Liz Truss beats Rishi Sunak to be named as next UK prime minister

Liz Truss wins the Tory leadership battle to become the next UK prime minister.
Liz Truss will replace Boris Johnson as prime minister after defeating Rishi Sunak in the Conservative Party leadership race.
Sir Graham Brady, the 1922 Committee chair, announced on Monday that Ms Truss won with 81,326 votes to Mr Sunak's 60,399, following a bruising six-week contest marked by blue-on-blue attacks and dire warnings over her economic plans in the face of the cost of living crisis.
After being handed the keys to No 10 at Balmoral on Tuesday, Ms Truss "will face one of the most difficult inheritances of any prime minister" in the past 50 years, warned former No 10 chief of staff Gavin Barwell.