Liz Truss becomes new UK prime minister
(VOVWORLD) - Conservative Party leader Liz Truss is Britain's new leader after Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned. In a first speech, she presented a "bold plan" to introduce tax cuts, bolster the NHS, and face the energy crisis.
 Truss promised a "bold plan" as the UK faced "severe global headwinds" (source: dw.com) |
Liz Truss officially became the UK's new Prime Minister on Tuesday.
She traveled to meet Queen Elizabeth at the monarch's Scottish residence Balmoral before appointing a new cabinet.
Outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson had already handed over his resignation to the UK monarch.
In her first speech as leader outside 10 Downing Street, lasting less than 10 minutes, Truss outlined her top three priorities which include getting Britain working again by boosting the economy through tax cuts and reform, business-led growth, and investment.
She said she hoped to turn the country into an "aspiration nation."
She also said she would deal hands on with the energy crisis.
Her third priority, she said, was to deal with the nation's beleaguered healthcare system.