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The Truss ministry began on 6 September 2022 when Liz Truss was invited by Queen Elizabeth II—two days before the monarch's death—to succeed Boris Johnson as prime minister of the United Kingdom. Johnson had resigned as leader of the Conservative Party the previous day after Truss was elected as his successor. [ 1 ]
The new Prime Minister held her first meeting of the Cabinet on Wednesday morning.
Campaign logo. Liz Truss launched her bid to succeed Boris Johnson on 10 July 2022. [4] During the July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election, Truss pledged to cut taxes by scrapping the National Insurance rise that had previously been announced in April 2022, scrapping the recent corporation tax rise and she also promised to remove green energy levies.
WATCH: Liz Truss begins appointing Cabinet after becoming PM 9.49pm Liz Truss spoke with Joe Biden on Tuesday evening, Downing Street said, with the US president congratulating her on her appointment.
The member of Parliament (MP) for South West Norfolk from 2010 to 2024, Truss held various Cabinet positions under three prime ministers—David Cameron, Theresa May, and Boris Johnson—lastly as foreign secretary from 2021 to 2022.
The incoming PM said she was "determined to deliver" for the British people - pledging tax cuts, action on energy bills, and putting the NHS "on a firm footing".
The political game of musical chairs around the cabinet table continues after Suella Braverman quit as home secretaryEmbattled Liz Truss lost the second of her key cabinet officials on Wednesday ...
In the 2021 cabinet reshuffle he was returned to Government as Chief Secretary to the Treasury, becoming the youngest cabinet minister in that ministry. After Johnson resigned in 2022, Clarke supported Liz Truss's bid to become Conservative leader.