Liz Truss to be next UK PM after winning party vote
The foreign secretary beat her rival, former finance minister Rishi Sunak, by 81,326 votes to 60,399
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2022-09-05 12:01 GMT
LONDON: Liz Truss was on Monday announced as the UK's next prime minister, after winning an internal leadership contest of the ruling Conservative party.
The foreign secretary beat her rival, former finance minister Rishi Sunak, by 81,326 votes to 60,399, after a summer-long internal contest sparked by Boris Johnson's resignation in July.