Britain’s new Prime Minister Liz Truss has said she is confident that the UK will “ride out the storm” as she prepares to tackle the soaring energy costs and other economic challenges facing the country.
Truss became the UK’s third female prime minister on Sept. 6 after an audience with Queen Elizabeth at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.
Her new government will be facing mounting challenges, with rising energy bills, train strikes, and both a winter crisis in hospitals and a recession looming, not to mention the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
Prime Minister Liz Truss and husband Hugh O’Leary pose outside Number 10 after giving her first speech at Downing Street on Sept. 6, 2022. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
Speaking in Downing Street in her first speech as prime minister, Truss acknowledged the economic headwinds facing the country but promised action this week to help with energy bills….