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Truss supported the United Kingdom remaining in the European Union during the 2016 referendum. [283] Since the referendum, Truss has supported Brexit, and publicly stated in 2017 that she had changed her mind. [284] During the July 2022 leadership election Truss said that "I was wrong and I am prepared to admit I was wrong". [285]
An election took place in the East Anglia constituency of South West Norfolk on 4 July 2024, as part of the 2024 general election. Liz Truss, the shortest-serving British prime minister in history, was standing for re-election as MP. On 2 July, in anticipation of a large Labour victory in the general election, a national poll of voters by ...
A leadership election was triggered to replace him, in which Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss were the final two candidates to be put forward to party members after a series of MPs' ballots. Truss won the contest, beating Sunak in the members' vote 57% to 43%. [4]
LONDON (Reuters) -Liz Truss was named as Britain's next prime minister on Monday, winning a leadership race for the governing Conservative party at a time when the country faces a cost of living ...
Rishi Sunak, former chancellor of the Exchequer, and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss take part in the final Conservative leadership election debate in London on Aug. 31.
Liz Truss was elected as Conservative Party leader on September 5 and took over as Prime Minister the following day. Her premiership had barely begun when politics ground to a halt following the ...
Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, the final two candidates. Following the fifth ballot of Conservative MPs on 20 July, the final two candidates, Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, were invited to take place in a series of hustings organised by the party.
This is a summary of the electoral history of Liz Truss, the former Member of Parliament for South West Norfolk who served from 2010 to 2024. She also served as Leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from September to October 2022, making her the shortest serving Prime Minister in history; Truss previously ...