Here's what you need to know about Liz Truss.
Liz Truss is the UK's next prime minister. Here's what you need to know about her if you don't regularly follow politics.She's succeeded Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative party, winning the most votes from members of that party. Unless an earlier one is called, the next election isn't due until January 2025.She's described her parents as "left-wing"
Born in Oxford, the family moved to Paisley in Scotland when she was four, then Leeds where she went to a state secondary school. She has said her mother took her on marches protesting against nuclear weapons.While she was at Oxford University she campaigned for the Lib Dems, and at the party conference in 1994 she spoke in favour of abolishing the monarchy. She switched to the Conservatives while still at university.
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