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GRINNING at the victorious Tory leadership candidate as Liz Truss learned of her imminent accession to No 10 was Hugh O’Leary, her husband, who…

New Tory leader Liz Truss, who succeeds Boris Johnson as Prime Minister today, will launch a policy blitz aimed at uniting her warring party and decisively dealing with the cost of living crisis.

Awkward Liz Truss has little of Boris Johnson’s charisma. Rather, she scaled the party’s ranks with what colleagues describe as nerve, drive and an appetite for disruptive politics.

Winning the support of Conservative activists today was the final move in an extraordinary series of political transformations throughout her life.

Political survivor Liz Truss has triumphed, but in Downing Street she will be confronted by multiple problems.

Truss has been named the new leader of the Conservative Party

Despite being something of an outsider, she had, until now, diligently backed the consensus within the party

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Norfolk neighbours describe Hugh O’Leary, who stood by his wife after revelations of her affair with Mark Field, as friendly and quiet

Liz Truss saw off Rishi Sunaks challenge with support from 81,326 party members, compared to Mr Sunaks 60,399.