a close contest for the post of Prime Minister. Liz Truss will be sworn in as prime minister on Tuesday. In this election, Lease Truss got 81,326 votes and Rishi Sunak got 60,399 votes.
Liz Truss will be Britain’s third female prime minister after Theresa May and Margaret Thatcher. It is to be known that the voting for the last phase of Britain’s PM election ended on Friday. In the pre-poll survey that came even before the election results, Liz Truss was told ahead of Rishi Sunak.
After winning the Prime Minister’s election, Liz Truss said that I will present a bold plan. She claimed that she would give a better plan to cut taxes and strengthen the British economy. She also said that she would work on the energy crisis and the NHS. “We will all work for our country and I will make sure that we use all the wonderful talents of our Conservative Party and we will achieve a big victory for the Conservative Party in 2024,” said Lies Truss.
Boris Johnson resigned
It is noteworthy that, former PM Boris Johnson had announced to leave the post of PM after several scandals and resignations of ministers in his government. After which, in July, the election of the new Prime Minister of Britain began. Britain has got a new Prime Minister today, almost two months after Boris Johnson resigned from the post of PM.
Will support the government
On Sunday, ahead of the election results, Indian-origin Rishi Sunak had said he would support the next government if he lost in the race for the leadership of the Conservative Party. In his meeting with the BBC before the results were announced, Sunak said he plans to remain a member of parliament if he loses to Foreign Minister Liz Truss.
In the meeting, when asked about his future plans, he said, “I look forward to supporting the Conservative government in every way possible”. When later would again consider taking the field for the top position of 10 Downing Street for a second time, he said, “We’ve just finished this campaign and I need to get over it.”
Here is Truss’s victory in numbers
- The number of total votes polled – 172437
- Voter turnout – 82.6%
- Number of votes for Liz Truss – 81,326
- Number of votes for Rishi Sunak – 60,399
- Number of votes cancelled – 654
- Percentage of votes in Truss’s favour – 57.4%
Liz Truss is the UK’s 56th prime minister and the third female prime minister to lead the country. The previous female prime ministers – Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May – were also from the Conservative Party.
Outgoing prime minister Boris Johnson congratulated Liz Truss and said it is the right time for everyone in the Conservative Party to rally around their new leader. “I know she has the right plan to tackle the cost of living crisis, unite our party and continue the great work of uniting and levelling up our country. Now is the time for all Conservatives to get behind her 100%,” Johnson said in a tweet.
Truss will now face the task of reshaping the economy, arresting surging inflation and tackling the energy crisis that is affecting the entire European continent. She will also now spend the rest of the day planning who will get the top cabinet posts.
Boris Johnson will tender his resignation to Queen Elizabeth II at her Scottish retreat. Liz Truss will also head to the Balmorals for her first meeting with the Queen as the prime minister.
She will also address the UK citizens on Tuesday and assume her new role after being sworn in on Wednesday.
Truss will face the task of reversing the National Insurance rise, scrapping EU laws by 2023 and helping first-time homebuyers. “What I want to reassure people is I will act, if elected as prime minister, within one week,” Truss said a day before being elected as prime minister.
There is another daunting task that she faces – uniting the Tories ahead of the general elections.
She won the backing of Conservative Party members riding on a wave of low taxes while not cutting down on public spending.
The issue of the energy crisis that the UK may face also will bother the prime minister but Truss is planning to introduce a measure considering freezing energy bills for millions of people in the UK. She is also planning to introduce new income tax cuts to help households face the cost-of-living crisis.
What remains unclear is how the UK government will pay for the energy bill freeze if such a plan is passed. According to The Times, several major energy companies have been made aware of the plan.
People familiar with the developments told The Times that the government spending for such a measure will be around £69bn. While speaking to the BBC she did not deny that the package could reach as high as £100bn. “I’m confident there will be a mechanism introduced that freezes bills,” a Team Truss member told the Telegraph, adding that the idea was discussed a lot over the past 15 days
