Liz Truss will become Britain’s next prime minister after winning a resounding victory over Rishi Sunak in the bitterly fought Conservative leadership contest.
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The foreign secretary won 81,326 votes from Tory members, while the former chancellor picked up 60,399 votes. But the euphoria of victory will quickly give way to the hard reality of the economic challenges ahead with the country gripped by a cost of living crisis. The Guardian's political editor, Pippa Crerar, lays out the tasks ahead for the new PM – and looks at what Truss is promising to do
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