Liz Truss Fact File

WHO IS LIZ TRUSS?

After a two-month contest, Conservative Party members have chosen Liz Truss as their new leader beating Rishi Sunak by 21,000 votes. As leader of the party, she automatically became Prime Minister. Truss has become the Conservatives ’ fourth leader and Prime Minister in just over six years. She is the third female Prime Minister and became Queen Elizabeth’ s fifteenth Prime Minsiter. Kiri Marshall

Truss was first elected into Parliament in 2010 and quickly joined Cameron ’ s cabinet four years later. As a new Prime Minister she faces a number of daunting challenges: inflation and the cost of living, and overseas challenges such as dealing with Putin's war on Ukraine and UK tensions with the European Union.

Truss is seen as a libertarian and loves low taxes and small states. During the campaign process, Truss promised to slash taxes and scrap outdated EU laws still on the British statute book. She also hopes to tackle “ woke ” culture in the UK civil service.

Truss has been criticised for her social skills and public speaking. This became particularly pertinent during the election process when Truss took part in debates. She has been referred to as a Margaret Thatcher clone which she denies, even when taking part in the tank photo!