Liz Truss becomes new UK PM, defeating Rishi Sunak

Liz Truss has become the Conservatives' fourth prime minister since a 2015 election.

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Liz Truss was named as the UK's next prime minister today, winning an internal leadership contest of the ruling Conservative party.

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She beat her rival, former finance minister Rishi Sunak, by 81,326 votes to 60,399.

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Over that period the country has been buffeted from crisis to crisis.

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The announcement triggers the start of a handover from Boris Johnson, who was forced to announce his resignation in July.

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