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With economy in trouble, UK gets ‘disruptor in chief’ as leader

LONDON — Liz Truss is happy to make enemies. The U.K.’s next prime minister has likened bureaucrats to “gremlins,” insulted domestic and foreign leaders, and said British workers need more graft.

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Enter Liz Truss: Can new Conservative leader steer Britain through crisis?

She won over the Conservative Party faithful. Now can she win over the UK? Our panel discusses the challenges ahead for prime minister-in-waiting Liz Truss. The one-time Remainer played the hardline Brexiteer in a sometimes bitter Tory leadership campaign, often courting comparisons with Britain's first female PM, Margaret Thatcher.

France 24

Boris Johnson is expected to claim office costs as he leaves No 10

BORIS Johnson will be able to claim up to £115,000 a year to run his office when he finally steps down as Prime Minister on Tuesday.

The National (Scotland)

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How Liz Truss, Britain's next prime minister, went from anti-monarchist rebel to the next Margaret Thatcher

Liz Truss has been sworn in as the 56th prime minister of the United Kingdom. But her early days on the path to Number 10 were far from Conservative.

ABC News

‘I have gone right off them’: can Truss keep the Tories’ fragile coalition together?

Cost of living crisis poses a threat to seats the Conservatives won from Labour in 2019

The Guardian - UK

7 worrying things you need to know about Liz Truss now she's Prime Minister

The teenage Lib Dem turned Thatcher wannabe was crowned Boris Johnson's successor with 57% of the vote - and becomes your new Prime Minister

Daily Mirror

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

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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

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.

Reuters

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.

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France 24

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…

The Independent UK

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.

Wales Online

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.

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.

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

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