Information indicates that a freeze on energy bills and a reduction in taxes are being considered.
London, Thanasis Gavos
It is announced at 12.30 noon local time the new one or the new one Prime Minister of the United Kingdomtwo months after Boris Johnson announced his resignation.
The 47-year-old Minister of Foreign Affairs has emerged as the undisputed favorite Liz Truss, which has developed a solid and wide lead over the 42-year-old former Finance Minister Rishi Sunak in the opinion polls among the members of the Conservative Party, who had been voting since the beginning of August for one of the two candidates.
The result will be announced by the head of the relevant party organ, the 1922 Committee, Sir Graham Brady in the Queen Elizabeth II exhibition space in Westminster, a few tens of meters from the headquarters of the Conservative Party and parliament.
The new or new Prime Minister will take office tomorrow Tuesday, after the outgoing Prime Minister first Boris Johnson visit Queen Elizabeth in Balmoral, Scotland where she is to deliver his resignation to her.
Ms Truss or Mr Sunak will also make the same journey before the country’s new leader returns to Downing Street for the first speech outside the famous proposal to Number 10 that afternoon.
The appearance of the new Prime Minister in the House of Commons will take place at noon on Wednesday at the weekly session with questions to the country’s leader.
The first immediate challenge facing Boris Johnson’s successor is the energy accuracy and inflation.
In an interview with the BBC and articles in the press over the weekend Ms Truss promised a major financial intervention to support households struggling with inflated energy bills.
Although she has so far refused to divulge details of her plan, reports say Ms Truss is preparing a support package of up to £100 billion; despite the fact that he had initially opposed additional aids.
Among the measures it is considering are reportedly the freezing of accounts energy at an amount that has not yet been decided and while an 80% increase in electricity and natural gas bills for households is imminent next month.
As she told the BBC, the measures she intends to take will be announced within a week of taking office. He insisted on the immediate tax reduction, despite warnings of strengthening inflationary pressures.
For his part, Mr Sunak has argued for more targeted aid to the poorest households and has warned that taxes should only start falling when inflation is under control.
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