Liz Truss: Britain's new 'Iron Lady'?
Liz Truss: Britain's new 'Iron Lady'?

Liz Truss has won the race to be leader of Britain’s Conservative Party, beating Rishi Sunak to succeed Boris Johnson as UK Prime Minister.

Compared by supporters to Margaret Thatcher, the economic free-marketeer has moved rightwards over her political lifetime, and now promises that tax cuts will help the country face its economic challenges.