where her majesty will invite her to form a government. liz truss will be the 56th prime minister of the united kingdom the third female occupant of number ten. she has promised to tackle the energy bill crisis in her first few days in office. her plan to be revealed on thursday is likely to include a freeze in bills. canadian police say one of the two men charged in connection with ten fatal stabbings has been found dead. the other is still on the run. good morning from downing street where later today, liz truss will enter the famous door at number ten as the country s new prime minister, following her election yesterday as leader of the conservative party. the man she ll take over from, borisjohnson, is now on his way to balmoral to meet the queen and formally resign from office. earlier this morning, here in downing street, he delivered a farewell speech extolling his own record as prime minister and calling on the conservative party to get behind his successor. l
A word on the queen first of all. extraordinary, isn t it, to think this will be the 15th prime minister of her reign, but also a real break with tradition here because normally, she speaks to the outgoing prime minister and reach the incoming prime minister at buckingham palace.- incoming prime minister at buckingham palace. yes, indeed. normall , buckingham palace. yes, indeed. normally. all buckingham palace. yes, indeed. normally, all of buckingham palace. yes, indeed. normally, all of this buckingham palace. yes, indeed. normally, all of this would - buckingham palace. yes, indeed. | normally, all of this would happen at buckingham palace. that is where she has appointed all of her previous prime ministers. liz truss, as you say, will become the 15th of the 70 years of her reign and the reason we know that it is happening at balmoral is because of her mobility issues. those same issues which prevented herfrom attending some of the events during the jubilee weekend and it was f
Borisjohnson, still officially prime minister, delivering his farewell speech at half past seven this morning. so what happens next? borisjohnson is currently on his way to balmoral where he ll meet the queen and formally resign as prime minister. liz truss will then make her way there too, and the queen will then ask her to form a government. after that, she ll return to downing street, and is expected to deliver her first speech as pm this afternoon. she is then expected to start appointing her cabinet, ahead of her first prime minister s questions in the house of commons tomorrow. we can see pictures of liz truss s convoy arriving at raf northolt. borisjohnson convoy arriving at raf northolt. boris johnson left and they are to borisjohnson left and they are to go to balmoral in scotland. and liz truss shortly about to do the same.
As leader of the conservative party. the man she ll take over from, borisjohnson, is now on his way to balmoral to meet the queen and formally resign from office. earlier this morning, here in downing street, he delivered a farewell speech extolling his own record as prime minister and calling on the conservative party to get behind his successor. let s hear what he had to say. cheering and applause. thank you. well. well, this is. this is it, folks. thank you, everybody, for coming out so early this morning. in only a couple of hours i will be in balmoral to see her majesty the queen, and the torch will finally be passed to a new conservative leader the baton will be handed over in what has unexpectedly turned out to be a relay race. they changed the rules halfway through, but never mind that now. and through that lacquered
Supporting ukraine, saying that president putin s blackmail would not succeed, perhaps talking about energy and gas. and president zelensky last night in his address devoted a great part of his nightly address to talk about the change in leadership. and he referred to boris johnson as being a friend. 0bviously, borisjohnson came here three times since the beginning of the war. ten days ago he was here on the war. ten days ago he was here on the defenders they alongside president zelensky again urging european countries to endure this cost of living crisis, to defeat russia in this country. and president zelensky also talked about liz truss and said ukrainians know liz truss very well, she has always been on the bright side of european politics, in the words of the president, and he said he