Liz Truss has been announced as the new Prime Minister of the UK, beating former Chancellor Rishi Sunak. The election was announced after Boris Johnson announced his resignation just under two months ago.
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Tory party members have been greeted with boos from independence supporters as they arrived for a leadership hustings in Perth tonight.
Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak will go head to head in the only debate to be held in Scotland in the race to replace Boris Johnson as prime minister.
Around 350 protesters gathered outside Perth Concert Hall - with many waving pro-independence flags and anti-Tory banners.
Some people could also be seen throwing eggs towards those waiting to get inside.
Veteran anti-austerity campaigner Sean Clerkin was among those to travel to Perth to join the protest.
He told the Record: "I'm here to call for support for the many Scots who face a winter without being being able to afford heating.
"The Scottish and UK Governments need to do everything they can to support the most vulnerable from the cost of living crisis.
"Both Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak have ducked the subject so far - it's time they spoke out."
Truss earlier said her priority remains reducing taxes, responding to Labour’s call for an extension of the windfall levy.
Keir Starmer has said his party would freeze the energy price cap at its current level of £1,971 for six months from October, paid for in part by an extension of the windfall levy on the profits of the oil and gas companies.
Speaking in Scotland, the Tory leadership frontrunner said it was wrong to focus on “sticking plasters”.
“We’re still in the leadership contest at the moment. Now, my priority is reducing taxes so people can keep more of their own money at the same time as making sure we boost energy supply.
“It is wrong to just keep sticking plasters on this problem.
“What we actually need to do is make sure we are unleashing more energy, for example, from the North Sea.
“We’re
Liz Truss has been announced as the new Prime Minister of the UK, beating former Chancellor Rishi Sunak. The election was announced after Boris Johnson announced his resignation just under two months ago.
Liz Truss will be the next UK Prime Minister.
Liz Truss has been announced as the next Prime Minister. The current foreign secretary won with 81,326 votes from the Tory membership, to Rishi Sunak’s 60,399.
Liz Truss has been announced as the new Conservative Party leader and will take over from Boris Johnson as Prime Minister on Tuesday lunchtime.
Liz Truss is no stranger to Scotland. The winner of the Tory leadership contest has made much of the fact she lived north of the Border during the 1980s.
Liz Truss has been announced as the next Prime Minister of the UK after beating opponent Rishi Sunak in the Tory leadership contest.
Liz Truss is to be the next UK Prime Minister, replacing Boris Johnson and defeating Rishi Sunak to become the third woman to hold the office.
Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak is set to be announced the new leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom next week. It will be 55 days of Tory infighting that has shown how out of touch the party is on the main issues facing the country at such an important time.
The cost of living has been at the forefront of many people's minds across the country, with yet another energy price cap rise in October set to rock households ahead of winter.
Anas Sarwar has demanded that Liz Truss introduce an immediate freeze on energy prices and then call a general election. Speaking ahead of the announcement of Tory leadership contest between Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, Sarwar urged the new Prime Minister to take immediate action on rising fuel bills.
The UK has the financial strength to get through the cost-of-living crisis, Boris Johnson has said. The outgoing Prime Minister said investments were making the UK “fit for the future” and the country would get through the current “pressures” on living standards.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that Brits can expect more government support as energy prices soar.
Households are set to find out later today how much they will be paying for their energy bills in October when the price cap is announced.
Scotland is more likely to become independent if Liz Truss becomes prime minister, according to a new opinion poll across the UK. The Panelbase poll for the Sunday Times shows that Truss is almost as unpopular in Scotland as Boris Johnson.
Both of the candidates to replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister launched stinging attacks on Andy Burnham during a hustings event in the city tonight (Friday)
Rishi Sunak is narrowly less unpopular than Liz Truss in Scotland, according to a new poll. Three in five Scots have an unfavourable opinion of each of the two candidates to be Prime Minister, with 60 per cent unfavourable towards Liz Truss and 59 per cent unfavourable towards Rishi Sunak.
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