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Truss, who currently serves as foreign minister, will be the U.K.'s new prime minister, after the Conservative Party named her as its next leader on Monday, ...

And even though Sunak has promised to support a new government even if he is not leader, political analysts have said it will be difficult for Truss to unify her divided Conservatives, who still enjoy a sizable majority in the country's parliament — thanks, ironically, to Johnson's huge success as a campaigner during the last national elections. "And we will deliver a great victory for the Conservative Party in 2024" — when the next national elections are slated to be held. Truss secured more than 81,000 of those votes, the lowest proportion of any leader in recent history. [Boris Johnson](https://www.npr.org/1110061446), who was laid low by a succession of scandals that crescendoed in the first half of this year. Truss will become the country's fourth leader in a politically turbulent six-year period. She will be formally appointed as the next prime minister by Queen Elizabeth, likely on Tuesday afternoon.

Foreign secretary comfortably beats rival Rishi Sunak and faces daunting task of rescuing British economy.

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Truss set out a series of proposals during Tory leadership contest, but what can and will she deliver in office?

But with so many other crises to face, and the leadership contest over, Truss might decide a potential trade war is not what she needs as well. While removing the UK entirely from its oversight would be complex and tricky, she is likely to push ahead with plans for a so-called UK bill of rights, with fewer protections for asylum seekers and others. However, if as tipped she appoints Suella Braverman as home secretary and Kemi Badenoch to education, the temperature could rise considerably. Truss has said she will level up “in a Conservative way”, seen as a focus more on deregulation and tax cuts. One option could be to expand a windfall tax on energy firms, but Truss has said she dislikes this. But during a long leadership campaign the new PM has set out a series of proposals and plans for government:

For decades our country has lived in peace and security under the protective shield of our independent nuclear deterrent. But we should always remember that we ...

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We're keen to hear what people in the UK think of Liz Truss having won the Tory leadership contest.

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The maximum term of a UK Parliament is five years from the day on which it first met. Given that the current Parliament first met on Tuesday 17 December 2019 ...

[Mr Johnson will travel to Balmoral](https://inews.co.uk/news/the-queen-how-is-elizabeth-ii-health-issues-past-year-explained-engagements-missed-1825467?ico=in-line_link) with [the winner on Tuesday 6 September](https://inews.co.uk/opinion/balmoral-good-reminder-new-prime-minister-who-serve-1829343?ico=in-line_link), where he will officially tender his resignation to the Queen. “After the outgoing prime minister has left, the incoming prime minister arrives and is formally asked by the Queen to form a government. After their appointment, the new prime minister heads straight to 10 Downing Street. [Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is the strong favourite](https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/polling-suggests-rishi-sunak-closer-liz-truss-tory-leader-1794652?ico=in-line_link) to win the job, after maintaining a [comfortable poll lead over Rishi Sunak](https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/blue-wall-tories-winning-back-liberal-voters-key-to-keeping-seats-pm-truss-scupper-1793917?ico=in-line_link) for the majority of the contest. These are residual powers remaining with the sovereign that have not been placed elsewhere. They have a short audience with the Queen. The pollsters are equally convinced of a Truss victory. [She appears to have won the support of the Boris Johnson loyalists](https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/liz-truss-rishi-sunak-tax-cuts-prada-shoes-1830815?ico=in-line_link) and has promised tax cuts, [though is yet to unveil](https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/liz-truss-economy-policies-difficult-decisions-tax-spending-cuts-1832571?ico=in-line_link) a detailed [plan for tackling the cost of living crisis](https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/liz-truss-wrath-voters-polling-shows-heating-off-even-cold-1831024?ico=in-line_link). The last two parliaments did not run for a full term. Mr Sunak, meanwhile, is sitting at around 33/1. Since 1935 elections have typically been held on a Thursday, though this is not a hard and fast rule. According to