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Liz Truss
Who is Liz Truss?
Mary Elizabeth Truss, also called Liz Truss, is a British politician who has replaced Boris Johnson as the prime minister of the United Kingdom. Truss is the third woman to be elected as the prime minister for the UK, after Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May. She has been serving as the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs since 2021 and became the leader of the governing Conservative Party.
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Latest Updates on Liz Truss
Rishi Sunak's current polling worse than Truss with key UK voters
Just 59% of voters who backed the Conservatives under Boris Johnson at the 2019 election are sticking with the party under Sunak, the report found
 "Rishi Sunak's current polling worse than Truss with key UK voters")
UK PM Rishi Sunak takes nuanced approach to China threat in defence plan
It's a regime that is increasingly authoritarian at home and assertive abroad and has a desire to reshape the world order," Sunak told reporters on his way to the US Sunday
 "UK PM Rishi Sunak takes nuanced approach to China threat in defence plan")
Need to relook at UNSC, support greater role for India: Liz Truss
Truss also there was a need to fast-track Ukraine's NATO membership
 "Need to relook at UNSC, support greater role for India: Liz Truss")
UK ex-PM Truss attempts dramatic political comeback with swipe at Sunak
Britain's former prime minister Liz Truss, who has the ignominy of being the country's shortest serving in the top job at just 49 days, made a dramatic attempt at a comeback to frontline politics
 "UK ex-PM Truss attempts dramatic political comeback with swipe at Sunak")
Britain only major industrialised country to see its economy shrink in 2023
Britain is expected to be the only major industrialised country to see its economy shrink this year after the impact of Liz Truss' brief premiership prompted a sharp growth downgrade from IMF
 "Britain only major industrialised country to see its economy shrink in 2023")
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak much more liked than UK governing party: Poll
Nearly half (47 per cent) say they like Rishi Sunak, against two in five (41 per cent) who dislike him. This makes Sunak more liked than Boris Johnson earlier this year
 "Prime Minister Rishi Sunak much more liked than UK governing party: Poll")
Britain and Rishi Sunak
The new PM faces unenviable challenges ahead, but he is a testament to the progress Britain has made towards becoming a multi-racial society
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Rishi Sunak offers UK's allies cause for hope but Tory dangers linger
It's an approach that ought to suit Sunak, Britain's youngest prime minister in more than two centuries, who came to politics via a career in finance and an MBA from Standford in California
 "Rishi Sunak offers UK's allies cause for hope but Tory dangers linger")
Bank of England makes biggest rate hike in 30 years to beat inflation
The rate increase will likely be the Bank of England's eighth in a row and biggest since 1992
 "Bank of England makes biggest rate hike in 30 years to beat inflation")
'Inevitable' Britons will pay more tax for stability, say Sunak, Hunt
"They agreed on the principle that those with the broadest shoulders should be asked to bear the greatest burden," the Treasury said
 "'Inevitable' Britons will pay more tax for stability, say Sunak, Hunt")
Rishi Sunak's real challenge as PM is not economic or political but social
Sunak has to govern a fractious and self-indulgent mob, which has resulted from a near-total breakdown of authority of all sorts
 "Rishi Sunak's real challenge as PM is not economic or political but social")
Outgoing UK PM Truss says her govt acted 'urgently and decisively' to help
Britain's outgoing Prime Minister Liz Truss said that her govt had acted "urgently and decisively" to help hard-working families and provided assistance to thousands of businesses to avoid bankruptcy
Sunak's prize for predicting Truss chaos: He gets to clean up the mess
Just seven weeks after Truss traveled to meet Queen Elizabeth II to become premier, Sunak will meet King Charles III on Tuesday to formally replace her
 "Sunak's prize for predicting Truss chaos: He gets to clean up the mess")
Rishi Sunak to become the next UK PM: Let's understand his India connection
With Boris Johnson's party gate scandal and Liz Truss's tax cuts debacle, Sunak is the third prime minister in the last seven months
 "Rishi Sunak to become the next UK PM: Let's understand his India connection")
Indian-origin Rishi Sunak to become Britain's next prime minister
Sunak will replace Liz Truss, who served as Britain's shortest-serving prime minister
 "Indian-origin Rishi Sunak to become Britain's next prime minister")
Turmoil in Britain: Its political crisis is a self-inflicted wound
Govts should respect fiscal constraints as once confidence is lost in a country's institutions and political maturity, it cannot be easily regained
Explained: Five reasons of Liz Truss's downfall as UK prime minister
Truss began as prime minister in September, proposing a radical agenda that she claimed was designed to kick start economic growth
 "Explained: Five reasons of Liz Truss's downfall as UK prime minister")
Former PM Boris Johnson returns to UK to launch leadership bid: Report
Merely three months after he was ousted from power, former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson landed in Britain on Saturday from a Caribbean holiday to launch a formal bid for the leadership
 "Former PM Boris Johnson returns to UK to launch leadership bid: Report")
Why the British public is not choosing its new leader to replace Truss
Observers of Britain's governing structure can be forgiven for scratching their heads in recent weeks as they watch the country reel through a succession of prime ministers without holding an election
 "Why the British public is not choosing its new leader to replace Truss")
Sunak has hit 100 MPs mark for UK PM race to replace Liz, supporters say
Rishi Sunak's supporters claimed on Saturday that the Indian-origin former chancellor has hit the threshold of 100 members of Parliament required to make it to the shortlist for the race
