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Liz Truss emerges as the victor in the Conservative Party leadership contest to succeed Boris Johnson as party leader and prime minister. The current foreign secretary surpasses former Chancellor Rishi Sunak in a ballot among Conservative members, securing victory with a margin of approximately 21,000 votes. Truss's triumph positions her as the chosen candidate to take over the leadership and steer the party's direction as well as assume the role of the United Kingdom's prime minister.
Monday, 5 September, 2022