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UK: Liz Truss elected new prime minister and wants to cut taxes

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Liz truss beam He He will be chosen as the leader of the Conservative Party and will become the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. With this, Truss will replace Boris Johnson, who resigned in early July.

The post has been discussed in recent tensions between current foreign minister Truss and former finance minister Rishi Sunak. Voting was held among 170,000 Conservative Party members across the UK, and the result was announced today.

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Liz Truss received 81,326 votes and Altar received 60,399 votes.

Truss, Queen II. He is only expected to formally take over as prime minister tomorrow, after traveling to Balmoral, Scotland, to meet with Elizabeth and formally handing over the mandate with Boris Johnson.

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The real challenge, then, will be to face the 10% economic crisis that has hit the UK, with inflation unprecedented in the last 40 years.

Liz Truss thanks Boris Johnson and says she will face rising cost of living. In his speech, the new leader of the Conservative Party thanked his predecessor for succeeding in completing Brexit, the UK’s exit from the European Union, leading the British through the covid-19 pandemic, and “standing against Vladimir Putin”. – The Prime Minister has emerged as a strong critic of the Russian president regarding the war in Ukraine.

The future prime minister also pledged to tackle the energy crisis caused by both rising prices and winter supply insecurity, as there is a decline in natural gas from Russia.

Liz Truss also praised the Conservatives, promised results that would vote for the party in the 2023 parliamentary election, and snarled at Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Former prime ministers shake hands with Liz Truss. On social media, former residents of Truss’s position congratulated him on his victory.

Congratulations, Liz Truss. We Conservatives must now work together to overcome the challenges facing our country. Dealing with the cost of living, delivering it to those in need, and managing public finances responsibly. I hope to support the government in this task. Theresa May, former prime minister

Congratulations to the new Prime Minister, Liz Truss. In this time of global challenge and uncertainty, I wish the new government good luck. I will never forget the support I received from all former Conservative leaders when I won the vote in 2005, and I hope all Conservatives will rally around the new prime minister. David Cameron, Former Prime Minister

Boris Johnson faced scandals until he left his post. In that case The British Prime Minister has announced that he is stepping down after an intense crisis that caused more than 50 members of the government – ministers, secretaries and deputies – to leave their posts over alleged “lack of confidence” in his administration.

The crisis was triggered by Boris admitting he had made a “mistake” in appointing Chris Pincher to an important parliamentary post. The conservative politician was accused of sexual harassment and resigned after admitting to harassing two men, including a MP, while drunk at a private club in central London.

Boris even survived the no-confidence vote put forward by the party in June as a result of the so-called “party gate” process for parties held in Downing Street, the center of British power, during the national lockdown, which created a scandal in the United Kingdom. by covid-19. . So Boris Johnson was immune to a no-confidence vote for another year. However, this assurance was not enough and the scandal involving Pincher caused the prime minister to resign.

* With information from AFP and Reuters

05/09/2022 08:38updated on 05/09/2022 09:09

source: Noticias

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