- Liz Truss has been elected as the new leader of the Conservative Party and will become Britain’s new prime minister, party officials announced on Monday.
- Thanks to global gas price volatility triggered in part by the war in Ukraine, the average UK household energy bill is jumping to more than 3,500 pounds ($4,000; €4,041) a year.
- The new prime minister will also have to steer the UK on the international stage with Russia’s war in Ukraine, an increasingly assertive China, and ongoing tensions with the European Union over the aftermath of Brexit topping that agenda.
Liz Truss to be next British prime minister 05.09.2022
