Liz Truss, UK’s foreign secretary, has won the leadership race to become the next leader of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party and will consequently be confirmed as Prime Minister by Queen Elizabeth tomorrow in Balmoral.
Ms Truss defeated ex-finance minister Rishi Sunak to claim the seat after the crisis that saw Boris Johnson vacate the position a few months back.
She polled 81, 326 votes representing 57.4 per cent of the votes cast by Conservative Party members while Mr Sunak polled 60,399 representing 42.6 per cent of the votes cast.
Ms Truss will become the third female prime minister of the UK.
Boris Johnson will tomorrow tender his resignation to the Queen who will, after accepting, announce Ms Truss as the new prime minister.
After her confirmation, Ms Truss will appoint her cabinet members.
Source: Premium Times
