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Rishi Sunak will be the U.K.’s new prime minister
ByMichael Armstrong October 24, 2022

London — Rishi Sunak will be the next prime minister of the United Kingdom, following current premier Liz Truss’ announcement last week that she will step down. The 42-year-old former U.K. treasury chief will be the country’s third prime minister in under two months, its youngest prime minister since 1812, and the first person of color to serve…

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Liz Truss Appointed U.K. Prime Minister
ByMichael Armstrong September 6, 2022

Former foreign secretary takes over from Boris Johnson, inheriting a country on cusp of crisis LONDON—Liz Truss became Britain’s third prime minister in just over three years on Tuesday, appointed by Queen Elizabeth II and entering Downing Street amid a toxic brew of looming recession, high inflation and a historic energy price shock. Ms. Truss,…

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