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Liz Truss elected as UK's 3rd woman PM, defeats Rishi Sunak by over 20,000 votes

Liz Truss will succeed ousted Boris Johnson as British Prime Minister. Liz Truss defeated her rival, former finance minister Rishi Sunak, who received 60,399 votes, to win the Tory leadership contest.

Liz Truss vs Rishi Sunak: UK PM results to be announced today; Know how, where to watch live

The new Prime Minister of Britain will be announced today, with the weeks-long race between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss coming to an end this evening. The Conservative Party announced on Friday that the results of the UK PM race will be announced on September 5 at 11:30 am GMT.

Liz Truss looks poised to win UK PM race; Here's everything you need to know about her

Going head-to-head in the race for Prime Minister are current Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and former Chancellor Rishi Sunak. Britain’s new Prime Minister will be announced in Westminster at 12.30pm on Monday, September 5, 2022. The winner of the vote should then become PM the next day on September 6.

Janmashtami 2022: UK PM candidate Rishi Sunak visits temple with wife Akshata Murty

British Prime Ministerial hopeful Rishi Sunak visited a temple on the occasion of Janmashtami, along with his wife Akshata Murthy. Krishna Janmashtami is a Hindu festival that celebrates the birth of Lord Krishna. Devotees dress up idols and visit temples to mark the occasion, a day of special reverence for Hindus.

'Back anyone but Rishi Sunak': Boris Johnson asks defeated rivals

Sunak, who won the first two rounds of voting by Tory MPs, will take part in a series of televised debates with his remaining opponents, Trade Minister Penny Mordaunt, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, former minister Kemi Badenoch, and Tory backbencher Tom Tugendhat, over the weekend.

With 88 votes, Rishi Sunak tops first round of voting to be next UK Prime Minister

Subsequent voting will be held among Conservative MPs, with the contender with the fewest votes eliminated each time, to narrow the field to a final two by July 21. The next leader will subsequently be picked from those two by the country's 200,000 Conservative party members and revealed on September 5.

UK transport minister Grant Shapps to run to replace outgoing PM Johnson

Grant Shapps, an experienced MP who initially served in the cabinet under former Prime Minister David Cameron in 2010 but is not currently a favourite in the polls to replace Johnson, has pledged to deliver "strategic" and "sober" governance.

Did you know: Former national coach Sam Allardyce was once rejected as England's Prime Minister in petition

England is in political turmoil after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his intention to resign. But, do you remember that a petition to make Sam Allardyce the PM was once rejected?

4 scandals that led to UK PM Boris Johnson's exit

Boris Johnson announced his resignation from the post of UK PM on Thursday, ending his scandal-plagued reign in less than three years. Johnson had no option but to resign after many high-profile members of his cabinet resigned in protest this week over his treatment of government employees' misconduct charges. Take a look at the scandals that bought him down.

Boris Johnson steps down as UK PM, will stay as caretaker PM till October

In his address to the country, Johnson stated that he will continue as Prime Minister until a new leader is nominated and that he is quite pleased of his accomplishments. While announcing his decision, he said it is clearly the will of the parliamentary party that there should be a new leader, and a new PM.