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
think that is raising some concern within certain parts of the conservative party. speaking to tory mps, a lot of them are urging unity, they are urging her to bring different parts of the party around the cabinet table to show that she wants to govern for the whole party. interesting when you look at the results from yesterday. yes it was a comfortable victory for liz truss, but the percentage she got the conservative membership vote was the lowest percentage since 2001, when tory members were given the final say. speaking to some conservative mps, i think they are slightly worried that liz truss might repeat what they see as the mistake boris johnson made, where he put people around the cabinet table who largely agreed with him. not very many people challenging him in tablet until the very end. some are concerned that that might mean challenging him in cabinet. so liz truss has a cabinet might that
action minister, but what we want to see is action to minister, but what we want to see is action to support the people of this country labour will get the first opportunity to question the new prime minister liz truss at prime minister s questions tomorrow lunchtime. 0ur chief political correspondent nick eardley is here with me. emergent unity and borisjohnson urged the conservative party to get behind liz truss. let s have a look at the appointment she will make to at the appointment she will make to a cabinet. what will that tell us about liz truss and her plans? we know a about liz truss and her plans? - know a few of the names at the top of the cabinet, kwasi kwarteng moving into number 11, suella braverman will be the home secretary, james cleverley will be the new foreign secretary. but looking at a lot of the names on the other cabinetjobs, a lot of them are liz truss loyalist, people who have backed liz truss over the past few weeks throughout the contest. i