UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has been announced as the next Conservative leader and the country’s Prime Minister.
Truss secured over 80,000 votes while her rival, former Finance Minister, Rishi Sunak, secured just over 60,000.
The announcement was made by Chairman of the Committee of Conservative backbench MPs, Sir Graham Brady.
Sir Graham Brady.
Ms. Truss takes over from former Prime Minister Boris Johnson who resigned in mid July after a string of scandals.
She will travel to Balmoral Castle in Scotland tomorrow to be appointed by the Queen, rather than at Buckingham Palace.
