Liz Truss will now head to Downing Street to deliver her first speech in office.
The UK's third female Prime Minister has been made official after meeting the Queen at Balmoral.
The new Prime Minister followed Mr Johnson to the Queen’s Scottish estate, where she had an audience with the monarch for the first time. Liz Truss is the 15th premier of her reign.In a statement, Buckingham Palace said:"The Queen received in audience The Right Honourable Elizabeth Truss MP today and requested her to form a new administration. Ms Truss accepted Her Majesty’s offer and kissed hands upon her appointment as Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury.
He suggested he would now slip into political obscurity, although a reference to Roman statesman Cincinnatus fuelled speculation he could consider a comeback. In his farewell speech outside No 10, the outgoing Prime Minister said his successor’s administration would do “everything we can” to help people struggling with the cost-of-living crisis.
Ms Truss will begin putting in place her team of officials and ministers, with key allies and supporters already pencilled in for some of the most senior roles, including Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng who is widely expected to be given the crucial role of chancellor. The energy support plan could be announced as soon as Thursday.
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