Liz Truss has defeated Rishi Sunak to be the new Prime Minister of Britain. She beat her rival, former finance minister Rishi Sunak, by 81,326 votes to 60,399, after a summer-long internal contest sparked by Boris Johnson's resignation in July.
Liz Truss becomes Britain s next PM. But the leadership comes in no roses, there is a crown of thorns awaiting her as the UK reels under a cost-of-living crisis and is amid its worst inflation.