Boris Johnson's successor as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom will be Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak. The winner of a competition that has lasted almost two months will be announced after 12:30 p.m., while on Tuesday he will officially assume the office of the head of the government.
The new prime minister will have to deal with a declining economy, with inflation at a 40-year high. Mostly it was Liz Truss who held meetings with the government and ministers.
Tipped by pollsters to win the contest, it has promised to have a bailout package ready to protect consumers from the crisis. Next, it plans to deliver £30bn of tax cuts through an emergency budget so that citizens have less debt to the state. to pay.
"What I can say is that if I am elected prime minister, within a week I will make sure that there is an announcement on how we will deal with the issue of energy bills and long-term supply. I understand that people are struggling, that businesses are also concerned about their energy bills and the impact it could have on their future. So what I want to assure people is that I will act," said Truss.
Her rival, former chancellor Sunak, has signaled he believes he has lost, saying his job "now is just to support a conservative government".
Truss has yet to provide details of her cost of living support plan, other than to say she will temporarily scrap green taxes on energy bills and reverse National Insurance increases introduced during Johnson's government.