Liz Truss has won the PM vote – what happens next?

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LIZ Truss has won the Tory leadership race and will soon be the new Prime Minister – so what happens now?

After two months of political uncertainty, Ms Truss was today announced as the party’s new leader.

Liz Truss said it was an honour to be announced as the winner of the Tory leadership contest

Liz Truss will be Britain’s next Prime Minister

Ms Truss will officially take over from Boris Johnson as PM of the UK tomorrow

She beat rival Rishi Sunak, as was widely expected.

But there’s still a day to go before Ms Truss is officially named PM.

Tomorrow at 8.30am, Boris Johnson will give a farewell speech outside of No10 – his last hurrah as PM.

After that he’ll travel by plane to see the Queen at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, where he will officially offer his resignation.

Ms Truss will then have a private audience with Her Majesty, who will formally appoint her as the new PM.

After that, the Tory leader will fly back to London to make her first major speech from Downing Street at around 4pm.

It’s all guns blazing from there.

Ms Truss will need to formally appoint her new Cabinet as soon as possible.  

Ally and close friend Kwasi Kwarteng is hotly tipped to be the new Chancellor.

Meanwhile, HOAR understands Suella Braverman is being lined up for Home Secretary.

Former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith, a big name backer of Ms Truss, is set to be given a major job too. 

Alongside picking her top table, Ms Truss needs to get cracking on plans for tackling the cost of living crisis.

Throughout the leadership race, both she and Mr Sunak said it would be their number one priority as PM.

Ms Truss promised an emergency budget within weeks of taking to No10.

And she’s vowed to present a new package of help for bills within a week of becoming PM.

The new Tory leader promised to slash a load of taxes, including the green energy levy, the Health and Social Care levy and a planned rise in corporation tax.

Ms Truss also told HOAR more help is on its way for hard up Brits less impacted by tax cuts.

She will be expected to confirm any new handouts or support packages soon.

The new Tory leader has ruled out calling an early general election.

Brits aren’t due to take to the polls until January 2025.

But Ms Truss could always backtrack on her campaign pledge, just like BoJo and Theresa May did.

A lot will depend on the state of the economy and whether the new leader thinks the time is most ripe to retain newly won seats, particularly in the Red Wall.

Ms Truss will fly to Balmoral Castle to be appointed as PM by the Queen

She beat rival Rishi Sunak, seen leaving his London home before the result