TIRANA, September 6 – “I will deal hands on with the energy crisis forged by Putin’s war. I will take action this week to deal with energy bills and to secure our future energy supply… By delivering on the economy, on energy and on the NHS, we will put our nation on the path to long-term success.”
This was the main theme of the speech of Liz Truss, the new British PM the third female government head in British history, speaking on the steps of Downing Street on Tuesday evening unveiling her priorities which were tax cuts to grow the economy, improving Britain’s energy security amid soaring prices, and fixing the National Health Service, though she did not outline any specific policies.
Truss was formally installed as prime minister on Tuesday after visiting Queen Elizabeth II at Balmoral Castle, one the royal estates in Scotland, in a break with norms.
Truss, 47, pledged to immediately set about tackling the United Kingdom’s spiraling cost of living crisis, saying she was confident that “together we can ride out of the storm” of economic problems facing the nation.
Truss, who served as foreign minister in the previous government, enters office after winning the most votes in the Conservative Party leadership contest to replace Johnson, who announced his resignation in July in the wake of a series of scandals.
Truss’s to-do list is long, with the country facing a deepening cost-of-living crisis, a crumbling healthcare service, and a seemingly endless wave of labor strikes.
She also said she would defend freedom and democracy in the face of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
“United with our allies, we will stand up for freedom and democracy around the world, recognising that we can’t have security at home without having security abroad,” said the British new PM. /Argumentum.al
