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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…

Since Britain's first prime minister took office in 1721, a total of 55 people have held the job. They've come from a variety of backgrounds and political persuasions, but they've all had at least one thing in common: They were white.

Teachers at Tory leadership contender’s alma mater say they have no recollection of the man who would be prime minister

Rishi Sunak's wife Akshata Murty owns an estimated £690 million stake in her father’s firm Infosys - which last year signed a lucrative pact with money-spinning oil giant Shell

HMRC says drop for 2020-21 financial year coincided with ‘substantial reduction in international aviation’

The status has remained popular among the wealthiest people living in the UK, the data from HMRC suggest

The Prime Minster owns a string of luxury properties from a Pacific-facing penthouse in Santa Monica, to a rambling Georgian manor in North Yorkshire, and that now infamous “first flat”

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are fighting it out to become the next Prime Minister in a six-week challenge to secure the backing of the Conservative party membership

Rishi Sunak was seen as Boris Johnson’s natural heir, until he turned on the prime minister who put him in charge of Britain’s economy. The former Treasury chief, who quit earlier this month after questioning Johnson’s competence and ethics, is one of the two final contenders to replace Johnson as…