Liz Truss is the new UK prime minister after being appointed by the Queen at Balmoral Castle
Later this afternoon, Truss will address the nation at Downing Street and is expected to start naming her cabinet
Boris Johnson earlier tendered his resignation to the monarch after travelling separately to Scotland
In a farewell speech this morning outside No 10, he called himself “a booster rocket” that had “fulfilled its function”
“This is it, folks”, he said as he defended his record and called on the Conservative Party to unite behind Truss
She is under pressure to announce an immediate plan to tackle spiralling energy costs.
Liz Truss is UK’s third female prime minister
BBC/Simeon Ugbodovon
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