Trussed up? | What does Liz Truss as PM mean for HR and businesses?

Liz Truss has now been sworn in as Prime Minister of the UK – the country's fourth in 12 years – after beating Rishi Sunak to succeed Boris Johnson. Truss, who is an MP for South West Norfolk, won the Conservative Party leadership contest with 57% votes.

Taking to Twitter, the new PM wrote: “Thank you for putting your trust in me to lead and deliver for our great country. I will take bold action to get all of us through these tough times, grow our economy, and unleash the United Kingdom’s potential."

I am honoured to be elected Leader of the Conservative Party.

Thank you for putting your trust in me to lead and deliver for our great country.

I will take bold action to get all of us through these tough times, grow our economy, and unleash the United Kingdom’s potential. pic.twitter.com/xCGGTJzjqb

— Liz Truss (@trussliz) September 5, 2022

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The United Kingdom, however, is currently being hampered by issues that the new leader will need to act informedly and swiftly upon. Supply chain issues, the Great Resignation, Brexit, the war in Russia, Ofgem’s failure to regulate energy tariffs and a huge dependence on fossil fuels, have all inevitably brought the world’s fifth largest economy to its knees. And of course, it’s only going to get worse.