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We’re keen to hear what people in the UK think of Liz Truss having won the Tory leadership contest

The former Lib Dem will be named as the new UK prime minister after meeting the Queen

For his recent book on the role of the British prime minister, contemporary historian Anthony Seldon chose the title: The Impossible Office?

Prime ministers have taken very different approaches to blending home and work life at Downing Street

She’s a small-state ideologue, but all that matters is that she carries the UK through this economic crisis, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will travel to Scotland on Tuesday to be sworn in by the Queen as Britain's new prime minister after defeating Rishi Sunak in the Conservative leadership election.

Liz Truss is set to be confirmed as the new British prime minister after a lengthy and intense leadership contest against former chancellor Rishi Sunak. But the UK faces significant economic problems this autumn that might leave the new PM wishing she hadn’t fought so hard for the job.

The new Prime Minister has made much of the fact she attended primary school in Paisley before moving with her family to Leeds.

The United Kingdom now has its third ever female prime minister. Liz Truss was elected as leader by grassroots members of the Conservatives to lead the party – and hence the nation – on a platform that positioned her as the continuity candidate from Boris Johnson.