Liz Truss will be the upcoming UK prime minister after beating Rishi Sunak in the leadership contest.
Ms Truss is expected to travel to Balmoral tomorrow where she will meet with Queen Elizabeth II and Boris Johnson for a handover of power.
Ms Truss won the leadership race by just 20,927 votes; she received 81,326 votes to Mr Sunak’s 60,399.
She has pledged to "deliver" on the cost of living crisis and is considering a freeze on energy bills.
Details are emerging of a plan to help consumers with energy costs which are set to be announced on Thursday.
Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng is expected to become chancellor, and Education Secretary James Cleverly foreign secretary.
Current Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Truss had the "right plan to tackle the cost of living crisis, unite our party and continue the great work of uniting and levelling up our country."
Priti Patel also resigned, in a letter addressed to Johnson she said,
“It has been the honour of my life to serve our country as home secretary for the last three years and to deliver on our commitments to back and reform our police.”
Rishi Sunak announced he intends to continue as the MP for Richmond.
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