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Downing Street’s new First Family - From Liz Truss’s daughters to the husband who prefers a low-profile

Liz Truss’ accountant husband and their teenage daughters are set to move into Number 10 (or 11) this week. From pizza nights to sleepovers with friends, Katie Strick on what life will look like inside the home of Britain’s new PM

Evening Standard

Trussonomics will be a reckless exercise in slashing the state when there’s nothing left to cut

Thatcherism was disastrous 40 years ago, but the new prime minister seems intent on reviving it to meet the crises of 2022, says sociologist and political economist William Davies

The Guardian - UK

Truss named UK leader as embattled Tories urged to unite

London (AFP) - Britain's new Conservative leader Liz Truss Monday vowed "bold" action to fix the country's worst economic crisis in decades, as she was confirmed as Prime Minister Boris Johnson's successor after a gruelling party contest.

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Sculpture of Liz Truss with forehead which ‘stands out’ has people in hysterics

Wilfrid Wood, 53, made a plasticine sculpture of Ms Truss which took around a day to complete.

The Independent UK

Liz Truss to become UK’s third female prime minister

The new Tory leader will follow in the footsteps of her political idol Margaret Thatcher.

The Independent UK

Spare a thought for the Queen – at least we don’t have to welcome Liz Truss with a kiss

The monarch has been inviting prime ministers to form a government for 70 years. She must be thinking, ‘how did it come to this?’ writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

Britain's new PM, Truss won support with her tough image

If it's not the pictures of her standing atop a tank in a nod to Conservative leader Margaret Thatcher, it's the moment when she vented her anger over cheese imports into Britain that made Liz Truss something of a household name.

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Liz Truss named as UK's third woman prime minister

London (AFP) - Britain's new Conservative leader Liz Truss Monday vowed "bold" action to confront a biting economic crisis as she was confirmed as successor to Prime Minister Boris Johnson after a gruelling party contest.

AFP

Liz Truss: An heir to Thatcher intent on shaking up Britain

Britain's soon-to-be new leader Liz Truss is the child of left-wing parents who grew up to be an admirer of Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher

The Independent UK

Infographic: UK inflation under each prime minister

Liz Truss will assume the role of UK prime minister in a tough economic environment, with inflation at a 40-year high.

Al Jazeera

New PM: How Johnson loyalist Liz Truss bagged the top job in British politics

She is only the third woman in history to become British prime minister, following in the footsteps of her Conservative predecessors Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May. Who is 47-year-old Liz Truss and how did she manage to overtake her rival Rishi Sunak in the race to succeed Boris Johnson? FRANCE…

France 24

Liz Truss finishes extraordinary political transformation to become next Tory PM

Having opposed Brexit in the 2016 referendum, and even advocated anti-monarchist views as a Liberal Democrat, Liz Truss is now Conservative leader.

The Independent UK

Liz Truss will be fourth UK prime minister in six years

Turnover of prime ministers has sped up in recent decades.

The Independent UK

Liz Truss named next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Truss has been named the new leader of the Conservative Party

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The Independent UK

Where does Boris Johnson stand in the pantheon of modern British prime ministers?

He’s clearly not in the Churchill or Thatcher first class, and his personal flaws and precipitate fall from power means he’s demoted below the likes of Blair and Wilson in the second division. However, Brexit and his election success put him above May and Cameron, writes Sean O’Grady

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson scolded by staff for 'sharing Queen's brutally honest comment from meeting'

The Queen will meet her 15th Prime Minister this week as Boris Johnson says goodbye to Number 10 - and aides will be hoping Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak's first meeting goes more smoothly than the outgoing leader's

Al Jazeera

UK to learn who will succeed Boris Johnson as PM

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss or former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak will be announced the new leader of the United Kingdom.

AFP

Conservatives to reveal UK's new prime minister -- Truss or Sunak

London (AFP) - The next British prime minister will be announced Monday with Liz Truss the favourite to succeed Boris Johnson and take charge as the nation battles a spiralling cost-of-living crisis.

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The Independent UK

Liz Truss: Who will be in Tory frontrunner’s cabinet as she prepares to replace Boris Johnson?

Firm favourite to become PM has been busy drawing up her top team ahead of expected coronation

Daily Record

Liz Truss as Prime Minister will be the wrong right turn for Britain

Record View writes Scots must brace themselves today for the most avowedly right-wing prime minister since Margaret Thatcher.

AFP

UK to learn name of new prime minister after long vote

London (AFP) - The UK will learn Monday who will be its next prime minister, with Liz Truss the favourite to succeed Boris Johnson and take charge as the country battles a spiralling cost-of-living crisis.

The Guardian - UK

The most controversial PM since Lloyd George: historians on Boris Johnson

In the pantheon of UK premiers, Johnson must claim his place as among the most scandalous, say experts

Daily Mirror

Jaime Winstone 'honoured' to reprise role as Peggy Mitchell in special EastEnders episode

Jaime Winstone will step into the late Dame Barbara Windsor's shoes once more to play Peggy Mitchell in a special flashback episode of EastEnders next week

The Independent UK

Where does Boris Johnson stand in the pantheon of modern British prime ministers?

The Guardian - UK

Direct action is stirring the popular imagination. It might also reshape leftwing politics

Surging support for Enough is Enough, Don’t Pay and others could force Labour to harden its stance

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