Liz Truss will be the next Prime Minister of the U.K.
She defeated Rishi Sunak after receiving 81,326 votes or 57.1% of the vote) against 60,399 or 42.4% of the vote by her rival
The turnout was 82.6% of members, with 142,379 votes cast
In her victory speech she said that as prime minister she will “govern as a Conservative”.
“My friends, we need to show that we will deliver over the next two years. I will deliver a bold plan to cut taxes and grow our economy.” adding
“I will deliver on the energy crisis, dealing with people’s energy bills but also dealing with the long term issues we have on energy supply.”
She also praised her predecessor who had “got Brexit done, you crushed Jeremy Corbyn, you rolled out the vaccine and you stood up to Valdimir Putin”.
“You are admired from Kyiv to Carlisle,” she said.
Defeated Tory leadership contender Rishi Sunak said: “It’s right we now unite behind the new PM, Liz Truss, as she steers the country through difficult times.”
Greater Manchester MP and Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner
Labour’s Angela Rayner has said that Liz Truss “offers more of the same old failed Tory ideas that got us in this mess”
Rayner said that “all Britain has to show for the last 12 years of Tory government is low wages, high prices, and a Tory cost-of-living crisis”.
“During this leadership campaign, she had more to say about cutting tax for huge corporations than what she is going to do about the cost-of-living crisis affecting every household,” she added.
“She must now stop delaying and get on the side of working people, back Labour’s plan to ensure no one would pay a penny more on their energy bill this winter, and fully fund it with a windfall tax on oil and gas companies.”
