Liz Truss, the current foreign minister, will become the next prime minister of Britain

Britain will get a new prime minister after the resignation of Boris Johnson. Liz Truss won the leadership race for the governing Conservative Party 81,326 votes to 60,399. She beat former finance minister Rishi Sunak to become the third woman after Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May to become the PM. Liz Truss has vowed to press ahead with promised tax cuts. Her eyes are also on issues like tackling a deepening energy and cost of living crisis. Other points ahead of her are household finances, industrial unrest, a recession and war in Europe. Britain has stood beside Ukraine. She does not foresee another national election before 2024. At that juncture, she would like to deliver a great victory for her party. Observers notice signs of divisions in her party. This is because of her narrow winning margin. Her opponent Rishi Sunak went to a social media platform and said - "It's right we now unite behind the new PM, Liz Truss, as she steers the country through difficult times." Liz Truss vows tax cuts after winning vote to be next British prime minister. Boris Johnson, the outgoing incumbent will travel to Scotland to meet Queen Elizabeth and officially tender his resignation. Liz Truss will follow him and the monarch is expected to ask her to form a government.

Truss (47) will now become the Conservatives' fourth prime minister since a 2015 election. Since then Britain has found the going tough and now faces a long recession and inflation which has already reached double digits. Business leaders from different sectors want her to evolve strategies in order to arrest the soaring cost of energy. They also want her to tighten labor markets to ensure survival of business. The PM-in waiting has promised to act quickly.

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Fear stalks London policemen – anti terror chief advises them not to go out alone

#MarkRowley #terrorattacks #LondonPolice Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley, the counter terrorism chief, has advised policemen not to go out alone and to stop lone patrols in view of possible terrorist attacks. Accordingly, the police have been urged to patrol in pairs for their own safety.
There are rising fears of a terrorist plot to murder an officer on the streets of UK. The nation's counter-terrorism chief has also revealed that hundreds of extra firearms officers will be deployed across London.
Incidentally, the fears of an attack in Britain was a result of the atrocities in France that left 17 dead – three of them were police officers. The fears grew after Belgian commandos killed Islamic State (IS) fanatics who wanted to behead a policeman or judge. The plot was an echo of the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby in Woolwich.
It may be noted that adoption of the dual patrolling, as a policy, would be something that had earlier been considered a luxury. Moreover, with limited resources, Home Secretary Theresa May had encouraged forces to let officers take to the streets alone. However, the situation has changed and the reversal will be welcomed by London's frontline officers. They have felt increasingly in danger, because of threats and amid warnings from Islamists that uniformed police or soldiers would be targets for terror attacks.